Keto garlic chicken is a one-pan, easy-to-make, delicious, finger-licking good chicken recipe prepared using basic ingredients from your kitchen. Garlic Chicken is one of the healthy chicken recipes for your weight loss diet.
About the recipe
Keto Garlic Chicken or Lehsuni Murgh, is a one-pan, easy-to-make, simple, fuss-free chicken recipe under 500 calories and ready in 30 minutes. Because it's a one-pan recipe, it is easy to clean up after the meal making it a perfect dish for your weeknight dinner.
This chicken recipe is not only good for weight loss; it is so tasty and quick to prepare that you can add it to your weekly dinner rotation menu.
And if you have vegetarians in your family, replace chicken with paneer and make the same recipe.
While you are here, also check out our keto weight loss omelet recipe.
Ingredients
Chicken Marination
400 g Chicken Thighs
1 Lemon, freshly squeezed juice
1.5 teaspoon Red Chili Powder
¼ teaspoon Turmeric Powder
1 teaspoon Salt
For Lemon Garlic Butter Chicken
1 tablespoon Butter
20 g Garlic, finely chopped
100 g Onion, finely chopped
3 Green chilies
0.5 Lemon, freshly squeezed juice
0.5 teaspoon Garam masala, powder
20 g Cashews, ground to paste using 3 tablespoon water
10 g Cilantro, finely chopped
How to make Keto Lemon Garlic Butter Chicken Recipe
In a bowl, add chicken thighs, lemon juice, red chile powder, turmeric powder, and salt, and mix; marinate this for 30 minutes.
Heat butter in a pan. To this, add garlic and saute for 30 seconds to 1 minute.
Next, add the onion and saute until translucent for 6 to 8 minutes. Add green chilies halfway through while sauteing onions.
Add the marinated chicken, spread it across the pan, and cook for 6 to 8 minutes. Flip and cook on the other side for another 6 to 8 minutes or until cooked through.
To this, add lemon juice, garam masala, cashew paste, and coriander leaves and mix well.
Now add approx ¼ cup of water and cook for 5 minutes.
Keto Garlic Butter Chicken is ready. Serve and enjoy.
Tips and Substitutes
- For smooth cashew paste, soak about 10 to 12 cashews in water for 30 minutes and then grind to a smooth paste.
- If desired, you can use curry powder or tandoori masala powder instead of garam masala powder.
- Adjust the number of green chilies or jalapenos to taste.
- You can add veggies like spinach, asparagus, capsicum or red bell peppers, broccoli, cauliflower, or any seasonal veggies of your choice to make it nutritious and filling.
- To make it dairy free, use oil instead of butter in the recipe.
Serving suggestions
You can serve it alone with cucumber and carrots on the side. You can also serve it with zucchini noodles (or zoodles) or cauliflower rice. If you want to add carbs and make your meal non-keto, you can serve Keto Garlic Chicken with Indian bread like chapati, naan, or roti or simply with steamed rice or Ghee Rice.
Video
You can check the video here on making Keto Garlic Butter Chicken.
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FAQs
Use any proteins like paneer, steak, shrimp, or chicken breast instead of chicken thighs if desired.
Yes, you can use heavy whipping cream instead of cashew paste in the recipe.
Chicken is low in carbs and high in protein. For the keto diet, I highly recommend chicken thighs or chicken legs, as these are high in fat. Chicken breasts can also be used to make this recipe.
Marination helps tenderize and flavor the chicken. If you are short of time, you can skip the marination step.
Alternatively, you can also choose to marinate the chicken well in advance and keep it in the refrigerator for up to 24 hours. When you return home from a busy day at work, you have perfectly marinated chicken waiting for you.
Recipe card
Keto Garlic Chicken | Lemon Butter Garlic Chicken Recipe
Equipment
- 1 Pan or Skillet
Ingredients
Chicken Marination
- 400 g Chicken Thighs
- 1 Lemon freshly squeezed juice
- 1.5 teaspoon Red Chilie Powder
- ¼ teaspoon Turmeric Powder
- 1 teaspoon Salt
For the dish
- 1 tablespoon Butter
- 20 g Garlic finely chopped ( 6 to 8 cloves)
- 100 g Onion finely chopped (1 large)
- 3 Green chilies ( or 1 Jalapeno)
- ½ Lemon freshly squeezed juice
- ½ to 1 teaspoon Garam masala
- 20 g Cashews ground to paste using 3 tablespoon water
- 10 g Cilantro or Coriander leaves finely chopped ( 1 to 2 tbsp)
Instructions
- In a bowl, add chicken thighs, lemon juice, red chile powder, turmeric powder, and salt, and mix; marinate this for 30 minutes.400 g Chicken Thighs, 1 Lemon, 1.5 teaspoon Red Chilie Powder, ¼ teaspoon Turmeric Powder, 1 teaspoon Salt
- Heat butter in a pan. To this, add garlic and saute for 30 seconds to 1 minute.1 tablespoon Butter, 20 g Garlic
- Next, add the onion and saute until translucent for 6 to 8 minutes. Add green chilies halfway through while sauteing onions.3 Green chilies, 100 g Onion
- Add the marinated chicken, spread it across the pan, and cook for 6 to 8 minutes. Flip and cook on the other side for another 6 to 8 minutes or until cooked through. Check out the video here.,
- To this, add lemon juice, garam masala, cashew paste, and coriander leaves and mix well.½ Lemon, ½ to 1 teaspoon Garam masala, 20 g Cashews, 10 g Cilantro or Coriander leaves
- Now add approx ¼ cup of water and cook for 5 minutes.
- Keto Garlic Butter Chicken is ready. Serve and enjoy.
Notes
- For smooth cashew paste, soak about 10 to 12 cashews in water for 30 minutes and then grind to a smooth paste.
- If desired, you can use curry powder or tandoori masala powder instead of garam masala powder.
- Adjust the number of green chilies or jalapenos to taste.
- You can add veggies like spinach, asparagus, capsicum or red bell peppers, broccoli, cauliflower, or any seasonal veggies of your choice to make it nutritious and filling.
- To make it dairy free, use oil instead of butter in the recipe.
Nutrition
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Kelley
This was so good and full of flavor!
Savita
This turned out really good, loved the recipe totally!!
nancy
super delicious Keto garlic chicken ! Easy to make and everyone loves it
Shadi Hasanzadenemati
Thank you so much! The flavors are perfect and I can’t wait to try this recipe!