Keto Diced Chicken Parmesan Casserole Recipe made in a cast iron skillet
Love Chicken Parmesan? Want a keto chicken parmesan casserole recipe that will taste amazing? Create this chicken parm dinner that will keep you on track.
For many people, eating Keto can be the best thing they ever do! However, they still miss certain foods. Chicken Parmesan can be one of them. With the breading and the noodles that are often eaten with it, the traditional Chicken Parmesan Recipe is far from being Keto Friendly. But with this recipe, you can have Keto Chicken Parmesan and not lose the progress you have made and not feel guilty about it.
Keto Chicken Parmesan Casserole Ingredients
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 – 1 pound chicken breasts, cubed
- 1 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
- 1 tablespoon onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes, optional
- 1 cup sugar-free marinara
- 1 cup pork rinds, crushed
- 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
Keto Chicken Parmesan Casserole Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In a cast iron skillet, place olive oil in the bottom of the skillet to coat the pan.
- Add in chicken breasts.
- Sprinkle chicken with salt, pepper, Italian seasoning, onion powder and stir to combine.
- Once the chicken has cooked through (can be slightly undercooked as it will finish in the oven) stir in red pepper flakes and marinara sauce. Ensuring the marinara is evenly distributed.
- Top the chicken with pork rinds, Parmesan, mozzarella and dried basil.
- Pop in the oven for 15 minutes to melt the cheese.
- Broil for 5 minutes to get the cheese a nice golden brown color.
- Serve and enjoy!
NOTE: If you don’t have a cast iron pan, make the chicken in a regular skillet. However, you’ll want to place the chicken mixture into an 8×8 casserole dish after you’ve coated with the marinara and the seasonings. Top with the pork rinds, Parmesan, mozzarella cheese and basil. Bake for about 20 minutes for the cheese to melt and broil for 3-5 minutes until you get a golden color on top of the cheese!
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Keto Chicken Parmesan Casserole Nutrition
Serves 4
Calories 458, Total C 10.3g, Fiber 1.8g, Net C 8.5g, Sugar 4.5g, Fat 21.8g, Protein 51.4g
Here is a video we made to show you how to make this Keto Chicken Parmesan Casserole recipe.
Here are a few photos we took while making this amazing recipe.
Add the diced chicken to the cast iron skillet and cook through.
Once the chicken is cooked, add in the sauce.
Stir the sauce and red pepper flakes with the chicken.
Add the pork rind bread crumbs on top.
Add the cheese and bake for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes, broil for 5 minutes to brown the top.
What to Serve with Keto Chicken Parmesan Casserole
While this is a slightly different chicken parm recipe, because it is a casserole, it still has all the great flavors that a chicken parmesan recipe has. You can serve this keto chicken parmesan casserole with:
- Zoodles: Use vegetable noodles with this dish
- Low Carb Bread: Use low carb bread as a side dish.
- Fat Head or Cloud Dough: Take the leftovers of this dish and make it into a whole new dish.
Variation to Keto Chicken Parmesan Casserole
The best part of any recipe is being able to change it to your tastes. With this recipe you can:
- Use Chicken Thighs
- Use Flavored Pork Rinds
- Mix up the cheese and use whatever you have on hand or what is on sale!
Once you taste how amazing this recipe is, you will want to have this keto chicken Parmesan for dinner or lunch often. Create this casserole and enjoy one of your favorite Italian meals while staying on your healthy Keto style eating plan.
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Keto Chicken Parmesan Casserole
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 3 1 lb chicken breasts cubed
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1 tbsp Italian seasoning
- 1 tbsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes optional
- 1 c sugar free marinara
- 1 c pork rinds crushed
- 1 c grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 c shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1 tsp dried basil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- In a cast iron skillet, place olive oil in bottom of skillet to coat the pan.
- Add in chicken breasts.
- Sprinkle chicken with salt, pepper, Italian seasoning, onion powder and stir to combine.
- Once the chicken has cooked through (can be slightly under cooked as it will finish in the ovestir in red pepper flakes and marinara sauce. Ensuring the marinara is evenly distributed.
- Top the chicken with pork rinds, Parmesan, mozzarella and dried basil.
- Pop in the oven for 15 minutes to melt the cheese.
- Broil for 5 minutes to get the cheese a nice golden brown color.
- Serve and enjoy!
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Notes
Nutrition
Good, but 4 servings is a _lot_ of food and protein. We had to cut servings down a bit because it was way larger than we expected.
Sadly, I put it too close to the broiler and even 2 minutes was too long, but it was still tasty. I’ll probably make this again at some point, maybe a little more olive oil and cheese, with better attention to the broiling if we do that.
And made variations on this with some pre-cooked shredded chicken by combining everything into a pan and baking at 350 for 25-30 minutes, then broiling a little at the end. It’s worked well. It’s definitely a tasty and quick recipe to prepare and satisfies _some_ of those Chicken Parm cravings. 🙂