We made KFC – Keto Fried Chicken (and keto breadcrumbs)!
Ever since the day I whipped up keto bread, there was potential for keto breadcrumbs. When I devised the 2 minute microwave mug bread recipe, it became even easier. Over time, I made them a couple of times and even used them in some dishes, like fish cakes (which I haven’t made on the show yet). However, after much coercion by my wife Deepti, I finally got around to making it for our ‘Keto Essentials‘ series. Since I was making breadcrumbs, it seemed only fitting to make the much loved fried chicken along with it.
For this recipe, I decided to give the keto fried chicken an Indian twist and marinate it with some spices like red chilli powder, tumeric, cumin and coriander powder. For the bread crumbs I actually used a mixture of two different breads – a couple of slices of my coconut flour bread and one portion of the almond flour microwave mug bread.
Use your favourite keto bread to customize your breadcrumbs
These keto breadcrumbs can be made from pretty much any low carb bread. Coconut flour bread, peanut butter bread or almond flour bread, they will all work just as well. However, the flavour profile will vary across the board. These can be used to coat all kinds of meat, like chicken, fish, beef. You can now fry up your favourite foods like schnitzel, fried chicken or pork chops. You can even use this for stuffing perhaps or on top of a keto mac and cheese for a crunchy texture and, heck, it could even be used in my upma recipe instead of cauliflower to make bread upma. I’ve got one request pending from my wife though – keto jalapeno peppers. Gotta go work on that!
Cooking the chicken correctly!
Now, in this recipe video, I have used boneless leg meat, as I prefer that myself. However, for the recipe and macros calculation, I’ve used chicken breast, as it’s more easily available and the more preferred meat by most people. I’ve also chosen to pan fry the chicken in this video, and I found that despite using leg meat, which takes longer to cook than breast meat, I was able to cook it perfectly without burning the breadcrumbs. Unlike regular breadcrumbs, I feel these keto crumbs tend to brown much faster, so it’s preferable to not cook it on a very high flame.
Nutrition Info (Per serving)
Calories: 358
Net Carbs: 1g
Carbs: 2g
Fat: 20g
Protein: 43g
Fiber: 1g
This recipe makes 4 servings. Get this recipe on myfitnesspal.
Sahil is the master chef behind Headbanger's Kitchen. He hates writing up recipes because he's a man of few (written) words, but when he's on camera, he's all about the jibber jabber. Somebody stop him.
This is soooooooooo good! I just served it for dinner with a chopped spinach, bacon, and bleu cheese salad. It’s the only breaded keto anything we’ve had since we started the diet last January that didn’t sorely disappoint. Frying these in ghee–I had to learn to make my own (it’s not hard)–with the already lovely background of spices is incredible. So satisfying. Do try this dish!
12 Comments
Donna
November 22, 2017 at 2:37 pmThe video shows chicken leg meat, the the written recipe says breast. So are the macros listed for leg or breast meat?
Sahil Makhija
November 22, 2017 at 5:59 pmMacros are for breast. I did that because it’s just easier for calcuations
Jacky
April 17, 2018 at 5:14 pmLooks absolutely fantastic – thanks for posting
Mychelle
May 11, 2018 at 10:53 amWhat kind of oil do you fry your chicken in?
Deepti Unni
May 11, 2018 at 3:43 pmA light cooking olive oil but if you don’t mind the taste of coconut oil you could fry it in that or lard is best
Cindy
May 15, 2018 at 4:39 pmCould I use pork skins for coating ?
Sahil Makhija
May 29, 2018 at 12:33 pmSure why not! 🙂
Susie
May 22, 2018 at 8:34 pmSilly question.. How much does each breast weigh? 4oz?
Sahil Makhija
May 29, 2018 at 12:22 pmVaries from chicken to chicken. Go by the overall weight for the recipe or weigh your chicken and add accordingly.
kpazdetodo
July 20, 2018 at 10:42 pmThis is soooooooooo good! I just served it for dinner with a chopped spinach, bacon, and bleu cheese salad. It’s the only breaded keto anything we’ve had since we started the diet last January that didn’t sorely disappoint. Frying these in ghee–I had to learn to make my own (it’s not hard)–with the already lovely background of spices is incredible. So satisfying. Do try this dish!
Sarah
September 18, 2019 at 9:17 pmI don’t have an oven. Could I just pan toast like I do when making normal breadcrumbs?
Sahil Makhija
September 19, 2019 at 2:26 amYes that should work too.