Easy Keto Fried Chicken Thighs
User Reviews
4.6
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Prep Time
10 mins
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Cook Time
15 mins
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Total Time
25 mins
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Servings
6
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Calories
349 kcal
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Course
Main Course
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Cuisine
American
Easy Keto Fried Chicken Thighs
Description
Chicken thighs are trimmed of bones using kitchen scissors and pounded to an even thickness for uniform cooking. The skin side is carefully salted and peppered, avoiding seasoning the fat side to prevent burning. Cooking starts in a hot cast iron or heavy pan with ghee or clarified butter, first rendering and crisping the fat side.
The chicken is flipped and cooked until the internal temperature reaches 165°F, ensuring juiciness and safe doneness. After cooking, the thighs rest briefly and any excess butter is lightly blotted off. The final product combines crispy skin with tender meat.
This method focuses on simple ingredients and stovetop cooking, ideal for low-carbohydrate meals. The pounded flat thighs cook relatively quickly and can be sliced into strips for serving or used in salads.
Ingredients
- 1.5 lbs chicken medium-large bone-in chicken thighs, skin on
- 2 tbsp butter ghee/clarified
- salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Lay chicken thighs out on a cutting board, and using sharp kitchen scissors, cut out bone from thigh.
- Remove bones (save them for chicken stock if you make your own!)
- Pound chicken flat and make sure they are very dry, pat with paper towel if needed.
- Generously salt and pepper meat side of chicken (don't salt fat side, as it can easily burn).
- Heat a cast iron (or heavy) pan on high heat, so it is scorching hot (but not smoking).
- Reduce heat to medium-high.
- Add ghee/butter to pan, and let melt.
- Add chicken to pan, starting with the fat side down.
- Let fat crisp and chicken brown, about 7 minutes.
- Flip chicken and cook until 165 degrees internal temp - about 6 minutes.
- Let rest 2-5 minutes and pat off any excess butter softly with a paper towel.
- If desired, cut chicken into strips.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 6Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 349 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1g | |
| Calories | 349kcal | 17% |
| Protein | 32g | 64% |
| Fat | 24g | 37% |
| Saturated Fat | 9g | 45% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 13g | 76% |
| Cholesterol | 150mg | 50% |
| Sodium | 198mg | 8% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
User Reviews
Overall Rating
4.6
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