Eating healthy can be a lot of work, especially if planning out meals in advance is not a habit for you. Lots of people get overwhelmed in the early days of working on a healthy eating plan and give up. Armed with some easy and delicious healthy recipes, however, anyone can stick to their healthy eating plan! Here you are going to learn 3 keto chicken recipes.
For those of us who aren’t naturally blessed with the cooking gene or who didn’t ever learn to cook efficiently, the thought of making anything with more than two ingredients can be daunting. However, there are actually lots of great and easy recipes that can be made by anyone! This easy chicken recipe is one such approachable recipe. It’s a great place to start for those who are just embarking on a healthy eating protocol and need an easy recipe to start with.
Keto chicken recipes are often a great place to start learning how to cook with keto-friendly ingredients. Chicken can be easily flavored to your tastes and pairs well with lots of other foods. An added bonus for moms is that most kid are willing to eat chicken even when they won’t eat other kinds of meat.
What is Keto?
The keto diet is a great solution for many people who have not had success with other diets. It’s a diet that doesn’t lead to cravings and those who stick to it report that they have lots of energy and feel like they are able to eat enough while they stick to it. The Keto diet is high-fat, high protein and low carb. This diet forces the body to burn fats rather than carbs and can be a great way to feel satiated while also losing weight. Portion control still needs to be watched, but this is not a diet that requires a major calorie deficit for it to be a success.
Many people who have felt too hungry and tired to keep up with other diets report that the keto diet has solved these issues for them and that they are able to stick to it. Eating healthy is always a struggle for those who are busy but feeling like you can get enough to eat on your diet can be crucial to sticking to a healthier way of eating.
15 Minute Keto Chicken Recipe
This is a one-pan keto chicken recipe that cooks up in 15 minutes. You can add peppers, bacon, carrots and any other veggies that you and your family like, or you can keep it simple. Remove any vegetable or additional ingredient that you or your family don’t like and you have a custom recipe suited to your tastes. It’s one of the most flexible keto chicken recipes out there!
Ingredients:
- 1 lb chicken breasts cut up into 1” cubes
- 2 tbs olive oil
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning. You can make your own or use store bought
- ¼ tsp crushed red pepper (optional)
- Salt and pepper
- 3-4 minced garlic cloves
- ½ cup chopped tomatoes
- 2 C broccoli florets
- 2 C baby spinach
- ½ C shredded cheese. You can use mozzarella, cheddar, parmesan or any other cheese you like
- 4 oz cream cheese
The Recipe
- Heat 2 tbs oil in large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add your chicken cubes, then season with the Italian seasoning, the red pepper flakes and salt and pepper to taste. Sauté 4-5 minutes. Chicken needs to be golden and cooked through.
- Add garlic and sauté for another minute. Add vegetables (tomato, broccoli, spinach) and your cheese of choice, the cream cheese. Cook for 3-4 minutes until the vegetables are cooked through.
- Serve over cauliflower rice, zucchini noodles or any other keto- friendly side.
Serves 4. Each serving is 358 calories. Total cook time is 15 minutes.
Keto Chicken Mozzarella
Ingredients:
- 4 boneless chicken breasts
- 1 tbsp Italian seasoning
- ½ tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp paprika
- Salt and pepper
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 chopped onion
- 4 garlic cloves minced
- 1 fire roasted pepper chopped
- 15 oz crushed tomatoes
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- Optional red pepper flakes
- ¾ C shredded mozzarella
- 1 tbsp chopped parsley
Instructions:
- Preheat broiler.
- Season chicken with 2 tsp Italian seasoning, paprika, onion powder and salt and pepper.
- Heat oil in pan over medium heat.Cook until cooked through (about 8 minutes ea side).
- Transfer to plate.
- Cook onion until transparent. Scrape browned bits as you do. Add pepper, crush tomatoes, tomato paste, red pepper flakes and the rest of Italian seasoning.
- Simmer and thicken for 4 minutes.
- Put chicken in sauce. Top with mozzarella. Broil in over for 1-2 minutes.
- Garnish with parsley and serve!
Easy Keto Chicken
Ingredients
- 2 chicken breasts
- ½ C mayo
- 1 head broccoli cut into florets
- Salt and pepper
To Make it
- Preheat oven to 400.
- Place chicken breasts into small casserole dish. Add broccoli. Sprinkle with salt.
- Top with mayo. Cover everything with the mayo.
- Bake 35-40 mins.
- Enjoy!
If you have picky eaters in the house, you can serve any of these Keto Chicken Recipes with regular rice or other sides that are not keto friendly. Just be aware that you will defeat the keto purpose of the dish if you add a non-keto side dish to the mix. These keto chicken recipes are yummy enough to be served without any sides at all as well. Experiment with the right combination of vegetables and sides to find what your family likes best. Happy keto cooking!
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