Easy Keto Fried Chicken Thighs
Easy Keto Fried Chicken Thighs are the most delicious, juicy, and super crunchy-crackly chicken thighs you'll ever make!
Servings: 6
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1.5 lbs chicken medium-large bone-in chicken thighs, skin on
- 2 tbsp butter ghee/clarified
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Lay chicken thighs out on a cutting board, and using sharp kitchen scissors, cut out bone from thigh.
- Remove bones (save them for chicken stock if you make your own!)
- Pound chicken flat and make sure they are very dry, pat with paper towel if needed.
- Generously salt and pepper meat side of chicken (don't salt fat side, as it can easily burn).
- Heat a cast iron (or heavy) pan on high heat, so it is scorching hot (but not smoking).
- Reduce heat to medium-high.
- Add ghee/butter to pan, and let melt.
- Add chicken to pan, starting with the fat side down.
- Let fat crisp and chicken brown, about 7 minutes.
- Flip chicken and cook until 165 degrees internal temp - about 6 minutes.
- Let rest 2-5 minutes and pat off any excess butter softly with a paper towel.
- If desired, cut chicken into strips.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 349kcal | Protein: 32g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 13g | Cholesterol: 150mg | Sodium: 198mg
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