Parmesan Ranch Chicken Thighs

In just an hour, you can have these amazingly delicious Parmesan ranch chicken thighs on your dinner table! Enjoy!

These Parmesan ranch chicken thighs are incredibly juicy and incredibly flavorful. They’re easy enough to make for everyday meals, yet elegant enough to serve for special occasion meals. We start with a homemade ranch seasoning mix, so you actually get two recipes with this chicken dish! Enjoy!

Let’s talk about our homemade ranch seasoning mix!

I enjoy making homemade seasoning mixes and ranch seasoning is one of our family favorites. I use it to make homemade ranch dressing, but it’s perfect for any dish calling for ranch seasoning. You have some great reasons for making your own seasoning mixes. One of the main reasons is that packaged mixes often add unwanted ingredients such as artificial colors and flavors, maltodextrin, msg, preservatives, and sugar. It’s also quick and easy to make your own and it will save you some money. For our ranch seasoning mix, we combine parsley, garlic powder, onion powder, chives, dill, salt, and pepper. All of our herbs and spices are dried, so you likely have all of them in your pantry! You can make this seasoning mix as is or can make a larger batch if you’d like. You can also customize the amount of herbs and spices for your taste preferences.

How do I make these Parmesan ranch chicken thighs?

To ensure our chicken doesn’t stick to the baking dish, we start by spraying the dish with oil. I used avocado oil spray. Coconut or olive oil spray are a couple of other great choices. For the chicken, I used bone-in skin on chicken thighs. These come out incredibly moist with beautifully browned skin. You can use different kinds of chicken pieces or can use a whole cut up chicken if you’d like. Whichever you use, you’ll want to bake them until they reach an internal temperature of 165 degrees. To get the crispiest skin, you’ll want to place your chicken skin side up in the dish and brush it with melted butter. I used salted butter, but you can use unsalted if you’d like. For our coating, we add fresh grated Parmesan cheese to our homemade ranch seasoning. Then we simply sprinkle this mixture evenly over the chicken.

What are some ways I can serve these Parmesan ranch chicken thighs?

You have some awesome low carb options for serving this chicken! You can start your meal with a keto salad or soup. A couple of our favorite salads are Caesar salads and wedge salads. You can also serve this chicken with a side of keto biscuits, chaffles, cornbread, or English muffins. Some other awesome sides include cauliflower mac and cheese, cornbread and chaffle stuffing, and cauliflower rice. You have some great options for making a mashed dish to serve with this chicken. A couple of our favorites include mashed kohlrabi and mashed turnips with rutabagas. It’s also quick and easy to make keto chicken gravy to serve with this chicken and with your mash! You can also serve your chicken with a vegetable side. Some great low carb vegetables include asparagus, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage dishes, cauliflower, green beans, and spinach.

Here are some green bean dishes that would pair perfectly with this chicken!

Bacon and Brown Sugar Keto Green Beans

Dad’s Keto Green Beans

Keto Green Beans with Tomatoes

Keto Sour Cream Green Beans

Helpful Hints:

*For the best results, I recommend starting with a wedge of Parmesan cheese and grating it yourself.

*This chicken reheats well either in the microwave or in a skillet on the stovetop.

Main Kitchen Equipment and Utensils:

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

Splash of Encouragement:

***Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. 1 Corinthians 15:58***