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Easy Keto Potstickers with Asian dipping sauce is a very delicious, low carb, gluten-free, creative way to easily make Asian style potstickers.

I'm so excited to share this new favorite recipe with you! They taste very similar to the Gyoza dumplings that you would get in a restaurant!

My whole family (they are not on a keto or low carb diet) was absolutely over the moon for this recipe.

My daughter (a self-proclaimed gourmet foodie), who is very particular about her Asian food, said she could eat these potstickers all day!

This yummy idea sparked when I was making the keto blackberry cheese danish turnovers recipe using the cheese shells as a turnover dough. Suddenly, I thought about making Asian dumplings, which is weird, right? I just knew that the cheese shells would also make brilliant potstickers.

I never made low carb potstickers or dumplings in the past while being on a keto low carb diet because I did not want to mess with folding any tricky low carb dough that would possibly drive me to insanity, lol.

So, instead of using a low carb dough, which always difficult to work with, I used the melted cheese slices as a potsticker dough and boom, easy keto potsticker was born.

The potstickers turned out so good and they were so simple to make and were fantastic with the Asian style dipping sauce.

Be sure to use the Mozzarella pre-sliced cheese but not the fresh Mozzarella (creamy type cheese). You can also use Monterey Jack cheese slices if you can't find the pre-sliced

Mozzarella cheese.

Also, be sure to use white vinegar and not rice vinegar in the sauce. I know it is not what is used in Asian foods, but some brands of the rice vinegar contains carbs and white vinegar is carb free!

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Easy Keto Potstickers with Asian Dipping Sauce Recipe-

Ingredients:

⅛ of a small green cabbage, finely diced (about a ⅓ cup)

8 slices Mozzarella cheese (not fresh Mozzarella), or can also use Monterey Jack cheese slices

¼ lb ground pork or ground chicken

2 clove garlic, minced

1 tbsp minced green onion

1 tsp minced fresh ginger

2 teaspoons coconut aminos or tamari sauce

2 teaspoons toasted sesame oil

Potstickers:

2 tbsp coconut aminos or tamari sauce

2 tbsp organic white vinegar (not rice vinegar)

¼ tsp chili oil * optional

Dipping Sauce:

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1. Preheat oven to 375℉ (190 ℃) and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper (not wax paper). Arrange mozzarella cheese slices on parchment paper (4 slices on each sheet) with enough space in between each slice so they won't melt into each other. Set aside.

2. In a frying pan over medium high heat brown ground pork or chicken. Add sesame oil, coconut aminos or tamari sauce, minced garlic, diced cabbage, minced ginger, and green onion and saute until fragrant (about 2 to 3 minutes).

3. Turn heat down to lowest setting, cover and simmer for 2 minutes. Turn off heat but leave the lid on to keep warm.

4. Place baking sheets with cheese into the preheated oven and bake for 4 to 6 minutes or until the edges of cheese are browning. *Leave the oven on, as these will return to the oven later.*

5. Remove from oven and let cheese cool for a couple of minutes to firm but not completely harden.

6. Add 2 tsp of meat cabbage filling to the center of each cheese slice and fold one corner of cheese over to the opposite corner pressing down firmly to make a triangle shape. The potstickers won't seal at the edges but they only need to stay folded over as the edges will seal in the oven heat when returned to the oven.

7. Once all are folded over, return to the 375 ℉ oven and bake for 2 to 3 more minutes or until edges of potstickers have melted together to seal.

8. Remove from oven and let cool just until the cheese shell is firm enough to pick up the potsticker and have it keep its shape without bending.

9. In a small bowl mix all the dipping sauce ingredients together and serve with potstickers.

Nutritional Data: Yield: 8 potstickers, Amounts per 1 potsticker- Cal: 143, Carbs: 1.5g, Net Carbs: 1.5g, Fiber: 0g, Protein: 8g, Fat: 11g, Saturated Fat: 5g, Sugars: 1g, Sodium: 270mg.
Directions:

Printable Recipe Card Below:

Easy Keto Potstickers with Asian Dipping Sauce Recipe

Easy keto potstickers with Asian dipping sauce is a very delicious, low carb, gluten-free, creative way to easily make Asian style potstickers that taste very similar to the Gyoza dumplings that would get in a restaurant!

