Keto chicken with herb butter

Keto chicken with herb butter

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This keto meal is so quick and delectable, you’ll be singing its praises to family and friends! Melt a large dollop on top of this mouthwatering butter-fried chicken. You’ll be getting your butter on in no time — and loving it!
March 4 2016 recipe by , photo by , nutritional review by in Recipes, Dinner, Meal

Keto chicken with herb butter

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4.7
51 Ratings
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This keto meal is so quick and delectable, you’ll be singing its praises to family and friends! Melt a large dollop on top of this mouthwatering butter-fried chicken. You’ll be getting your butter on in no time — and loving it!
USMetric
4 servingservings

Ingredients

Herb butter
  • 6 oz. 170 g butter, at room temperature
  • 1 1 garlic clove, mincedgarlic cloves, minced
  • ½ tsp ½ tsp garlic powder
  • ¼ cup (1⁄8 oz.) 60 ml (4 g) fresh parsley, finely chopped
  • 1 tsp 1 tsp lemon juice
  • ½ tsp ½ tsp salt
Fried chicken
  • 2 tbsp 2 tbsp butter or olive oil
  • 4 (2 lbs) 4 (900 g) chicken breast, bone-in with skinchicken breasts, bone-in with skin
  • salt and pepper
Serving
  • 8 oz. (4 cups) 230 g (1 liter) leafy greens, for example baby spinach
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Instructions

  1. Start with the herb butter. Mix all ingredients thoroughly in a small bowl and let sit until it’s time to serve.
  2. In a large frying pan, over medium heat, melt the butter. Season the chicken with salt and pepper. Fry in butter until the filets are cooked through, and register 165°F (75°C) with a meat thermometer. Lower the temperature towards the end to avoid dry chicken filets.
  3. Serve the chicken on a bed of leafy greens and place a generous amount of herb butter on top.

Tips

It’s easy to keep this delicious herb butter on hand! You can make it ahead of time and store it in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.

This butter pairs marvelously with other meats — try it on steak, turkey, or pork chops.

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35 comments

  1. 1
    Paul & Cindy
    January 12 2017
    Metric settings for the fried chicken butter is showing as imperial
    Reply: #2
  2. 2
    Reply to comment #1 by Paul & Cindy
    Kristin Berglund Team Diet Doctor
    January 12 2017

    Metric settings for the fried chicken butter is showing as imperial

    Thank you! Fixed now.

  3. 3
    Christine
    January 19 2017
    Not a huge chicken fan, but this one is a keeper! Even picky daughter said it was delicious!
  4. 4
    Christian
    January 21 2017
    This was unbelievably delicious!!
  5. 5
    Daniel
    January 31 2017
    This is delicious. It almost had a buttery flavor reminiscent of movie theater popcorn but in the best way possible (because that sounds like it wouldn't taste good.... it was great!). I will definitely be cooking this again.
  6. 6
    Lori
    February 14 2017
    Can I put a tbs of olive oil/red wine vinegar on my side greens? Is that ok?
    Reply: #7
  7. 7
    Reply to comment #6 by Lori
    Peter Biörck Team Diet Doctor
    February 14 2017
    Yes! :)

    Can I put a tbs of olive oil/red wine vinegar on my side greens? Is that ok?

  8. 8
    Cece
    February 20 2017
    How many oz of chicken breast?! I like to measure everything out. Please let me know thanks!
    Reply: #15
  9. 9
    Piper
    February 25 2017
    This was fabulous. I used coconut oil for frying. Everyone loved it. YUM
  10. 10
    Benjamin
    March 23 2017
    It was good but kind of bland compared to the other recipes I've tried on this website.
  11. 11
    Dayle
    April 6 2017
    have a question about the portions...I read that each portion is enough to create two meals dinner and lunch the next day. So if the chicken dinner for 1 calls for one boneless chicken breast then is the dinner portion half of the breast? Or is the portion for 1 for just that meal, dinner?
    Reply: #14
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    Patricia
    April 29 2017
    How many ounces per chicken breast? I have some big ones and know that this would be too much for me in a serving.
  13. 13
    Alena
    May 29 2017
    I have the same questiom as Dayle (#11)!!
  14. 14
    Reply to comment #11 by Dayle
    Stephanie
    July 6 2017
    "Servings" listed on the recipe is the number of plates it makes. So one serving is one dinner, not one dinner and one lunch. If you are cooking for one person, you should make sure to change that number to 2 servings so you get a dinner plate and a lunch plate.

