4 Easy Keto Chicken Drumstick Recipes (Kid-Approved) (2024)

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Discover 4 clever ways to make EASY keto chicken drumstick recipes for dinner tonight.

All recipes are kid-approved and are a cheap family-friendly chicken dinner when you’re busy.

Learn how to make easy keto chicken flavored with Mexican, Indian, Chinese, or Italian spice rubs.

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Chicken is the perfect high-protein and low-fat meal or snack. To make a quick and easy cheap chicken dinner tonight, you can use chicken thighs, chicken breast, or drumsticks.

To make this a completely healthy balanced meal, add a delicious side salad with plenty of mayonnaise and you instantly have an amazingly quick and easy low-carb healthy fat meal.

Chicken recipes (for picky eaters)

If you have picky eaters it can sometimes be hard to please everybody, but these keto chicken drumsticks are an easy meal or snack the entire family will love.

There are4 simple flavors. Mexican, Indian, Chinese, and Italian. All you have to do is mix the spices and rub them over the chicken drumsticks.

You can even use chicken wings, chicken thighs, or chicken breast meat. Use whatever cut you have on hand!

More chicken dinner recipes for picky eaters

These are a few of the most popular delicious keto chicken recipes that kids love and they are perfect for your keto diet too.

• 21 easy tasty low-carb chicken recipes – you’ll find more ideas with grilled chicken recipes, ground chicken recipes, and even stuffed chicken recipes too.
• Gluten-free keto chicken nuggets –
• Keto fried chicken (KFC) – the perfect healthy fried chicken.
• Low-carb chicken burrito – replace your fast food burrito with this easy keto chicken dinner.

Perfect school lunchbox filler

As a busy mum, I am always trying to find quick and easy snack ideas and lunchbox fillers for my 3 children. This keto chicken recipe is perfect for any fussy eater and leftover cooked chicken is the perfect healthy lunchbox meal prep.

Simply make them their favorite flavored low-carb chicken, or even better, ask them to invent a new spice rub, and keep that chicken drumstick just for them.

Chicken is perfect for the lunch box. Chicken drumsticks are sturdy and can be enjoyed hot or cold. Simply add a few lettuce leaves along the bottom of an airtight container, then pop the keto chicken on top.

If you want more healthy lunchbox ideas, head over to my Lunchbox Hacks Group. I post all my lunchbox recipes there.

Ingredients you need

All quantities, ingredients, and instructions are in the recipe card below.

Let’s get started on how to make this yummy keto chicken. For each of these variations, you’ll need:

• Chicken – I used drumsticks but you can easily substitute for a chicken breast or chicken thighs, depending on what you have on hand.
• Coconut oil – I find this gives the chicken the best flavour along with a nice crispy taste. You can also use olive oil or another kind too.

I’m going to break it down by spice rubs since that’s what differentiates the flavor of this cooked chicken.

• Indian spice – you’ll want to have curry paste and tumeric on-hand.
• Italian spice rub – easy to make with dried rosemary and thyme.
• Mexican spice – coriander seeds, cumin, and chili powder give plenty of spice.
• Chinese rub – five spice + ground cinnamon are absolutely delicious.

Instructions

All quantities, ingredients, and instructions are in the recipe card below.

So many readers are asking me for easy recipes for those of you who don’t know how to cook, or don’t want to cook. This recipe is perfect for beginners and perfect for a cheap easy mid-week meal.

STEP 1: Make your spice rub.

Melt your coconut oil in a small mixing bowl. Then, choose which spice mix you’ll be enjoying. Add the spices to the coconut oil, and mix well.

STEP 2: Cover your chicken.

Brush, spread, rub or pour the spice mix over each piece of chicken.

STEP 2: Cook your chicken.

Place the meat into a greased baking dish or baking sheet. Rub on the oil and spice mixture all over the chicken. Bake until completely cooked in the center then enjoy!

Simply throw everything in the oven, and whilst they are cooking, you can open a bag of pre-made salad and pour some homemade 1-minute mayonnaise over.

A simple keto dinner filled with real food that’s easy enough to put together even on busy weeknights. Plus, it’s delicious!

This bone-in keto chicken is so easy to make!

Storage

Once you make this keto chicken, it can be stored in a zip-topped bag or a glass airtight container. It will keep for 2-3 days in the fridge.

You can also store this low-carb chicken in the freezer. For best flavor, I recommend eating within 2 months.

Another option is to pull the meat off the bones and turn it into shredded chicken. The meat can be stored in the freezer in zip-topped baggies.

What to serve with low carb chicken

Part of why these easy keto chicken recipes are my go-to is because they are incredibly versatile!

There are so many delicious low-carb and keto side dishes to serve with chicken. Chicken is a versatile family-friendly dinner and so you need to choose quick and easy healthy side dishes the whole family will love.

To make a meal, you can simply roast some veggies like cauliflower or broccoli with salt and pepper and a bit of garlic. It’s simple but it’s got great flavor!

Here are some of my favorite keto side dishes to serve with chicken.

• Cheesy keto garlic bread
• Easy mashed cauliflower
• The best low-carb bread, pasta, and potato substitutes
• Low-carb keto almond flour bread
• Baked cheesy broccoli and cauliflower

FAQs

I hope your whole family enjoys this delicious meal like mine does. This is one of the best keto chicken recipes I’ve ever made to this day. Eat it in good health!