Tired of having your chicken the same way? These keto chicken recipes will introduce more variety into your diet.
Chicken is so flavourful and so nutritious. It provides protein and fat for your diet. But, chicken can get boring at times. Especially if you are eating the same chicken dishes day after day, week after week.
So, today I have 20 keto chicken recipes that are tasty and will spice up your daily routine. Enjoy!
1. Crispy Chicken Tenders
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The secret to keeping these low carb is the coating. Instead of regular flour or bread crumbs, you use almond flour to coat them. I usually stock up on almond flour here.
You can make these in your oven or your air fryer. If you want to have crispier chicken tenders and save on your cooking time, it’s best to use an air fryer here is a low budget air fryer.
Loving the almond flour recipes, check out these keto almond flour meal ideas!
Per Serving:
- Calories: 231
- Fats: 9.2g
- Net Carbs: 1.4g
- Protein: 37.8g
2. Chicken Thighs with Mushrooms Sauce
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These chicken thighs with mushroom sauce do not disappoint. They’re tender, nicely seared chicken thighs bathed in a creamy mushroom sauce, and topped with fresh parmesan sauce and parsley.
Serve with some roasted asparagus or mashed cauliflower. These are great as a ketogenic lunch meal too!
Per Serving:
- Calories: 558
- Fats: 41g
- Net Carbs: 7g
- Protein: 41g
3. Creamy Garlic Chicken
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This creamy garlic chicken is anything but bland. The chicken breasts are tender and perfectly seared, bathed in a luscious, creamy garlic sauce. Yum!
Serve on a bed of zucchini noodles for some added freshness to make it a perfect ketogenic comfort meal.
Per Serving:
- Calories: 398
- Fats: 30g
- Net Carbs: 3g
- Protein: 26g
4. Sesame Chicken with Broccoli
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This sesame chicken with broccoli is pretty close to the real thing. And it only has 4 grams of net carbs per serving.
To keep it low carb, you’ll be sweetening your sauce with Swerve brown sugar substitute. You can find some here. This is a lovely keto meal prep idea when you’re craving something a little more special.
Per Serving:
- Calories: 267
- Fats: 10g
- Net Carbs: 4g
- Protein: 36g
5. Keto Cheesy Chicken Alfredo Casserole
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This casserole provides all of the comfort and none of the carbs. One serving contains only 2.3 grams of net carbs. To keep it low carb, you’re going to use finely ground pork rinds. You can find some here.
If you miss the noodles, you can serve it on a bed of zucchini noodles as well. Here is a good food processor and spiralizer for such needs.
Per Serving:
- Calories: 417
- Fats: 27g
- Net Carbs: 2.3g
- Protein: 39g
6. Lemon Chicken Piccata with Capers
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These chicken breasts are nice and lightly seasoned with salt and pepper. And the sauce is creamy, buttery, and has a nice tang from the fresh lemon juice.
To keep it low carb, you use blanched almond flour to coat your chicken breasts. You can find some here. Serve with a nice Garden salad for extra freshness. Get more ketogenic salad ideas here!
Per Serving:
- Calories: 920
- Fats: 70g
- Net Carbs: 7.5g
- Protein: 55g
7. Baked Crack Chicken Breasts
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This dish has layers of deliciousness. The tender chicken breasts are seared in bacon grease and topped in a tasty, creamy home-made ranch cream cheese, and sprinkled with crunchy pieces of bacon.
And since it’s so filling, no-one will be asking what’s for dessert. As you can see, this meal is under 5g of net carbs. Check out more recipes that are this low in carbs here.
Per Serving:
- Calories: 492
- Fats: 37g
- Net Carbs: 2g
- Protein: 35g
8. Keto Chicken Satay with Peanut Dipping Sauce
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These chicken thighs are amazing. They’re marinated in an Asian-inspired marinade so they’re extra juicy and have tons of flavor.
Now, you’ll need some wood or metal skewers to grill your chicken. I recommend metal skewers because you can easily reuse them and so there’s less waste. You can find some metal skewers here.
Per Serving:
- Calories: 630
- Fats: 54g
- Net Carbs: 8g
- Protein: 30g
9. Cheesy Chicken Fritters
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Chicken fritters are perfect for popping in your mouth. These chicken fritters are nice and tender on the inside and have a nice crust on the outside.
These fritters are also perfect for meal prepping. Just store your leftovers in BPA-free storage containers like these. These chicken fritters are a perfect snack! Check out more ketogenic snack recipes here.
Per Serving:
- Calories: 397
- Fats: 21g
- Net Carbs: 3g
- Protein: 47g
10. Guacamole Chicken Melt
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Are you a fan of guacamole? Then, give this dish a try!
Guacamole is not only yummy but good for you too. That’s because of the avocado. Avocado is packed with tons of healthy fats. It’s also packed with vitamins and minerals too.
To cook the chicken, you’ll need a large heavy-bottomed skillet like this cast iron skillet here.
