Chicken thighs make a delicious, nutritious and inexpensive low carb keto meal. And there are so many ways to cook them! Here are 30 great ideas for your eating pleasure.
I’ve been totally digging the chicken thighs lately. And by lately, I mean pretty much forever. And by forever, I mean since I was able to chew and swallow solid food. My freezer is almost never without a few packs of chicken thighs to feed my hungry family. Chicken breasts are so passé, my friends. Now that the low fat era is dying a slow death (too slow, in my opinion), the much-lauded boneless skinless chicken breasts are on their way out too. And good riddance, I say!
What’s so great about chicken thighs over chicken breasts? Well, better taste for one thing. And a lower price tag. And, now that the low fat era is dying its slow death (too slow, too slow!), we can see that the nutritional value of chicken thighs is much better. Skin on or off, that darker meat has more fat (yay!), including plenty of saturated fat (double yay!) and dietary cholesterol. Oops, I saw a few of you pause there, kind of getting freaked out at the cholesterol thing. See? The low fat era still has a few remaining tentacles (die, you beast! DIE!).
Well, I for one am happy to eat those less expensive, more flavourful chicken thighs. I’ve created a number of my own recipes for them lately and I also rounded up some of the tastiest looking low carb chicken thigh recipes I could find. Grab a pack of thighs today and enjoy!
My Best Chicken Thigh Recipes
Easy Mediterranean Chicken Bake
Crispy Rosemary Sriracha Chicken Thighs
Mushroom & Gruyere Smothered Chicken
Sundried Tomato & Bacon Chicken
Great Low Carb Recipes from Other Bloggers
Pan Fried Italian Chicken Thighs from Barefeet In the Kitchen
Skillet Chicken and Mushrooms from I Breathe, I’m Hungry
Lemon & Thyme Chicken Thighs from Plaid & Paleo
Crock Pot Balsamic Chicken Thighs from SugarFree Mom
Lemon Paprika Chicken from Diethood
Crispy Chicken Skillet with Beets, Artichokes, Lemon & Olives from So Let’s Hangout
Basil Pesto Spaghetti Squash with Crispy Chicken from Colorful Eats
One Pan Roasted Chicken and Veggies from Eating Bird Food (replace or leave out the butternut squash to lower the carb count).
Grilled Chicken Thighs from Avocado Pesto
Baked Buffalo Chicken with Melted Bleu Cheese from Kalyn’s Kitchen
Spinach Stuffed Chicken from Ditch The Carbs
Easy Moroccan Chicken from Low Carb Maven
Slow Cooker Mandarin Chicken from I Breathe, I’m Hungry
Lemon Butter Chicken Thighs from Wonky Wonderful
Chili Roasted Chicken Thighs from Cook Eat Paleo
Crispy Creole Chicken Thighs from African Bites
Five Spice Cream Cheese Chicken from Running to the Kitchen
Chicken Spaghetti Squash Casserole from Low Carb Yum
Smoked Paprika Chicken Thighs from Primal Palate
Chimichurri Chicken Thighs from Life Tastes Good
Prosciutto Wrapped Rosemary Chicken Thighs from The Food Network
Mediterranean Chicken with Dill Greek Yogurt Sauce from The Mediterranean Dish
I eat chicken all most everyday… So this will come in handy… Thanks!
I’ve frequently substituted chicken thighs for recipes that call for bland, tasteless boneless, skinless chicken breasts.
What a terrific collection of recipes! Thank you!
What a great round up! Thanks so much!
Hi Carolyn,
I absolutely agree it’s time to get back to eating all the good fat that we need. I’m writing to thank you for pulling all these recipes together (I love chicken thighs) but am disappointed that so many of the recipes specify (or prep to) boneless, skinless thighs.
Progress is so slow……
I think that boneless and skinless have their rightful place. This isn’t about progress in low carb high fat, but what the actual chicken recipe is about. For example, in several of mine, I chose boneless and skinless because I am smothering them in so many other things that it’s easier for the eater to cut them up and eat them if they don’t contain bones. Think of it that way…although you are always welcome to try the full chicken thighs, if you wish.
I don’t disagree.
I’m just hoping that the wonderful recipe-creators will begin to work with the whole thigh. What I’ve found is that few recipes result in a tasty skin/fat. Rather it frequently becomes unappealingly rubbery. (Duck parts have a similar problem).
So – how about a culinary competition looking for tasty Low-carb whole thigh recipes?
I was going to say…the smothering in things (which I love to do…mmmmm, cheese!) does tend to result in rubbery skin. So that’s another plus for the skinless in some recipes. But have you tried the bacon sun-dried tomato cream sauce one? I tried one way and it steamed the skin after being browned and wasn’t good. So then I braised it all in the oven. Much better! Not crispy but not rubbery at all.
mmmmm…sounds yummy!
What a great roundup. I’m pleased to see one of my recipes in such great company! Thanks.
Thanks for including my grilled chicken thighs in the round up! So many awsome recipe to choose from. Pinning!
Hi – What a great list. I’m looking forward to diving into several of these recipes! FYI – the Creole thigh recipe has the incorrect link. Thought you might want to know!- E
Thanks for the heads up!
Love chicken thighs and always glad to get more ideas for them. And thanks for including my recipe!
I wish I would have seen this one hour ago. I just spent 45 minutes on the computer searching for a Chicken Thigh recipe I could use today. Oh well, I will bookmark this for future use. I love chicken thighs.
Just a heads-up for you, these two links go to the site for the first recipe: Chili Roasted Chicken Thighs from Cook Eat Paleo
Crispy Creole Chicken Thighs from African Bites