This succulent homemade Keto Fried Chicken recipe is perfectly crispy and crunchy with not-so-secret herbs and spices.
If you like your fried chicken with a bit of bite try making our Keto hot and spicy fried chicken recipe.
Keto Fried Chicken tastes excellent with a low-carb side dish of Cauliflower Mash.
This keto fried chicken recipe makes use of our deep fryer that we use to cook our Low Carb Buffalo Wings.
Check out our article on the Best Deep Fryer Oils for recommendations on oils and fats.
Keto Fried Chicken
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Ingredients
- 2 pounds chicken thigh fillets
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 2 tsp celery salt
- 1/2 tsp hot chilli powder
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp Heavy Cream
- 1/2 cup almond meal
- 1/2 cup parmesan finely grated
Instructions
- Cut each chicken thigh fillet into 3 evenly sized pieces and place into a bowl.
- Coat chicken in garlic powder, celery salt, hot chilli powder and dried oregano, mixing well to ensure all the chicken is covered. Leave to marinate for half an hour.
- Meanwhile whisk the eggs and cream together. In a separate bowl, combine the almond flour and powdered parmesan, then pour onto a tray ready to bread the chicken.
- Turn the deep fryer to 180 degrees Celsius and allow to heat up.
- Dip each piece of chicken in the egg mix and the roll in the almond meal and parmesan mix. Set aside on a tray until ready to fry.
- Place chicken in the fryer basket, remembering not to over crowd the fryer. I have a small fryer and put 6-8 pieces of chicken in my basket, this will prevent the oil temperature from dropping too quickly and allow the chicken pieces to be totally surrounded by the oil and not stick to each other.
- Fry the chicken for 5-7 minutes until it is a dark golden brown. If you are unsure whether the chicken is cooked remove one of the pieces and cut through the thickest area to check.
- Once cooked through the chicken is ready to eat.
Notes
Nutrition
Ingredients for Keto Fried Chicken
- 2 pounds of Chicken Thigh Fillets, boneless
- 1 teaspoon of Garlic Powder
- 2 teaspoons of Celery Salt
- 1/2 teaspoon of Chili Powder
- 1 teaspoon of Dried Oregano
- 1 Egg
- 1 tablespoon of Heavy Cream
- 1/2 cup of Almond Meal
- 1/2 cup of Parmesan cheese, finely grated
For this recipe, we’re using peanut oil in the deep fryer.
How To Make Keto Fried Chicken
- Cut each chicken thigh fillet into three evenly sized pieces and place them into a mixing bowl.
- Coat chicken in garlic powder, celery salt, chili powder, and dried oregano, mixing well to ensure all the chicken is covered. Leave to marinate for half an hour.
- Meanwhile, whisk the eggs and cream together.
- In a separate mixing bowl, combine almond flour and powdered parmesan, then pour onto a tray ready to bread the chicken.
- Turn the deep fryer to 180 degrees Celsius and allow it to heat up.
- Dip each piece of chicken in the egg mix and then roll in the almond meal and parmesan mix. Set aside on a tray until ready to fry.
- Place chicken in the fryer basket, remembering not to over-crowd the fryer. I have a small fryer and put 6-8 pieces of chicken in my basket. This will prevent the peanut oil temperature from dropping too quickly and allow the chicken pieces to be surrounded by the oil and not stick to each other.
- Fry the chicken for 5-7 minutes until it is dark golden brown. If unsure whether the chicken is cooked, remove one of the pieces and cut through the thickest area to check.
- Once cooked through, the chicken is ready to eat.
Traditionally the breading used to coat fried chicken is very high carb due to the use of various ingredients (depending on the recipe) like breadcrumbs and wheat flour. So regular fried chicken is not keto-friendly.
No, fried chicken is not low carb as it is coated in breading made of flour and often other high carb ingredients.
However, when making our Keto Fried Chicken recipe, those high-carb breading ingredients are replaced with low-carb almond flour (meal).
To make a larger batch of Ketogenic Southern Fried Chicken Thighs, adjust the serving amounts in our easy-to-use recipe card above.