    The grocery list section goes by number of people you are cooking for. If you put 1, it will tell you to buy enough meat for 2 servings of each recipe, but that's only enough to feed one person. I hope that makes sense!

    For this recipe, one meal (dinner or lunch) should equal one chicken breast. If you were cooking for one person and planning on having the leftovers for lunch the next day, you should be cooking 2 chicken breasts at once.

    I also wanted to note, this is my favorite recipe so far on the 2 week plan. Not only is simple sometimes the most delicious, but I like being able to modify the amount of fat that I consume with the recipe. I've found the fat intake to be overwhelming and difficult to stomach, but the butter on the top/side rather than already mixed into a recipe allows me to eat as much as I can handle without overdoing it. This was a delicious recipe that I plan to make repeatedly!

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    Reply to comment #8 by Cece
    Stephanie
    July 6 2017
    They do not recommend over-measuring things. I think you should worry less about measuring and worry more about eating until satisfied. If you're still hungry, eat another half of a chicken breast and an extra spoonful of butter, no big deal... they don't want you skimping and starving.

    I've seen a lot of comments from new people to this diet who are so used to counting ounces and calories and (insert measurable food metric)... The intro materials for this explain that they do not want you counting anything. They teach you to rely on your body's own signals rather than numbers. They don't want you counting calories or fat intake or anything else. If you do it because you just want to, than that's your prerogative, but they don't recommend it and don't provide you with easy ways to do it because they are trying to discourage it. And if you follow the recipes, they are already designed to keep you at an ideal carb count, so you don't need to count at all.

    I personally enter all of my recipes into myfitnesspal, but I try not to look at the calories, etc, and only focus on the carb intake. After all, that's what this whole diet is about... keep the carbs down and only eat until satisfied. I have noticed in doing this, though, that I am always at a reasonable level of calories when I eat this way. Our bodies are smarter than we give them credit for, we just suck at listening to them, especially in the US =)

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    Jecenia
    July 6 2017
    How many calories this meal has?
  17. 17
    Erica
    July 11 2017
    This was amazing!
  18. 18
    Noelle
    July 13 2017
    The protein portion size is confusing. You say you don't want us counting, but if I eat too much protein I will come out of ketosis. I am coming off of a high protein diet, so I want to be sure not to overindulge on protein, and I will. Chicken breast sizes vary considerably.
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    FruityKiwi
    August 1 2017
    My favourite in the 2 week challenge so far. LOVE the garlic butter! Simple and not as rich/greasy as the others so far, so rich we've been having only breakfast and late lunch/early dinner most days. Shopping list gave weight for the chicken breasts so we ended up with 8 chicken breasts when I only needed 6. I guess chickens are bigger in the States!

    I couldn't be bothered to fry them all in batches so I got a large roasting tray and baked them with a little olive oil all in one go (along with the thighs for the pesto casserole!) at 200°C for 30 minutes. I covered the tray with foil to prevent them from dryng out. If you're cooking less 20 minutes should be plenty.

    My daughter ate half a breast and both myself and dh ended up having two each! Lots still left for lunch!

  20. 20
    Diana
    August 18 2017
    We hated this recipe. It was so plain tasting. There was nothing good about it - why is it 4.2 stars?? It's easy, that's the only good part. But definitely not tasty!
  21. 21
    Susan
    September 11 2017
    A lot of people say to eat until you are full but if you eat too much fat you can get a fatty liver. I want to be sure my diet is balanced so this doesn't happen. If anyone can help please let me know.
    Reply: #22
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    Reply to comment #21 by Susan
    Chris
    September 14 2017
    True fatty liver disease is mainly caused by alcoholism or less commonly when the body can't metabolize fat fast enough so it can be stored in the liver cells. I believe this why you must commit to a ketogenic diet. Carbs are the primary source of metabolism. Putting yourself on a 70% fat diet and 5% carb diet (the other 20% coming from proteins) so you're eventually putting yourself into that that state of ketosis. Meaning you're primarily breaking down fats to produce ketones for energy steadily which means you're breaking down fat quickly enough to prevent fatty liver disease.

