Keto Fried Chicken
While takeout fried chicken may be off the menu when low carbing, this crispy keto fried chicken tastes just as good as the real thing! You can make this recipe deep-fried, with an air fryer, or as baked chicken
Servings: 10 Pieces
Calories: 364kcal
Equipment
- Deep Fryer Optional - you can use a heavy-bottomed pot.
Ingredients
- 10 Chicken pieces Thighs drumsticks, breasts, etc. Skin on works best.
- Salt
- 4 Large eggs
- ¼ cup Heavy cream
- 1 tablespoon Water
- 1 cup Unflavoured Whey Protein Isolate
- ¼ cup Almond flour
- ¼ cup Parmesan finely grated
- 1 teaspoon Baking powder
- 1 teaspoon Pepper
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- ½ teaspoon Dried sage
- ¼ teaspoon Paprika
- ¼ teaspoon Onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon Garlic powder
Instructions
- Arrange chicken on a baking sheet, season well with salt and place in the fridge - uncovered - for one hour.
- In one large bowl, whisk together eggs, heavy cream, and water, set aside.
- In a separate large bowl, whisk together dry ingredients until well combined. Lightly dredge all rested chicken in dry mixture, shaking excess mixture back into the bowl.
- Measure about 1 tablespoon (15 ml) of milk/egg mixture into the dry ingredients. Use your fingers to work the moisture in to the dry mixture, creating some small lumps throughout.
- One piece at a time, dip chicken into egg mixture - shaking off excess -and then into dry mixture. Press flour mixture firmly against the chicken to adhere, arrange on a baking sheet. Once all chicken has been dipped and coated, allow to rest for 15 minutes.
- Heat oil 325 F (165 C) You can use a deep fryer, or a heavy pan. If not using a deep fryer, use a deep, heavy pot, filled to at least 3" deep.
- Once oil reaches temperature, fry chicken in batches until nicely browned and crispy.
- This should take between 10-14 minutes, depending on the size/type of chicken pieces. Allow oil to come back up to temperature between batches.
- Transfer cooked chicken to a plate or pan lined with paper towels, to soak up excess oil.
- Serve hot!
Notes
Nutritional info is a little off, for a few reasons:
1. It assumed you'll use all of the egg mixture and all of the coating mixture. You won't - you need more than you'll use, to make dipping easier.
2. The software is unable to calculate how much oil is absorbed in the deep frying process, assuming you fry it. Between than and the fact that the air fryer is another option, the nutritional info does not include the fat/calories/etc from the deep frying process.
Nutrition
Calories: 364kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 34g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 180mg | Sodium: 323mg | Potassium: 286mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 398IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 122mg | Iron: 2mg