Keto Brown Sugar Soy Chicken

This keto brown sugar soy chicken is a winner winner chicken dinner! This chicken is amazingly juicy and amazingly delicious!

When you want a flavorful comfort food main, this keto brown sugar soy chicken is a perfect choice! The sauce for our chicken combines the perfect balance of sweet and savory flavors and takes our chicken over the top in flavor! I hope you’ll enjoy this dish as much as my family does.

Let’s talk about our chicken!

Chicken is one of my favorite meats to cook with. I often buy whole chickens to boil and use in a variety of dishes, and I also enjoy cooking with boneless and skinless chicken breasts. For this dish, I used bone-in and skin on chicken thighs. This is actually my favorite cut of chicken to work with. Nutrition wise, there is an almost equal amount of fat and protein, and this cut of chicken is amazingly juicy and flavorful. I have always loved chicken skin, and this dish creates a nicely browned and incredibly delicious skin. We also end up with an amazingly delicious and juicy chicken meat with this dish. This cut of chicken is all dark meat which makes the chicken incredibly moist and delicious. We simply season the skin side of our chicken thighs with salt and pepper, then saute them in olive oil to prep them.

How do I make the sauce for this keto brown sugar soy chicken?

To make our sauce, we combine keto brown sugar, tamari, rice vinegar, toasted sesame oil, ground ginger, garlic powder, and onion powder. For sugar, I used the Swerve brand. It has zero calories, zero net carbs, and is similar in its sweetness level to regular brown sugar. Tamari adds amazing flavor and a nice salty element to our sauce as well. When buying rice vinegar, you’ll want to make sure you’re buying plain rice vinegar and not seasoned rice vinegar as the seasoned has sugar added to it. I love the flavors that toasted sesame oil, ground ginger, garlic powder, and onion powder bring to this sauce. One of the great things about this sauce is that we simply whisk all the sauce ingredients together in a bowl, then pour it over the chicken. I do recommend basting the chicken every 15 minutes or so while it’s baking.

What are some ways I can serve this keto brown sugar soy chicken?

You have some great low carb options for serving this chicken. You can start your meal with a green salad. A couple of our favorites are Caesar salads and wedge salads. You can also cut up some lettuce and serve it with toppings such as blue cheese crumbles, diced tomatoes, fried and crumbled bacon, sliced avocadoes, or sliced tomatoes just to name a few. For sides, low carb cooked vegetables are a super option. Asparagus, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, and green beans are wonderful choices. You can also serve this chicken with a side of keto biscuits, chaffles, cornbread, or English muffins. If you’d like to serve this dish with a low carb mash, a couple of our favorites are mashed kohlrabi and mashed turnips and rutabagas.

Here are some delicious side dishes that would pair nicely with this chicken!

Keto Cornbread and Chaffle Stuffing

Keto Sweet and Sour Turnips

Low Carb Cauliflower Mac and Cheese

Low Carb Cheesy Turnips

Helpful Hints:

*You’ll want to make sure you’re using plain rice vinegar and not seasoned rice vinegar to make this dish.

*You can easily double this recipe if you’d to make a larger batch.

Main Kitchen Equipment and Utensils:

• 13×9 inch baking dish
• Small mixing bowl
• Measuring spoons

Splash of Encouragement:

***Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; Teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. Proverbs 9:9***