These Keto fried chicken nuggets are just as good as my non-keto version. Even my kids approve!
In my family, we love chicken nuggets. Like looooove chicken nuggets.
When we switched to Keto, one of the first recipes I tried to figure out was how to make our beloved Oven Fried Chicken Nuggets in a Keto friendly way. Thankfully, it was pretty easy to figure out. All I did was switch the regular flour for super fine almond flour. Of the few I’ve tried, this one is our favorite so far and the price can’t be beat!
This “fried” chicken can be done in the oven or the air fryer. I just got this air fryer and I absolutely love it! I’ve made this chicken both ways and have included directions below for both.
Favorite Ways to Eat Keto Fried Chicken
I make this keto fried chicken into nuggets and sometimes I use tenders. We like to eat them with dipping sauce, in wraps (with low carb tortillas or lettuce) or on salads.
Our favorite dipping sauce is, of course, Chick-Fil-A sauce but that’s not really keto so no dipping sauce for Mr. Embellishology and myself. The girls, however, raided the secret stash of CFA sauce in the fridge and now the stash has been depleted. My goal is to try making a keto version in the near future. A girl’s gotta have her CFA sauce!
When we use the keto fried chicken on salads, it’s usually a Cobb salad. Its our favorite! Bacon, eggs and cheese are our favorite toppings Broccoli has recently been a favorite as well. Ranch is our favorite dressing but if we have any avocado ranch, that’s my favorite!
- 1 lb Chicken Breast, cut into strips or nuggets
- 2 Eggs, beaten
- 1/4 cup + 3 Tbsp Almond Flour
- 3 Tbsp Grated Parmesan
- 2 tsp Smoked Paprika
- 1 tsp Pepper
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 Stick of Butter
- Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees.
- Melt butter and pour on a rimmed cookie sheet.
- In a shallow dish, almond flour, grated parmesan, smoked paprika, salt and pepper. In another shallow dish, add the eggs and beat well. In a third shallow dish, add the almond flour.
- Dip the chicken in the almond flour, then the egg and then the almond flour/parmesan mixture and place on the rimmed cookie sheet.
- Bake for 10 minutes then flip over and bake for another 10-12 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.
- To "fry" in an air fryer, spray fryer plate with olive oil and air fry chicken at 350 degrees for 10 minutes or until chicken is cooked through (about 175 degrees).
- These can also be frozen and reheated!
- In an oven or toaster oven, preheat to 375 degrees and bake for 8 minutes.
- For the air fryer, reheat at 350 degrees for 8 minutes.
