Low Carb chicken Romano with lemon butter sauce is a delicious gluten free, keto dinner. Easy to make and high in protein with only 1.4g net carbs per serving.
You might also like this low carb pork chops Romano recipe too!
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Chicken Romano with lemon butter is a dish my oldest sister made when she was just out of college. It was fantastic! I don’t know where she learned how to make it but she’s an excellent cook so she probably just whipped it up. I am 8 years younger than her, so I remember being blown away that she could cook something so good.
Anyway, this is my low carb version of her recipe. It’s very simple and sure to be a family favorite! I’ve even made a low carb Romano caulliflower steaks!
How to make chicken Romano low carb & Gluten free
As I’ve mentioned many, many times that I’m always trying to keep things Paleo or low carb. This recipe usually calls for dredging your chicken in flour first, then egg, then cheese. I just used almond flour instead and combined the egg and cheese mixtures for simplicity.
For those of you that have no problem with flour, just substitute regular flour for the almond flour, however I thought the almond flour worked fine. As a matter of fact I served this to my family including my in laws and no one knew it was almond flour.
low carb Chicken romano recipe
So after you dredge your chicken in the flour of your choice, you then dip it in a mixture of eggs, grated Romano cheese and a little water to thin it out. Place the chicken in a hot skillet that has some olive oil and bit of butter and fry until golden brown.
A note about the chicken
As a time saver I always buy a package of thinly sliced chicken breasts from the grocery store. They don’t have it at every grocery store, but it keeps me from having to pound it out. Aldi now carries thin sliced chicken breasts.
You want to have a thin cutlet so they are cooked after you fry them. If you have bigger pieces which you can see I do, you can just pop these in the oven for 10 minutes after browning and they should be cooked through. Had I had more time I would have pounded out the thicker pieces.
While the chicken is in the oven, make your lemon butter sauce by melting butter and mixing in the juice of one lemon. Bring the sauce to a simmer and when the chicken is done, top it off with the lemon butter sauce. Garnish with chopped parsley and add a wedge of lemon if you like.
I hope you try it and that your family likes it as much as mine. Enjoy! The nutritional information for 1 serving is:
358 cals / 20g fat / 1.8g carbs / 0.4g fiber / 41.6g protein = 1.4g net carbs
Low Carb Chicken Romano with Lemon Butter (gluten free)
Ingredients
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
- 1 Tablespoon butter
- 3/4 cup almond flour
- 1 1/2 lbs chicken, thin sliced
- 3 eggs
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/2 cup Romano cheese, grated
- salt & pepper to taste
- 2 Tablespoons butter
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 1/4 fresh parsley chopped finely, optional
- 1 lemon cut into wedges, optional
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350F.
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If your chicken breasts are not already cut thin, cut to make thin cutlets and pounded thin.
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Sprinkle salt and pepper over your chicken.
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Put your almond flour in a large shallow bowl or dish. Dredge your chicken breasts in and coat each side.
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Heat a large sauté pan to medium high.Add 2 Tablespoons of olive oil and 1 Tablespoon of butter and heat until sizzling.
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In a separate large shallow bowl or dish, beat the eggs, water and Romano cheese together.
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Dip the chicken breasts in the egg mixture.
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Add the breasts to the pan and cook until browned on both sides. Move to an oven safe dish.
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Continue in batches until all the chicken is done.
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If breasts are thick you can bake for 10 minutes to make sure they are done all the way through. If they are thin you may not need to do this.
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In another sauté pan, melt 2 Tablespoons of butter and the juice of one lemon. Simmer for a minute or two and then pour over the finished chicken.
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Sprinkle with fresh parsley and serve with extra lemon wedges.
rebecca cullinan
This was delicious. And the ingredients for the batter were commensurate with the meat! I used. 1 1/2 T dried parsley flakes and 1/3 t garlic powder w/parsley for seasoning. I added juice from 1/2 lemon to batter with 1/4 c water, and the consistency was perfect. I omitted the oil for frying, and used about 1 stick butter for frying. Made a butter sauce with the juice from the other half of the lemon and 4 T of butter (microwaved). Not a drip, drop, or crumb left.