    Also doing aerobic workouts where you use a lot of oxygen is good too. This is because fats require a lot more oxygen to be metabolized. Also, you can just breathing exercises or yoga

    But just to say fatty liver disease is not that common if you don't drink alcohol unless it's in your family or obese

  23. 23
    Maggie
    November 30 2017
    Hi susan
    I was given this diet to do by my Doctor because I have non alcoholic fatty liver disease...I have had fatty Liver Disease for the last 14 years...and it was worsening to a point of scarring my liver.....I now know that carbs and sugars cause a fatty liver not fats.... I have been on this eating plan now of LCHF for 4 months...and my liver is slowly recovering, my Triglicerides readings which are also part of non Alcoholic Fatty Liver disease where off the scale they where so high and now they are already back into normal readings....I was also Insulin Resistant ..Which is also part of Non Alcoholic Fatty
    liver Disease I became diabetic..I am now off all medications and I am no longer type 2 diabetic....I am thrilled with the ongoing health gains that I have had from this diet....please look up and listen to the Drs and Professors talk about how Non alcoholic fatty Liver disease is now being successfully treated on this diet...healthy FATS are absolutely good for your body and Liver...best of luck.....for this recipe...just had it again...and we absolutely love and adore it...how wonderful for a winters night meal..thank you Diet Doctor for this brilliant recipe
    Reply: #32
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    Sherrie
    December 1 2017
    So u all eat ONLYa piece of chicken for dinner? Nothing else?
  25. 25
    Maggie
    December 4 2017
    You eat as much chicken as you want..if you are hungry make more chicken up....with for me vegetables of my own choice...cauliflower, cabbage etc the example above serves the chicken with spinach...it’s what ever you want it to be...play with the recipes and make them your own
  26. 26
    angie
    February 13 2018
    Question, How can I link these recipes to pinterst to save for later. There is no link at the top of the paper like there used to be. Thank You
  27. 27
    Tamara
    July 22 2018
    This looks delicious! How long can it stay in the fridge? I’m trying to plan out easy recipes I can make for several days at a time because I just don’t have the time to cook every day.

    Also, what did you use to mix the butter? I’m a newbie so I don’t want to pull out the mixer and have butter everywhere 😂

  28. 28
    Tawnyelle
    August 6 2018
    I see it says to fry cook the chicken til done, I have never really done that before so no idea what to do, but I opted to Sous vide it! Put some Olive oil, salt and pepper in the bag with it. Hope it works the same.
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    Brandon
    January 21 2019
    I'm generally not huge 'leafy greens' kinda guy but I gotta say the succulent chicken in combination with the herb n' garlic butter makes the generic bland taste of spinach negligible. I made a couple fine-tunings to the meal, however. First I decided to bake the chicken breasts at 350 degrees Celsius with a teaspoon of Frank's Red Hot Sauce on each breast for those like me who prefer a little kick with their meat. After that, I chopped the chicken into chunks and pan-fried it on high in a liberal amount of butter for a few minutes until the chunks of chicken had a golden blaze of butter over 'em. Poured those bad boys onto plate over the spinach, garnished with my dollop of herb n' garlic butter and dug-in. Delicious meal, would highly recommend to those who would like more spinach in their diet without liking its taste.
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    Terrina
    April 18 2019
    Thank you for your post. I was just recently diagnosed with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. I am excited to see where this LCHF leads me and the changes in my diagnoses.
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    YVETTE
    May 23 2019
    If I am reading this correctly 1 serving ( 1 chicken breast, some herb butter and 2 oz spinach) has 841 calories, 64 g fat, 63 g protein and 2 g net carbs? Sounds kinda high- is this correct?
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    Jovette
    May 27 2019
    This recipe is great and easy to make for one person, some other recipes are really hard to make for one.
    When a recipe is for four or six not so easy. I don’t want to eat the same thing for six meals. I don’t like to throw away food but I do.
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    Margaret
    August 20 2019
    Love it! Especially how rhe butter melts down and makes a delicious sauce for the spinach. Yum! A keeper.
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    Jana F
    September 9 2019
    Butter is the best part. If you're just eating the chicken and spinach, of course it will be bland. If you don't like ingredients put in the butter, it may turn out bland as well. But as a whole, chicken with the butter and spinach was spot on and a pretty easy meal to do. And I will definitely be using the butter recipe for other things too.
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    jeanette_miles
    February 26 2020
    I did not think I would like this. I tried it because I am realizing I am not getting enough fats. This will be the new staple in my house!!! Even my 11 year old thought it was "better than crab legs! " The herb butter drizzled on the spinach was sinfully delicious!!

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