The Original Keto Chicken Tenders
This is a quick and easy, baked, Keto Chicken Tenders recipe you can use as your go-to low carb breading. The breading sticks to the chicken and forms a solid outer shell, perfect for dipping or covering in buffalo sauce. If you’ve been looking for the perfect healthy chicken tender recipe for your keto diet, look no further!
These Keto Buffalo Chicken Tenders are so good that you would never be able to tell them apart from the ones served on your local bar menu. Now you can have all the flavors of your favorite low carb appetizer, but without all the extra carbs.
We’ve really got this almond flour breading recipe down now. If you want a video tutorial on how to properly execute the breading recipe, we have a video of Megha making popcorn chicken. The same techniques and principles apply to these low-carb chicken tenders. We’re using the same egg wash and breading mixture. As always, play around with different seasoning combinations to make these tenders align with your tastes. Let’s get down to making the keto chicken tenders!
I have always loved crispy breaded chicken tenders. Even as a child it would be the first thing my eyes spotted on the menu. Now, even as an adult, I still love them. Things are just a little different these days as I make my own keto chicken strips at home.
For many of you, your first instinct may be to walk away when you see pork rinds listed as an ingredient. Trust me when I tell you that you cannot taste them at all. I have never really been a fan of pork rinds, but when used as a low carb breading option, you would never even know they are there. Combining the pork rinds with the Parmesan cheese and the seasoning makes a perfectly crunchy keto breading mix that you can’t tell apart from its gluten-filled, floury counterpart. These keto buffalo chicken tenders are the real deal!
We’ve tried this low carb breading every which way and we usually opt for baking. We do this for a couple reasons. Cleanup is way easier and it’s easier to track nutrition on baked keto chicken tenders. If you go for the fried chicken it can be a bit of a guessing game on the calorie count. Also, this breading bakes up to be the perfect consistency of a diner chicken tender. No need to add on a bunch of extra calories by frying them. If you’re that eager to stack on some extra calories, load these keto chicken tenders up with blue cheese dressing!
Ingredients
Instructions
These Keto Buffalo Chicken Tenders are so good that you would never be able to tell them apart from the ones served on your local bar menu. Now you can have all the flavors of your favorite low carb appetizer, but without all the extra carbs.
We’ve really got this almond flour breading recipe down now. If you want a video tutorial on how to properly execute the breading recipe, we have a video of Megha making popcorn chicken. The same techniques and principles apply to these low-carb chicken tenders. We’re using the same egg wash and breading mixture. As always, play around with different seasoning combinations to make these tenders align with your tastes. Let’s get down to making the keto chicken tenders!
I have always loved crispy breaded chicken tenders. Even as a child it would be the first thing my eyes spotted on the menu. Now, even as an adult, I still love them. Things are just a little different these days as I make my own keto chicken strips at home.
For many of you, your first instinct may be to walk away when you see pork rinds listed as an ingredient. Trust me when I tell you that you cannot taste them at all. I have never really been a fan of pork rinds, but when used as a low carb breading option, you would never even know they are there. Combining the pork rinds with the Parmesan cheese and the seasoning makes a perfectly crunchy keto breading mix that you can’t tell apart from its gluten-filled, floury counterpart. These keto buffalo chicken tenders are the real deal!
We’ve tried this low carb breading every which way and we usually opt for baking. We do this for a couple reasons. Cleanup is way easier and it’s easier to track nutrition on baked keto chicken tenders. If you go for the fried chicken it can be a bit of a guessing game on the calorie count. Also, this breading bakes up to be the perfect consistency of a diner chicken tender. No need to add on a bunch of extra calories by frying them. If you’re that eager to stack on some extra calories, load these keto chicken tenders up with blue cheese dressing!
Ingredients
- 3-4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 bottle Frank's Red Hot Buffalo Wing Sauce
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 12 oz sliced almonds OR pre-made almond flour OR regular breadcrumbs if you are not low-carb
- blue cheese
- celery
- salt, pepper
Instructions
- If you are making your own almond flour, throw all sliced almonds in a blender or food processor and blend until you get a flour like texture.
- If you are using pre-made almond flour or breadcrumbs, skip this step.
- Beat two eggs and 1/4 cream together.
- Slice your boneless, skinless breasts into tender like strips.
- Dip each tender in the egg and cream mixture, then dredge in the breadcrumbs or almond flour.
- Place breaded tender on a greased baking sheet or parchment lined baking sheet.
- Bake at 375F for 20-40 minutes, depending on oven, until chicken cooked through.
- Let chicken cool for 10-15 minutes after removing from oven.
- Toss breaded, cooked tenders in Frank's Buffalo Sauce until fully coated.
- Serve with celery and blue cheese or your choice of side!
