Sac İçi (No Potatoes)
Meat and Vegetable Sauté on Saj (Keto-Modified)
No, skip this one: about 17g net carbs per serving, close to a full day's carbs on strict keto. Better picks from the same menu are below.
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What it is
A communal dish cooked and served on a traditional cast-iron saj, featuring chunks of lamb or beef sautéed with bell peppers, onions, and tomatoes. Modified to explicitly omit potatoes.
Key ingredients
Lamb or beef chunks, bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, eggplant (optional), butter/oil, salt, pepper, herbs.
If you order it anyway
Crucially, request to omit potatoes (kartof) and any other starchy vegetables. Confirm no sugar is added to the tomatoes/sauce. Focus on the meat and non-starchy vegetables.
If you order it anyway, say this (Azerbaijani)
Sac İçini zəhmət olmasa kartofsuz və nişastalı tərəvəzlərsiz hazırlayın. Pomidor sousuna da şəkər qatmayın.
For the Sac İçi, please omit potatoes and any starchy vegetables. Also, confirm no sugar is added to the tomato sauce.
Watch out for
Potatoes are a common ingredient and must be explicitly excluded. Carbs from bell peppers, tomatoes, and onions can accumulate in a large restaurant portion. Hidden sugars in tomato products.
Macros are estimates for a typical serving and vary by restaurant. Confirm ingredients with staff, especially if you have allergies. Our ingredient lists are generated automatically and describe how a dish is typically made.
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