Keto Chicken Parmesan
The best keto chicken parmesan recipe for your main dish with crispy breaded chicken thighs and layers of marinara and gooey mozzarella cheese.
6
Servings
580
Calories
36.4g
Fat
59.4g
Protein
3.9g
Net Carb
5.6g
Total Carbs
When it comes to filling comfort foods, you have lasagna, chicken soup and this keto chicken parmesan recipe!
Juicy chicken thighs breaded with a crispy low carb crusty breading and topped with marinara or tomato sauce and lots of gooey cheese?! Sign me up!
This recipe for keto chicken parmesan is easy to make and turns out perfect every time. This is a recipe for the most delicious keto chicken parm that you will ever taste. This dish is wonderful to serve your family or friends and it comes with a side of asparagus and some buttery keto parmesan bread rolls, which makes it even more comforting. If you are looking for something new to try out in the kitchen, this keto chicken parmesan casserole an excellent option. Give this recipe a try and let me know what you think!
The chicken thighs (you can also use chicken breast) are coated with a keto breading mixture of almond flour, ground pork rinds and grated parmesan cheese. The breaded chicken thighs are pan fried in avocado oil to form a crispy outer crust and lock in the juices on the inside.
Next layers of crispy chicken, marinara tomato sauce, parmesan and mozzarella cheese are laid down to complete this magnificent keto dinner recipe.
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Keto Chicken Parmesan Ingredients
2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs - ½ cup almond flour or coconut flour
- 3 eggs
- 1 ½ cups ground pork rinds
- ½ cup grated parmesan cheese
- avocado oil or ghee for frying
- 2 cups low sugar marinara sauce or keto pizza sauce
- 1 cup shredded parmesan cheese
- ½ pound fresh mozzarella cheese, sliced
Keto Chicken Parmesan Directions
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Preheat oven
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. To get thinner cuts of thighs, place the thigh in a ziploc bag or between two pieces of plastic wrap or parchment paper. Using a mallet or rolling pin, pound the meat until the chicken is ¼ inch thick.
Ingredients
- Chicken
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Prepare your bowls
Place almond flour in a shallow dish. Place eggs in a second shallow dish and beat. Place ground pork rinds and grated parmesan cheese in the third shallow dish and mix until combined.
Ingredients
- Almond flour
- Eggs
- Crushed pork rinds
- Parmesan cheese
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Dust with almond flour
Season each chicken thigh with salt and pepper. Dip a piece in almond flour to evenly coat with a light dusting of flour.
Ingredients
- Salt
- Pepper
- Almond flour
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Dip in egg wash
Dip the floured chicken thigh in the egg mixture.
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Dredge in pork and cheese
Finally dip the chicken in the pork rind and parmesan cheese mixture to evenly coat.
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Heat oil
To a large skillet, add ½ inch of avocado oil or ghee. Heat over medium high heat. The oil is hot enough when a small piece of the breading mixture sizzles in the skillet. Start adding in the chicken thighs to the pan. Only add in enough thighs to allow for evenly cooking. Have about ½ inch room around each thigh. You will have to cook the thighs in batches.
Ingredients
- Avocado oil or ghee
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Fry chicken
Cook the thighs until golden brown, turning halfway through. Transfer to a paper towel lined plate when done.
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Assemble the casserole
To a large casserole dish, add a thin layer of marinara sauce to the bottom. Sprinkle ⅓ the parmesan cheese over sauce. Place half of the breaded chicken thighs over the parmesan cheese layer and top with half of the mozzarella slices. Spoon half of the marinara sauce on the mozzarella layer and sprinkle with another third of the parmesan cheese. Repeat layers one more time ending with a final layer of sauce and parmesan cheese.
Ingredients
- Marinara sauce
- Parmesan cheese
- Mozzarella slices
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Bake
Bake until cheese is golden and bubbling, about 40 minutes. Let cool before serving.
This has become a family favorite! So good!
Can you do these in an air fryer
Hi Crystal. I have never tried, but I don’t see why you couldn’t. We would need to experiment with it!
Love this dish. Easy and tastes great
What a great find this was! My picky eaters loved it as much as I did! I used my air fryer instead of the pan frying and it came out great. I even used my air fryer in “bake” mode for 30 minutes, which was probably to much time, but it still came out good. The cheese was not gooey. Next time I’ll try 20 minutes of baking in the air fryer.
So good!
I have a house full of boys and there were a lot of smiles tonight. Thank you.
Hi quick question, is it 580 calories per chicken thigh? Would it be less if air fried?
Is there an alternative for the pork rinds for the pork-free diet?
You can try using grated parmesan cheese – similar to my Parmesan Crusted Chicken recipe.
i’ve made this a bunch of times with flaming hot pork rinds and regular rinds. it’s so damn good ! highly recommended !
I found this site by accident, just looking around for good Keto recipes to try. So I tried it – I seasoned the chicken thighs the way I am accustomed (I am from the Dominican Republic lol) and then followed the recipe. Goodness gracious this is gooooood ! 🤤😋