Easy Keto Greek Chicken is a high flavor, low maintenance dish and one of my all time favorite recipes. The main reason for this is because it’s a quick dish to throw together and looks beautiful. A bona fide keto foodie’s dream recipe.
Macros: Fat – 38 gms, Net Carbs -4.5 gms, Protein – 33 gms
Easy Keto Greek Chicken: Perfect For Entertaining
I have served this dish many times when entertaining and it has always received rave reviews. One of the reasons I enjoy serving it, besides the obvious of how great it tastes, is because it is so simple to make. This gives me more time to spend with my guests. In addition, it also pairs well with a nice robust clean red wine and I’m a pushover for a good red.
An amazing easy Keto Greek Chicken dish wouldn’t be as great without the chicken thighs.
I have to admit when I started keto and learned that chicken thighs were back on the table I did a little happy dance. I know, we have all bought the party line that chicken breasts are healthy and thighs are the devil. Therefore, with jubilation I accepted the fact “it just ain’t so”.
Chicken thighs taste so good with their juicy flavor while chicken breasts tend to be dry and flavorless. It didn’t take me long to jump on the chicken thigh bandwagon. About 5 seconds to be exact.
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Easy Keto Greek Chicken Recipe
| Servings:4 | Prep Time:5 | Cook Time:25 |
- 4 tbsp olive oil Extra Virgin
- 2 tsp sea salt
- 1 tsp black pepepr
- 8 chicken thighs
- 1 lg onion thinly sliced
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 6 plum tomatoes diced
- 1/4 cup chicken broth
- 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 cup arugula
- 1/4 cup kalamata olives pitted and halved
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- Rinse and pat dry chicken and sprinkle liberally with salt and pepper. Set aside while you prepare your vegetables.
- Thinly slice the onions, dice the tomatoes, and slice in half the kalamata olives and gather your spices.
- Heat large skillet over medium heat.
- Add olive oil to the skillet.
- Once oil is sizzling, carefully add chicken thighs to skillet skin side down. Cover the pan to prevent splatter and cook for 4 to 5 minutes, or until chicken is evenly browned. Turn chicken and brown other side. Once the chicken is browned, remove it from the pan and set aside while you are making the sauce.
- Add the thinly slice onions to the pan and cook over medium heat until the onions are slightly browned and fragrant. About 4 minutes.
- Add the minced garlic and stir for one minute.
- Add plum tomatoes, saved juice, chicken broth and seasonings. Turn up heat until mixture is simmering.
- Add chicken to sauce, spooning sauce over the top and cover. Simmer chicken for 15 minutes or until chicken is cooked through and tender.
- Remove chicken from heat and stir in olives and arugula.
- Add salt and pepper to taste, if desired. Serve chicken hot with sauce spooned over it.
If you like a thicker sauce, you can remove the chicken after it is cooked and add 1/4 tsp of xanthum gum to the sauce to thicken. Then stir in kalamata olives and arugula. Serve chicken with sauce spooned over it.
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