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. Recipe created by Tracey of The Naked Diabetic
This Low Carb Creamy Lemon Chicken is a great at-home gourmet meal idea for any night of the week. It is quick and easy and served over a bed of cauliflower rice is super satisfying.
Table of Contents
Low Carb Creamy Lemon Chicken Ingredients
- 3 Large Boneless skinless chicken breasts
- Garlic – minced
- Canola Oil
- King Arthur Keto Wheat Flour
- Salt
- Garlic Plus Seasoning
- Chives
- Lemons – 2 whole
- Heavy Cream
- Chicken Broth
Recommended Kitchen Tools and Accessories
- Cutting Board
- Large Frying pan (I use a cast iron skillet)
- Kitchen Knife
- Meat Tenderizer mallet
- Measuring Cups
- Measuring Spoons
- Whisk
- Citrus Juicer
How to make it
Cooking the Chicken
Cut and Tenderize the chicken.
Slice the 3 large chicken breasts into 6 evenly sized pieces. Place your chicken on a cutting board and use a meat tenderizing hammer to pound it out to an even thickness. Having all pieces of chicken a similar thickness will ensure even cooking as well as making the chicken more tender and juicy
Dredge in Flour and Brown
Pour the King Arthur Keto Flour and Garlic Plus seasoning into a dredging dish. Dredge the chicken in the flour, covering both sides.
Cook the Chicken
Heat oil in a large frying pan heat the oil and brown the chicken on both sides. Continue to cook the chicken until the internal temperature is 170 degrees F. Remove the chicken and set it aside. Leave all remaining bits in the pan.
Making the Sauce
In the same frying pan, add garlic and brown for a couple of minutes. If you have any flour left from your dredging plate, sprinkle it over the sauteed garlic just before adding the broth.Add the chicken broth and simmer.
Juice 1 1/2 of the lemons. Slice the remaining half of the lemon into thin slices.
Whisk in the cream and lemon juice, salt, add lemons and bring to a simmer. Return the chicken to the pan and add chives simmer for a few minutes and then serve.
Serving Suggestions
Not all vegetables go well with lemon flavours. some ideal choices include:
- Broccoli
- Asparagus
- spinach
- Steamed collards
- Baby Bok Choy
- Avacado Salad
Serve the Low Carb Creamy Lemon Chicken over a bed of cauliflower Rice to finish off your diabetic-friendly plate.
Storing Instructions
Store your cooked low carb creamy lemon chicken in an airtight container refrigerated for up to 3 days.
Freezing? – Freeze in an airtight container for up to one month. Reheat in a large pan or the microwave.
The Low Carb Creamy Lemon Chicken Recipe
Low Carb Creamy Lemon Chicken Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 large Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
- 3/4 cup King Arthur Keto Wheat Flour
- 1 tsp Garlic Plus Seasoning
- 1 1/2 tsp Minced Garlic
- 2 fresh lemons
- 3/4 cup Heavy Cream
- 3/4 cup Chicken Broth
- 1/4 cup Canola Oil
- 1/2 tsp Salt
Instructions
- Slice the chicken breasts in half lengthwise.
- Using a meat mallet, tenderize and make all chicken pieces similar width. (cover with plastic wrap to keep chicken pieces from drying out)
- In a dredging dish, mix the K.A Flour and Garlic Plus Seasoning
- Dredge chicken pieces through the flour mixture.
- Heat oil in a large frying pan.
- Pan fry the chicken pieces until cooked through (time varies dependant on width of chicken).
- While the chicken is cooking, slice the lemons in half and juice 1 1/2 of the lemons.
- Slice the remaining 1/2 of the lemon into thin slices.
- Remove cooked chicken and set aside.
- Saute garlic in same pan. (do not remove chicken bits left from frying pan)
- Sprinkle any leftover flour mixture, from the dredging plate over the garlic
- Add the chicken broth and bring to a simmer.
- Whisk in the lemon juice, salt and cream and continue to simmer.
- Add the lemon slices while simmering.
- Allow the sauce to simmer for 2-3 minutes.
- Return the chicken to the pan, spooning the sauce around and on the breasts.
- Continue to heat until the chicken is thoroughly reheated.
- Serve hot.
Notes
Nutritional Information
The following information is for 1/6th of the recipe.
- Calories – 290
- Total Fat – 18 gr
- Saturated fat – 5 gr
- Total carbs – 3.5 gr
- Fibre – 1 gr
- Net Carbs – 2.5 gr
- Protein – 29 gr
- Sodium – 183 gr
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