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    Keto Hot Italian Chicken Skillet

    Mar 11, 2020 · 5 Comments

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    This Keto Hot Italian Chicken Skillet is a delicious low-carb skillet dinner filled with tomatoes, olives, hot peppers, and cheese! Just 5 ingredients + a few pantry staples!

    Keto Hot Italian Chicken Skillet in cast iron skillet

    What's better than a 5-ingredient recipe?! In the past, we've done entire months of 5-ingredient recipes so we know a thing or two about creating big bold flavors with minimal ingredients. Enter this Keto Hot Italian Chicken Skillet!

    Ingredients you'll need:

    1. chicken
    2. tomatoes
    3. banana peppers
    4. olives
    5. shredded mozzarella

    Plus a few pantry staple ingredients like avocado oil, Italian seasoning, onion powder, and salt. That's it!

    This skillet dinner reminds us of an Italian sub in such an awesome way. We ate this with a huge Italian salad and it was delish!

    chicken, olives, tomatoes, and peppers in a cast iron skillet on top of a gas stove
    topped with cheese

    The marinade for the chicken is super simple and is just avocado oil, Italian seasoning, onion powder, and salt! It creates the juiciest chicken and makes sure that this skillet dinner is packed with Italian flavors. It's almost like a submarine dressing without vinegar.

    Don't have mozzarella on hand? You can use provolone here too, even sliced instead of shredded. If you're dairy-free, we love Violife mozzarella!

    A note on the nutritional information

    As always, you can find the full nutritional breakdown including the carb count (total carbs and net carbs) at the bottom of the recipe card. You can find the serving size/yield at the top of the recipe card. You should always double-check your specific ingredients as different brands’ ingredients may have different nutritional values.

    To get a specific serving size you’ll want to weigh the final dish then divide by the number of servings. We can’t provide this information as your cooking style will vary from ours as well as the brand ingredients you choose to use.

    Keto Hot Italian Chicken Skillet in cast iron skillet
    Keto Hot Italian Chicken Skillet in cast iron skillet

    Keto Hot Italian Chicken Skillet

    This Keto Hot Italian Chicken Skillet is a delicious low-carb skillet dinner filled with tomatoes, olives, hot peppers, and cheese! Just 5 ingredients + a few pantry staples!
    4.67 from 3 votes
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    Course: Main Course
    Cuisine: Italian
    Keyword: 30-minute, 5-Ingredient
    Prep Time: 5 minutes
    Cook Time: 15 minutes
    Total Time: 20 minutes
    Servings: 4
    Calories: 329kcal

    Ingredients

    • 3 tablespoons avocado oil
    • 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
    • 1 teaspoon onion powder
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • 1 lb chicken breast cubed
    • ½ cup banana pepper rings
    • ¼ cup whole pitted black olives
    • 1 large tomato quartered
    • 1 cup shredded or mozzarella

    Instructions

    • Preheat your oven broiler to high.
    • In a small bowl, toss the avocado oil, Italian seasoning, onion powder, and salt with the cubed chicken. Let the chicken marinate for 10 minutes (you can marinate up to overnight if desired).
    • Heat a 10” or larger cast-iron skillet over medium heat. Once hot add the chicken and oil mixture to the skillet. Cook, 7-8 minutes flipping the chicken occasionally until golden brown and cooked through.
    • Add the banana pepper rings, black olives, and tomato to the skillet.
    • Top with the shredded provolone and transfer to the oven for 5 minutes until the cheese is bubbly. Serve immediately.

    Nutrition

    Nutrition Facts
    Keto Hot Italian Chicken Skillet
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 329 Calories from Fat 189
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 21g32%
    Saturated Fat 6g38%
    Cholesterol 95mg32%
    Sodium 1040mg45%
    Potassium 529mg15%
    Carbohydrates 4g1%
    Fiber 1g4%
    Sugar 1g1%
    Protein 31g62%
    Vitamin A 534IU11%
    Vitamin C 6mg7%
    Calcium 174mg17%
    Iron 1mg6%
    *

    Nutritional values are estimates only and do not include carbs from sugar alcohols.

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    Comments

    1. Kimberly Sawickey says

      March 11, 2020 at 2:05 pm

      OH thank you so much trying this one tomorrow night!! Love your recipes thank you so very much !!

      Reply
    2. Susan says

      March 31, 2020 at 3:46 am

      How long do you recommend marinating the chicken? I didn't see that step in the recipe, but it's mentioned in the text. Maybe I overlooked it... 🙂

      Reply
      • Cast Iron Keto says

        April 01, 2020 at 5:05 pm

        Hi Susan, thanks for pointing that out! We have updated the recipe with the marinating instructions.

        Reply
    3. KevinM says

      October 29, 2020 at 11:16 pm

      Made this tonight. My wife who is highly critical of new recipes gives it a thumbs up! I agree it was one that will go into my rotation. Did not change anything in the recipe!

      Reply
    4. Amanda says

      September 07, 2021 at 1:12 am

      5 stars
      We had this for dinner. My fiancé liked it so much, he said he was cooking it for breakfast. Thank you!

      Reply

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