Day 9–Coconut aminos

So finished day 9 and had the best meal ever. I made a stir fry. It was so good. Can’t wait to make it again. So here is the recipe:

• some coconut oil to oil the pan
• 1 lb chicken breast cut into cubes
• 6 cloves of garlic
• broccoli
• mushrooms
• 3/4 cup coconut aminos
• shredded carrots
• 2 eggs

I took got the idea from my favorite paleo cookbook, but did my own twists and added a couple more veggies. You cook the chicken and garlic until chicken is cooked through. Then add the broccoli and mushrooms with the 3/4 cup coconut aminos until veggies are tender. Then add carrots until cooked. Then scramble two eggs in the pan with the stir fry pushed to the side of the pan. And then mix. Delicious.
But here to really talk about coconut aminos. It is great. Great Great Great. It’s basically a soy sauce substitute. We got ours at Elliots, natural food store close to home since it wasn’t at our local Safeway. However you could probably find it at Whole Foods or any other health food store. It is a little expensive but it is worth it for us to buy it.

The coconut aminos has 5 more calories per tablespoon than Kikkoman  soy sauce at 10 calories per tablespoon. However coconut aminos has considerably less sodium than soy sauce. Soy sauce has over 900 mg of sodium per tablespoon while coconut aminos is almost a third less with a little over 300 mg per tablespoon. So it is a much healthier option than soy sauce.
We found our dish less strong and less salty than if we used soy sauce. But definitely did not lack any flavor. We love it as a paleo, soy-free, gluten free option for our Asian dishes.