Per Serving:
- Calories: 501
- Fats: 30g
- Net Carbs: 6g
- Protein: 47g
11. Spinach Stuffed Chicken Breast
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These chicken breasts are moist and juicy. There is nothing dry about these chicken breasts.
And the stuffing is simply amazing. And all you need are 4 ingredients to make the stuffing: mozzarella cheese, feta cheese, cream cheese, and baby spinach.
Per Serving:
- Calories: 519
- Fats: 29g
- Net Carbs: 4g
- Protein: 56g
12. Cajun Hasselback Chicken
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Never tried Hasselback chicken? Hasselback chicken is a method of cooking your chicken in which you place slits in your chicken and stuff it with your choice of ingredients.
It’s also nice and fresh because you’re stuffing it with a mix of red, green, and yellow bell peppers. It’s the perfect way to get your kids to eat their veggies.
Per Serving:
- Calories: 376
- Fats: 25.1g
- Net Carbs: 7.9g
- Protein: 28.2g
13. Cheesy Mexican Skillet Chicken
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It’s beautifully shredded chicken, sautéed peppers, and cauliflower rice simmered in a tasty tomato sauce. And topped with oeey, gooey melted Cheddar cheese, and Monterrey Jack cheese for some heat.
And since you’re using cauliflower rice instead of rice, it’s low in net carbs. In fact, it only has 4 grams of net carbs. To make cauliflower rice, you’ll need a food processor. Here is a low budget one.
Per Serving:
- Calories: 295
- Fats: 20g
- Net Carbs: 4g
- Protein: 22g
14. Baked (Extra Tender!) Chicken Tenders
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They are super tender and packed with flavor. They’re even better than regular chicken tenders.
To keep these low carb, you crust them in pork rinds, parmesan cheese, and almond flour. This gives a nice crust and makes them nice and cheesy. Pack up on almond flour here and on pork rinds here.
Per Serving:
- Calories: 376
- Fats: 19g
- Net Carbs: 2g
- Protein: 46g
15. Bacon-Wrapped Chicken Tenders
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These chicken tenders are also nice and tender. But they don’t need marinating. That’s because they’re wrapped in bacon. So, the bacon keeps them nice and moist.
Just dump your spices in a big Ziploc bag and shake to mix well. Then place your chicken tenders in the bag and shake, shake, shake. Get reusable Ziploc bags here.
Per Serving:
- Calories: 320
- Fats: 20g
- Net Carbs: 2g
- Protein: 29g
16. Chicken Nachos or Taco Salad
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I love tacos and nachos, as I’m sure many of you do. One thing I don’t love about them is the carbs. Just 1 medium taco shell has more than 20 grams of net carbs!
With these nachos and taco salad, you have all of the taste. And only 2.6 grams of net carbs. Find more ketogenic cheese chip recipes here! They’re super yummy!
Per Serving:
- Calories: 358
- Fats: 21.4g
- Net Carbs: 2.6g
- Protein: 36.4g
17. Everything Bagel Chicken with Scallion Cream Cheese Sauce
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The chicken breasts are nice and juicy. While the Everything but the Bagel Seasoning gives the chicken a nice crust that is packed with flavor.
But what truly makes this dish is the scallion cream sauce. It’s creamy and plain heavenly – you’ll want to use it on everything.
Per Serving:
- Calories: 452
- Fats: 25g
- Net Carbs: 2g
- Protein: 50g
18. Buffalo Chicken Meatballs
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These meatballs are not your mama’s meatballs. For starters, they’re made of ground chicken, so they leave less of a carbon footprint.
They also contain only 1 gram of net carbs per serving. Yes, you read that, right! To keep it low carb, you use almond flour to bind your ingredients.
Per Serving:
- Calories: 104
- Fats: 8g
- Net Carbs: 1g
- Protein: 5g
19. Chicken BLT Salad with Warm Mustard Vinaigrette
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This salad has moist chicken topped with hard-boiled eggs, fresh lettuce and tomatoes, crisp strips of bacon, and refreshing cucumber, all covered with a tangy mustard vinaigrette. You will want seconds.
You’ll need some hard-boiled eggs. Making hard-boiled eggs can be hit and miss. So to ensure you have the perfect hard-boiled eggs, you can make them using an egg cooker like this.
Want another keto salad? This keto chicken salad is delish!
Per Serving:
- Calories: 549
- Fats: 43g
- Net Carbs: 5g
- Protein: 31g
20. Keto Chicken Pot Pie
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This chicken pot pie is full of stick-to-your-ribs goodness. Tender pieces of chicken are bathed in a heavy cream filling containing diced celery, onions, and carrots.
And to thicken the filling, you’ll be using xanthan gum. You can find some here. This is a lovely ketogenic diet dinner meal idea too.
Per Serving:
- Calories: 497
- Fats: 39g
- Net Carbs: 3g
- Protein: 32g
melissa
Monday 17th of July 2023
How do I find the recipes??? I have no clue where they are...:(
Karo @ AllNutritious
Thursday 20th of July 2023
Click on ''Recipe'' :)