16 Delicious And Healthy Keto Chicken Recipes (2024)

Discover a delectable assortment of 16 Keto Chicken Recipes that cater to both your taste buds and low-carb lifestyle.

From zesty Lemon Pepper Chicken to savory Greek Chicken Marinade, these flavorful dishes offer variety and convenience, with easy-to-follow instructions and readily available ingredients. Prepare to savor succulent flavors, nourish your body, and elevate your keto cooking skills with this irresistible collection.

16 Delicious And Healthy Keto Chicken Recipes (1)

Is Chicken Keto?

Chicken is, like most meats, very low in carbs and is therefore very much keto-friendly.

Whatever piece of meat you choose, chicken is zero-carb meat, so your chicken thighs, chicken drumsticks, chicken wings, chicken breast, and chicken tenderloins all have no carbs.

However, it’s essential to buy unmarinated chicken since some food preparations are sold with high-carb sauce or marinade.

Chicken Nutrition

One hundred grams of chicken contains (*):

5.5 grams of Fat
0 grams of Carbs
29.6 grams of Protein
0.4 mg of Iron

Easy Chicken Breast Recipes

The many keto recipes below are the best way of using chicken breasts to make simple and healthy low-carb dinners.

These step-by-step recipes show you how to make and meal-prep chicken for you and your loved ones.

While chicken is a great protein source for anyone on a keto diet, it’s recommended to pair it with a keto side dish and, if you have a sweet tooth, one of my keto desserts.

Best Keto Side Dishes For Chicken

Keto Roasted Cauliflower
Roasted Zucchini
Shirazi Salad
Roasted Rutabaga
Deviled Egg Salad
Cucumber Yogurt Salad
Keto Buffalo Cauliflower
Coconut Cauliflower Rice
Spinach Caprese Salad
Zucchini Noodles With Pesto

How Can I Add Flavor To Keto Chicken Recipes?

Chicken is a relatively bland meat, but there are many ways you can use to add taste and flavor to the meat.

First, you can just add spices like garlic powder, salt, and cracked pepper. Second, you can cook your chicken with olive oil or in chicken stock or chicken broth.

My favorite way is to marinate the meat with one of my many healthy, keto marinades. Try one of the following:

The Best Chicken Marinade
Greek Chicken Marinade
Lemon Pepper Chicken Marinade
Pork Chop Marinade – while this is made for pork chops, it’s delicious for chicken as well.
3-Ingredient Steak Marinade – you can use steak marinade on chicken, it gives it an amazing taste!

Once you’ve cooked the meat, you can also use a simple sauce recipe to enhance your main dish.

Avocado Mayo
3-Ingredient Alfredo Sauce
Mushroom Sauce
3-Ingredient Stir Fry Sauce
3-Ingredient BBQ Sauce

Healthy Keto Chicken Recipes

I have many delicious chicken recipes for you:

1Blackened Chicken

4.99 from 135 votes

This Blackened Chicken recipe makes soft, tender chicken breast with a spicy black crust made from spices. It's a delicious healthy chicken recipe to serve as a main or to top up a salad.

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2Almond Flour Chicken Tenders

4.99 from 273 votes

These Almond Flour Chicken Tenders are easy healthy crispy chicken tenders coated with almond flour. Bonus, this is a keto chicken recipe, low in carbs and perfectly diabetic-friendly.

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3Keto Chicken Marsala

4.98 from 296 votes

An easy comforting dinner with creamy Keto Chicken cooked in Marsala mushroom sauce.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What Do I Need To Cook Chicken?

Keto chicken recipes can be made either in a skillet, in the oven, an instant pot, or in a slow cooker.

What Are Good Side Dishes To Chicken?

There are many recipes you can pair with chicken such as salads, soups, or veggies.

Can I Make Air Fryer Chicken?

Yes, some low-carb chicken recipes can be cooked in the air fryer.
Note that some recipes use crumbs that can drip in your air fryer, making it a bit of a chore to clean up.

Is Rotisserie Chicken Healthy On Keto?

Yes, all parts of a chicken are keto-friendly. Rotisserie chicken is normally made with just chicken and a sauce or marinade on the skin.

Is Chicken Good For Keto?

Chicken is very much keto-friendly like most meat.

Which Part Of Chicken Is Keto?

All parts of a chicken are keto-friendly so you can go wild with your recipes!

What’s The Best Sauce For Chicken On Keto?

You can make any creamy sauce you like with butter, cream cheese, heavy cream, cheddar cheese, mozzarella cheese for low carb chicken recipes.

Can I Freeze Chicken?

Yes, you can freeze raw chicken (provided it wasn’t in the freezer and thawed already), and you can also freeze cooked meals with chicken.
It allows you to meal prep many healthy chicken dinners for these busy weeknights or just save leftovers.

Is Chicken Gluten-Free?

Yes, chicken, like all meat, is a gluten-free ingredient.

About The Author

Carine Claudepierre

Hi, I'm Carine, the food blogger, author, recipe developer, published author of a cookbook and many ebooks, and founder of Sweet As Honey.

I have an Accredited Certificate in Nutrition and Wellness obtained in 2014 from Well College Global (formerly Cadence Health). I'm passionate about sharing all my easy and tasty recipes that are both delicious and healthy. My expertise in the field comes from my background in chemistry and years of following a keto low-carb diet. But I'm also well versed in vegetarian and vegan cooking since my husband is vegan.

I now eat a more balanced diet where I alternate between keto and a Mediterranean Diet

Cooking and Baking is my true passion. In fact, I only share a small portion of my recipes on Sweet As Honey. Most of them are eaten by my husband and my two kids before I have time to take any pictures!

All my recipes are at least triple tested to make sure they work and I take pride in keeping them as accurate as possible.

Browse all my recipes with my Recipe Index.

I hope that you too find the recipes you love on Sweet As Honey!