Keto Monterey Chicken
This Keto Monterey Chicken Recipe is smothered with cheese, crispy bacon, and delicious sugar-free bbq sauce for an amazing simple low-carb meal.
Servings: 3
Calories: 437kcal
Ingredients
- 4 slices bacon cooked
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 lb of thin cut boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 6 tablespoons sugar-free bbq sauce
- 2/3 cup Cheddar Cheese shredded
- 1/4 cup Monterey Jack Cheese shredded
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon parsley
- 1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper
Instructions
- In a hot oven-safe skillet, add olive oil and butter. (I use a cast-iron skillet)
- Season chicken generously with salt, pepper, and garlic powder.
- Sear chicken on each side for about 4 minutes on medium/high, then cover with a lid and reduce heat to low.
- Simmer until chicken is cooked all the way through.
- Spoon sugar-free BBQ sauce on top of each chicken breast.
- Divide the cooked bacon evenly and place it on top of each chicken breast.
- Sprinkle cheddar cheese on top of the bacon.
- Finish off the chicken with Monterey Jack Cheese and sprinkle parsley on top.
- Turn oven to broil and place skillet in the oven on top rack.
- Broil for 2-3 minutes or until cheese is melted and bubbly. (make sure skillet is oven safe)
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Notes
The sugar alcohols from the Lakanto Monkfruit Sweetener in the homemade sugar-free BBQ sauce are not included in the nutritional information since most subtract to calculate net carbs.
Nutrition
Calories: 437kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 40g | Fat: 28g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Cholesterol: 152mg | Sodium: 644mg | Potassium: 584mg | Vitamin A: 605IU | Vitamin C: 1.8mg | Calcium: 259mg | Iron: 0.8mg