Foil Chicken – Low Carb Keto Convenience

Posted by on September 22, 2014 in Gluten Free Recipes, Low Carb Keto Recipes, Main Dishes | 2 comments

Foil Chicken – Low Carb Keto Convenience
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Sometimes cooking low carb keto staples may sound boring, yet many don’t know how to cook them! And, when you know how easy, cost-effective, and downright delicious they taste, you might change your tune about the “boring” label. Learn how to make over 2 pounds of juicy chicken for about $3.50 with Fluffy Chix Cook.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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This is the story of a much-maligned, work horse recipe. It’s not a sexy looking dish, doesn’t have chocolate, whipped cream, icing or bread in it. And yet, it’s a staple recipe at our house and runs rings around other low carb keto recipes. This one recipe can cut your rotisserie chicken bill by 50%. People who need to stretch their budget should consider this low carb staple. It’s a base meat recipe that will give many meals for only $3.00+ change for spices. Let’s say for $3.50, you’ll get about 36 ounces of usable white breast meat. It would cost even less if you used whole chickens or used chicken quarters. We can find chicken quarter on sale for around $0.49/lb. Now that’s cheap! Holy cow, stop the presses! Now, are you getting a little excited?

 

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We grew up eating Foil Chicken and never knew Mom was economizing. Naturally low carb keto Foil Chicken just tasted amazing. The chicken was incredibly moist and tender. It had a tone of flavor, and tasted great cold, too. Of course, in the olden days, she just used onion soup mix and soy sauce, but as low carbers, prepared onion soup mix isn’t such a wise choice for a keto diet, because it’s fairly carby and does have added starch, sugar (and gluten). The Fluffys like using Better Than Bouillon, but feel free to use your favorite brand of bouillon crystals or powder. The pan juices that develop as a by-product of the recipe taste amazing. Use them for onion soup, or gravy! We love to use it as an au jus for the first meal, then repurpose it for several meals thereafter.

 

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Just a little side not about bouillon, most bouillon has sketchy ingredients in it. So if you’re a purist, you would do better to make your own bouillon from bone broth and deep reduction; a demi glace. It will take a very long time, but the result will be nothing short of spectacular. Maybe we’ll do a tutorial on that one day–when we have eleventy billion hours to spare with nothing else to do, ok?!

This recipe works great, regardless of the cut used, but we will tell you—it works best with a bone-in piece of chicken. Boneless skinless breasts and thighs would just get too dry, too quickly. Economize and use really juicy, bone-in birds or pieces, and keep the skin on! You’ll save money, add flavor and get an added boost of nutrition from the vitamins, minerals, collagen, and fats in the bones and skins.

With most store bought rotisserie chickens, you will average about a 20 ounce yield of cooked meat–between 3-4 cups of cooked meat, and it will cost you between $5.50-$9.00 for those 20 ounces. Yikes! Sure, roti chickie tastes good, cha-ching! Spendy. Especially if “Budget” is your middle name. And foil chicken, in contrast, is cheap as chips and close to effortless, for about $3.50. The oven does all the work—slow cookers need not apply.

 

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So try the Foil Chicken before casting aspersions on such a homely looking recipe and one that isn’t tricked out in bells and whistles. But now you have a secret staple of the Fluffy Chix Sister & Brotherhood! Next, we’ll discuss secret handshakes and oaths of loyalty!

Drop a comment to us and let us know how the recipe turned out and what you made with its Lucky Leftovers!!!

 

 

 

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2 Comments

  1. Really like you blog it fits in with how I am trying to eliminate all types ow grains due to it make me crazy hungry and since I have done this a very small amount can effect me very seriously. Do you have a cookbook that can be purchased it will save me a lot of searching would appreciate hearing from you or some one connected with you again just love your way of presenting you daily emails to me. I live in Canada and Amazon,com most of the time will not ship to me . Thank you in advance Paul Hotston

    • Hi Paul, so happy Fluffy recipes help you live a low carb grain/gluten free life!!! We are working on 2 books that will be out the first part of next year!! They will be digital versions. Yay! So no shipping problems to Canada!

      Thanks so much for your warm encouragement!

      Susie T.

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