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Low Carb White Sauce

This low carb white sauce is super easy to make and is the perfect accompaniment to many meat, fish, and vegetable dishes. A keto, gluten free, and LCHF recipe with video tutorial.

Low Carb White Sauce - just three ingredients! Keto and LCHF recipe with video tutorial.

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White sauce, or Bechamel as it is also known, is a classic recipe made from butter, milk and flour. This low carb version is not authentic in the slightest – but it is a great substitute! It has a great mouthfeel and only includes “real” ingredients! No thickeners or anything artificial.

I’ve made a video tutorial to show you just how simple it is to make – so watch this or scroll down for the full instructions and printable recipe card.

Add cream cheese, heavy cream and water to a saucepan. You can use reduced fat or full fat cream cheese – the reduced fat version will result in a slightly carbier sauce. See the recipe notes below for data and read more about the effect that reduced fat versions have on carb count here. Heat over a low heat until the cream cheese has melted.

Place an egg yolk into a small bowl and temper it by adding a small spoonful of the cream mixture into the bowl and mixing well.Low Carb White Sauce - just three ingredients! Keto and LCHF recipe.

Then add the egg yolk mixture into the saucepan. Keep cooking for a few minutes until the sauce has thickened, stirring constantly. Add salt and pepper to taste (not shown in the video!!).

Low Carb White Sauce - just three ingredients! Keto and LCHF recipe.

This sauce is one of the key elements of my Low Carb Lasagna. Low Carb Lasagna

It could also be used in place of the sauce for my Low Carb Moussaka, or simply poured over meat, fish or vegetables. I particular love it with leeks as a special treat – as part of the onion family, leeks aren’t super low in carbs, but aren’t high for a vegetable either. This sauce complements them perfectly!

Just *don’t* be tempted to eat this low carb white sauce by the spoonful – otherwise you might find you have to make another batch – it’s that good! 🙂

 

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Low Carb White Sauce

Course: Sauce
Cuisine: American
Cook Time: 8 minutes
Total Time: 8 minutes
Servings: 4
Calories: 214 kcal
Author: Georgina from StepAwayFromTheCarbs.com

This low carb white sauce is super easy to make and is the perfect accompaniment to many meat, fish, and vegetable dishes. A keto, gluten free, and LCHF recipe with video tutorial.

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Ingredients

  • ½ cup cream cheese
  • ½ cup heavy cream
  • ¼ cup water
  • 1 egg yolk
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Add the cream cheese, cream and water to a saucepan and cook over a low heat until the cream cheese has melted.
  2. Temper the egg yolk by adding a little of the cream sauce to it, mixing well, then adding the yolk back into the cream mixture.
  3. Stir constantly over a low heat for a few minutes until the sauce has thickened.
  4. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Recipe Notes

Full fat cream cheese: 2.2g net carbs per serving (as shown in data panel)
Reduced fat cream cheese: 3.1g net carbs per serving

Nutrition Facts
Low Carb White Sauce
Amount Per Serving
Calories 214 Calories from Fat 189
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 21g 32%
Saturated Fat 12g 60%
Cholesterol 120mg 40%
Sodium 105mg 4%
Potassium 61mg 2%
Total Carbohydrates 2.2g 1%
Dietary Fiber 0.01g 0%
Protein 3g 6%
Vitamin A 17.7%
Calcium 5.3%
Iron 1.3%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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Comments

  1. This low carb béchamel is fabulous! I made it for the first time yesterday for a lasagne & was so impressed I made it again tonight to serve over asparagus. Tonight I replaced the water element with white wine & added some Swiss cheese. It’s so rich, creamy & versatile!

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  2. My daughter is allergic to yeast and yeast extract, and unfortunately, all commercial sauces, gravy, soups etc have yeast extract. In fact it’s almost impossible to get anything without it, so I thought I’d try this sauce over salmon with rice and cauliflower and she loved it.
    Thank you so much………Ellie

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  7. This was so good! Added chicken, mushrooms, baby spinach, zucchini noodles. Thanks for the recipe 🙂

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  8. I grew up with Creamed Eggs on Toast as a comfort food. Having gone Keto to get control of my glucose numbers, I thought that comfort food was out of reach. Then I found your White Sauce recipe and BAM! I had it for lunch. For the toast I used riced cauliflower mixed with the deviled ham. I then made your sauce, added 4 minced hard boiled eggs. Altogether it made 2 servings that my husband and I enjoyed so much. Thank you for this delicious contribution to our Keto recipes!!

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    • Lisa, can you elaborate on toast made with riced cauliflower and deviled ham? Do you actually mean something like a baked bread, or more like a hash?

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  9. What is the serving size? 2.2 net carbs per serving. Am I supposed to make it and divide it in 4 containers, then measure (weigh) it?

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  12. I find most low carb substitutes to be rather appalling in either taste or texture, or both. And nothing like the original. This sauce however, ticks all the boxes. I’ve shared it with more people than I can count and is definitely a regular in my house. I use a lot of your recipes and thought I would take this opportunity to say thanks for all your hard work.

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  13. It worked out very well- simple, fast & yummy. We added Parmesan cheese & red peppers which gave it a little thickness & kick.

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  15. This sauce is beyond wonderful! So, so good. Thank you! If your other recipes are as good as this sauce, I’m sold. Thanks.

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  18. This sauce is so amazing! I use a different seasoning than salt and pepper (it’s still keto friendly 🙂 ). I made shrimp the other day and I added a couple of table spoons to the sauce and it was delicious!! Thank you so much for sharing!

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    • It’s a quarter of the whole recipe as it serves 4. I don’t have a volume measurement noted down but I’ll get one next time I make the sauce!

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  21. Oh my goodness this was amazing!! So quick and easy! So many things you can do with this delicious sauce!! Thank you!!

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  22. Thanks for the recipe! I have just made to use on my low carb lasagna tonight – can’t wait to see how it turns out!

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