Turn heat down to lowest setting, cover and simmer for 2 minutes. Turn off heat but leave the lid on to keep warm.

Remove from oven and let cheese cool for a couple of minutes to firm but not completely harden.

Potstickers:

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*All nutritional data are estimates based on the products I used*

Yield: 8 potstickers, Serving Size: 1 potsticker, Amounts per serving-

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Stress and anxiety can negatively impact your health in many ways. However, several types of breathing techniques can help bring about a relaxation response, which may help you feel calmer and more centered.

If you feel breathless due to anxiety, there are breathing techniques you can try to alleviate symptoms and start feeling better.

Let's look at several you can do on at any point during your day or build into longer moments for yourself.

Inhaling deeply may not always calm you down. Taking a deep breath in is actually linked to the sympathetic nervous system, which controls the fight-or-flight response. But exhaling is linked to the parasympathetic nervous system, which influences our body's ability to relax and calm down.

Taking too many deep breaths too quickly can actually cause you to hyperventilate. Hyperventilation decreases the amount of oxygen-rich blood that flows to your brain.

When we feel anxious or under stress, it's easier to breathe too much and end up hyperventilating - even if we're trying to do the opposite.

1. Before you take a big, deep breath, try a thorough exhale instead. Push all the air out of your lungs, then simply let your lungs do their work inhaling air.

2. Next, try spending a little bit longer exhaling than you do inhaling. For example, try inhaling for four seconds, then exhale for six.

3. Try doing this for two to five minutes.

This technique can be done in any position that's comfortable for you, including standing, sitting, or lying down.

Breathing from your diaphragm (the muscle that sits just beneath your lungs) can help reduce the amount of work your body needs to do in order to breathe.

To learn how to breathe from your diaphragm:

Check-in

1. For comfort, lie down on the floor or bed with pillows beneath your head and knees. Or sit in a comfortable chair with your head, neck, and shoulders relaxed, and your knees bent.

2. Then, put one hand under your rib cage and one hand over your heart.

3. Inhale and exhale through your nose, noticing how or if your stomach and chest move as you breathe.

4. Can you isolate your breathing so you bring air deeper into your lungs? What about the reverse? Can you breathe so your chest moves more than your stomach?

Eventually, you want your stomach to move as you breathe, instead of your chest.

Practice belly breathing

1. Sit or lie down as described above.

2. Place one hand on your chest and one hand on your stomach somewhere above your belly button.

3. Breathe in through your nose, noticing your stomach rise. Your chest should remain relatively still.

4. Purse your lips and exhale through your mouth. Try engaging your stomach muscles to push air out at the end of the breath.

For this type of breathing to become automatic, you'll need to practice it daily. Try doing the exercise three or four times a day for up to 10 minutes.

If you haven't been using your diaphragm to breathe, you may feel tired at first. It'll get easier with practice though.

When deep breathing is focused and slow, it can help reduce anxiety. You can do this technique by sitting or lying down in a quiet, comfortable location. Then:

1. Notice how it feels when you inhale and exhale normally. Mentally scan your body. You might feel tension in your body that you never noticed.

2. Take a slow, deep breath through your nose.

3. Notice your belly and upper body expanding.

4. Exhale in whatever way is most comfortable for you, sighing if you wish.

5. Do this for several minutes, paying attention to the rise and fall of your belly.

6. Choose a word to focus on and vocalize during your exhale. Words like "safe" and "calm" can be effective.

7. Imagine your inhale washing over you like a gentle wave.

8. Imagine your exhale carrying negative and upsetting thoughts and energy away from you.

9. When you get distracted, gently bring your attention back to your breath and your words.

Practice this technique for up to 20 minutes daily when you can.