Denise
Hi Rebecca, thanks for sharing all your tips! I haven’t made this in a while so I’ll have to make it again and try some of these things. Thanks for taking the time to come back and share your experience!
Mirlene
Yum! I’m adding this to my must try recipes.
Denise
Hope you like it Mirlene!
Rick
This was yummy. As a matter of fact, Denise should make it for me soon
Denise
Anytime! 🙂
Ephraim
Yummmy! ChrissyO put me onto this one and boy am I glad she did. Sooooo easy and the aroma while cooking had my mouth watering!! Had to use breasts to cut down the fat content but other than that made it as stated. Thanks for a great keeper
Denise
So glad you liked it!
Anon
This is low carb, not low fat. You want the fat to satiate your hunger. Unless you’re not on a low carb diet, then you will probably want a low fat recipe that has carbs. I’m only commenting because there is still quite a bit of confusion when it come to low carb diets and fat. Fat is good on low carb.
Sara
I just bought the stuff to make this and I can’t wait to try it! Thanks for sharing!
Denise
Hi Sara, I hope you like it. If you have any questions, just let me know.
Shari
This chicken is delicious! Be sure to use the thin chicken breasts. Cook 6 minutes per side on the stove top. I made extra butter/lemon sauce and served the chicken with fettuccine. Poured the sauce over the chicken and noodles. Yum! Compliments all around! Light and delish!
Denise
Thank you so much Shari for taking the time to come back and comment. I’m so glad you liked it!
Ann GrubbsnCritters
Found you from Lorelai’s linky. This looks absolutely amazing! I’ll definitely be pinning and trying this! 🙂
Rattlebridge Farm--Foodie Friday & Everything Else
I love lemon and chicken–this will be a perfect supper entree.
Ashley
This looks great. I am going to be featuring you this week (tomorrow) on Tasty Tuesday. Thanks for linking up this week. I am pinning it to the Creative K board on Pinterest.
wildviolets@comcast.net
Thanks so much!
Claire | Sprinkles and Sprouts
Popping over from the link party at ‘life on lakeshore drive’
This chicken looks lovely, I love lemons, the ones on our tree are just about ready, I can’t wait to try this recipe out 🙂
Cindy @ Hun... What's for Dinner?
What a delicious low carb chicken recipe! I can see why it received the most clicks last week at Simple Supper Tuesday. We hope you can join us again this week, starting Monday night at 8pm EST.
wildviolets@comcast.net
How wonderful!
Create With Joy
Thank you so much for sharing this delicious recipe at Inspire Me Monday at Create With Joy – your photography is gorgeous as well!
I’m so happy to have the opportunity to include you as one of our Featured Guests at this week’s party – #179 – and look forward to seeing what you make this week! 🙂
wildviolets@comcast.net
Thank you! I will be there!
Vickie
Looks so good! I love it when I find recipes that I have all the ingredients for! Can’t wait to try. Thanks for sharing at the #HomeMattersParty
Nan a.k.a Granny Fabulosa
Yum! Pinned it.
Kathleen
That is the most delicious looking chicken. The coating would give it a wonderful taste. I am going to pin that so that I remember. I am excited that it is Gluten Free too.
Thanks for bringing your lovely chicken to #HomeMattersParty
Kathleen
Lisa Barker
Making this for sure!
wildviolets@comcast.net
Hope you like it!
Michelle @ A Dish of Daily Life
This looks wonderful, Denise! We eat a lot of chicken…I will give this one a try! Pinning!
Joy @ Joy Love Food
This chicken dish sounds delicious with the cheese and lemon butter sauce! I bet my family would love this too, pinning to hopefully make soon.
Parental Journey
I love chicken and this one looks so tasty! Pinning it 🙂