This ketochicken parmesan dinner is easy, delicious and perfect for a keto weeknight dinner. My chicken parmesan recipe uses a yummy gluten free breading that does not use pork rinds. You only need a fewingredients to make it and each serving has just 4.3g net carbs.
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I’ve been wanting to make keto chicken parmesan for a long time. It’s a dish my hubby loves … well all of us love it so I finally gave it try.
It was really good and I will be definitely be making it more regularly because it was also easy. The breading is gluten free and with a lower carb sauce you can really keep the carbs down. So not only is this easy to make with just a few ingredients, it also only has 4.3g net carbs.
Ingredients I Used
As I mentioned above, you don’t need many ingredients. All you need to make this recipe is:
- skinless, boneless chicken breast
- almond flour
- grated parmesan
- beaten egg
- oil
- low carb marinara
- provolone or mozzarella cheese
By the way, I bought all of these simple ingredients at Aldi.
The Keto Breading Recipe
While sometimes I use pork rinds to make a keto breading, tooday I used a gluten free breading which is simply almond flour and grated Parmesan.
If you want to spice it up even more you can add some Italian seasoning, garlic powder, onion powder or even paprika to the breading. But honestly it doesn’t need it.
I use this breading often like with my keto city chicken recipe. It’s great for breading chicken, pork chops, zucchini, etc.
I wanted to mention that I browned these cutlets in red palm oil. I talk about it in this roasted vegetable post. It’s great because it has a high burning point and gives a butter taste and rich color for these cutlets.
You could use olive oil or some other oil instead, but I really like the palm oil. You can find many of these products on my Amazon pageif you are interested.
Let’s Make This Keto
Chicken Parmesan Recipe
STEP 1: First mix the almond flour and grated Parmesan cheese in a large shallow bowl and place the beaten egg in another bowl.
STEP 2: Take one of the boneless, skinless chicken breasts and sliced them in half like you would a bagel. Then pound them a bit thinner with a meat mallet. The chicken cutlet will cook faster when thin and I think it just tastes better.
STEP 3: Once you have pounded the cutlets, sprinkle some salt and black pepper on top.
STEP 4: To bread them, just dip into the egg mixture and then dredge in the flour mixture.
STEP 5: Next heat up a large saue pan to medium high heat. Fry the chicken breast cutlets with red palm oil until they are golden brown. Again you can use regular oil if you wish. I like the color and taste of the red palm.
STEP 6: Then place the cutlets in a casserole dish, add a bit of sauce on top and then provolone cheese. You can also use mozzarella cheese if you want.
STEP 7: Bake the chicken in the oven for 15 minutes until the chicken is cooked through. Timing will depend on the thickness of your chicken. It should only take 15 minutes if your cutlets are thin.
Note if you want the cheese brown and bubbly, stick it under the broiler for a few minutes.
A Note About The Marinara Sauce
Tomato sauce can have a lot of added sugar and therefore have more carbs.I like Aldi’s Specialty Selects Marinara sauce as it has 5g net carbs per half cup and it’s easy for me to get. I also like Rao’s marinara sauce but I have to buy that online.
If you have a lower carb pasta sauce that you like, use that. Here is some otherketo condiments I’ve found on Amazon.
What To Serve With This Dish
I usually serve this keto main dish as is with a green vegetable and salad. However it would also be delicious with zucchini noodles, spaghetti squash noodles or cauliflower rice.
You could also serve this with regular pasta if you are not on a keto diet.
I hope you love this keto friendly dinner as much as we did!
The nutritional information for 1 serving is:
488 cals / 29g fat / 6.0g carbs / 1.7g fiber / 51.4g protein = 4.3g net carbs
You might also like my friend Alika’s low carb chicken parmesan recipe!
Low Carb Chicken Parmesan Dinner
Yield: 4
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
This low carb chicken dinner is so easy and delicious you will want to make it every week. Only a few ingredients and you can make this gluten free chicken dinner that has 4.3g net carbs per serving.
Ingredients
- 1 lb chicken breast
- ½ cup almond flour
- ½ cup parmesan cheese, grated
- 1 egg, beaten
- salt & pepper
- 1 tablespoon olive oil (I used red plam oil)
- ⅔ cup sauce
- 3 Provolone slices
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- In a shallow bowl, beat the egg and set aside. In another bowl mix the almond flour with Parmesan cheese and set aside.
- Take the chicken breasts and cut as you would a bagel to make two thinner pieces. Then add to a baggie and pound thinner with a meat mallet or heavy pan. Place the thin pieces of chicken on a plate and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Take a piece of chicken and dip it in the beaten egg and then the almond flour mixture. Full coat both sides and continue with all of the chicken.
- Heat up some oil in a frying pan and brown on both sides. Spray a baking dish with cooking spray and then place the chicken in it.
- Spoon some sauce over top and then place the cheese.
- Bake for 15 minutes until the cheese is nice an browned. You can also place it under the broiler for a few minutes after it's done coooking to brown it.
Notes
NOTES:
- I used red palm oil to fry my cutlets because I like the color and flavor. However you can just use olive oil if you want.
- If you want to spice up the breading you can use Italian seasoning, garlic powder, onion powder or paprika but I didn't think it needed it.
- I like Aldi’s Specialty Selects Marinara sauce as it has 5g net carbs per half cup and it’s easy for me to get. I also like Rao's marinara sauce. However if you have a lower carb pasta sauce that you like, use that.
- I usually serve this keto main dish as is with a green vegetable and salad. However it would also be delicious with zucchini noodles, spaghetti squash or cauliflower rice.
- You could also serve this with regular pasta if you are not on a keto diet.
The nutritional information for 1 serving is:
488 cals / 29g fat / 6.0g carbs / 1.7g fiber / 51.4g protein = 4.3g net carbs
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving:Calories: 488Unsaturated Fat: 0g