Another form of breathing that stems from the ancient practice of pranayama yoga is equal breathing. This means you're inhaling for the same amount of time as you're exhaling.

You can practice equal breathing from a sitting or lying-down position. Whichever position you choose, be sure to get comfortable.

1. Shut your eyes and pay attention to the way you normally breathe for several breaths.

2. Then, slowly count 1-2-3-4 as you inhale through your nose.

3. Exhale for the same four-second count.

4. As you inhale and exhale, be mindful of the feelings of fullness and emptiness in your lungs.

As you continue practicing equal breathing, your second count might vary. Be sure to keep your inhale and exhale the same.

Resonant breathing, also called coherent breathing, can help you calm anxiety and get into a relaxed state. To try it yourself:

1. Lie down and close your eyes.

2. Gently breathe in through your nose, mouth closed, for a count of six seconds.

3. Don't fill your lungs too full of air.

4. Exhale for six seconds, allowing your breath to leave your body slowly and gently. Don't force it.

5. Continue for up to 10 minutes.

6. Take a few additional minutes to be still and focus on how your body feels.

Yoga is a wellness practice with ancient roots, and breathing is at the heart of each variation of yoga.

One form of yoga, pranayama, includes multiple breathing variations that may help with anxiety. Some of these include lengthened exhale and equal breathing (both featured above), as well as lion's breath and alternate nostril breathing (nadi shodhana).

Lion's breath involves exhaling forcefully. To try lion's breath:

1. Get into a kneeling position, crossing your ankles and resting your bottom on your feet. If this position isn't comfortable, sit cross-legged.

2. Bring your hands to your knees, stretching out your arms and your fingers.

3. Take a breath in through your nose.

4. Breathe out through your mouth, allowing yourself to vocalize "ha."

5. During exhale, open your mouth as wide as you can and stick your tongue out, stretching it down toward your chin as far as it will go.

6. Focus on the middle of your forehead (third eye) or the end of your nose while exhaling.

7. Relax your face as you inhale again.

8. Repeat the practice up to six times, changing the cross of your ankles when you reach the halfway point.

To try alternate nostril breathing, sit down in a comfortable place, lengthening your spine and opening your chest.

Rest your left hand in your lap and raise your right hand. Then, rest the pointer and middle fingers of your right hand on your forehead, in between the eyebrows. Close your eyes, inhaling and exhaling through your nose.

1. Use your right thumb to close the right-hand nostril and inhale slowly through the left.

2. Pinch your nose closed between your right thumb and ring finger, holding the breath in for a moment.

3. Use your right ring finger to close your left nostril and exhale through the right, waiting for a moment before you inhale again.

4. Inhale slowly through the right nostril.

5. Pinch your nose closed again, pausing for a moment.

6. Now, open the left side and exhale, waiting a moment before you inhale again.

7. Repeat this cycle of inhaling and exhaling through either nostril up to 10 times. Each cycle should take up to 40 seconds.

Some people use guided meditation to alleviate anxiety by interrupting patterns of thinking that perpetuate stress.

You can practice guided meditation by sitting or lying in a cool, dark, comfortable place and relaxing. Then, listen to calming recordings while relaxing your body and steadying your breathing.

Guided meditation recordings help take you through the steps of visualizing a calmer, less stressed reality. It can also help you gain control over intrusive thoughts that trigger anxiety.

If you're experiencing anxiety or panic attacks, try using one or more of these breathing techniques to see if they can alleviate your symptoms.

If your anxiety persists or gets worse, make an appointment with your doctor to discuss your symptoms and possible treatments. With the right approach, you can regain your quality of life and control over your anxiety.

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Make this Instant Pot Lemon Chicken for dinner tonight - everyone will love it. Even better: It's SO quick and easy to make - and you can even cook the chicken from frozen!
This recipe is Trim Healthy Mama friendly (THM S), low carb, Keto friendly and gluten free. It only has 2g of net carbs per serving!

Chicken is such a dinner favorite around here. And I love chicken thighs for their healthy fat content! I always eat the skin to get more of that precious collagen from natural sources.

For more low carb chicken recipes, see my Low Carb Oven Fried Chicken or my Balsamic Caprese Chicken.

This low carb instant pot lemon chicken

is easy to make

can be cooked from frozen on those extra-busy nights!

has 2g NET carbs per serving, perfect for low carb or Keto diets!

My instant pot has been my saving grace on those nights I completely forgot to defrost any meat...

... which has really been most nights since having baby #3. Ahem.

This version with a tangy and creamy lemon sauce is one of our favorites, because it's so easy and flavorful!

I love how tender meat turns out in the instant pot, so I don't mind those flying-by-the-seat-of-my-pants dinners at all 😉

For more easy and healthy instant pot dinner recipes, see my Instant Pot Sour Cream Pork Chops or my Instant Pot Turkey Pumpkin Chili.

How to make instant pot lemon chicken
Read on for the detailed steps, or scroll down for to make this recipe foolproof and the printable recipe card.

1 - Prep: To prep, chop a small onion (do really use a small one to keep this low carb, or use half of a medium one) and mince some garlic.

Plug in your instant pot and fit with the inner pot.

2 - Brown the chicken: Set the instant pot to "sauté" and add oil to the inner pot. Brown the chicken well on the skin side, then flip and brown on the other side for a couple of minutes, too.

Remove the chicken from the pot and set aside on a plate (it doesn't have to be cooked through at this point).

3 - Start the sauce: To start the sauce, add the onion and garlic to the hot pot and sauté until softened.

Add the chicken broth, lemon juice, herbs and seasoning. Scrape any browned bits off the bottom of the pot.

4 - Pressure cook: Place the chicken thighs back into the pot.

Secure the lid and set the valve to the "sealing" position. Choose "pressure cook" (or "manual" on older models) and "high" for 12 minutes.

Allow the pot to naturally release the pressure (just switch it off and leave it alone) for the most tender meat.

5 - Finish the sauce: Once the pressure has released, open the pot and remove the chicken.

Set the instant pot to "sauté" and stir your preferred thickener into the sauce.

You can use glucomannan, arrowroot or cornstarch, depending on your carbohydrate goals.

Simmer until the sauce has thickened! Then stir in some cream and butter to make it extra luscious.

Tips for the BEST Low Carb Lemon Chicken

don't try to flip the chicken too soon, or you'll rip it apart. it will naturally come off the bottom once it's ready if you're using enough oil

you can make this with chicken breast, reduce the pressure cooking time to 8 minutes

if the instant pot gets too hot while you're sautéing, switch it off and use the residual heat to finish browning the chicken

How do you cook frozen chicken thighs in the instant pot?

Simply skip browning the chicken and only sauté the onion and garlic, then follow the recipe as written.

Pressure cook for 15 minutes instead of 12. Check the meat for doneness, if it's still raw in the middle close the lid again and cook for another 2-3 minutes.

Can you stack the chicken in the instant pot? Can you double the recipe?

If you're using defrosted thighs and want to double the recipe, you can stack the chicken thighs.

Double the sauce ingredients too, but the cooking time should stay the same.

Please note: Do not stack the chicken if frozen/make sure the thighs are separated. If that's not possible/they're totally stuck together, your thighs may need longer to cook.

Can you use water instead of chicken broth?

Yes, you can.

It will still be delicious, but you may need to add more seasoning.

What are the best low carb sides for this lemon chicken?

There are many great ways to serve this!

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PS If you try this recipe, why not leave a star rating in the recipe card right below and/or a review in the comment section further down the page? I always appreciate your feedback! You can also follow me on Pinterest, Facebook or Instagram. Sign up for my email list, too!

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