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prep time
20 min
cook time
1 h 0 min
ready time
1 h 20 min
Keto Crispy Five-Spice Chicken Thighs and Hunan Salad
These chicken thighs are so crispy and salty! Even better they are topped with five-spice powder to make them extra savory. Served with cool and crunch Hunan salad made with shredded cabbage, carrots, and tingly Szechuan peppercorns. If you don’t have Szechuan peppercorns use black pepper. Start with 3 # of chicken thighs. The recipe below shows the cooked weight for nutritional purposes.
Net Carbs
4.8 g
Fiber
2.3 g
Total Carbs
9.1 g
Protein
30.1 g
Fats
23.2 g
362 cals
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Ingredients
Chicken thigh, skin eaten
600 g
Coarse Kosher Salt by Morton
1-½ tsp
Chinese Five Spice by The Spice Hunter
¼ tsp
Cabbage, Green, Cooked
18 ounce
Carrots, Raw
2 medium - 6" to 7" long
Soy Sauce
3 tablespoon
Rice Vinegar
⅓ cup
Brown Sugar Replacement by Swerve
1 tablespoon
Sesame Seed Oil by Dynasty
1 teaspoon
Avocado Oil
¼ cup
Sichuan Red Peppercorns
1 teaspoon
White Pepper, Ground
¼ teaspoon
Recipe Steps
steps 5
1 h 20 min
Step 1
Preheat an oven to 425 F. Sprinkle the side of the chicken thighs with skin evenly with 1 teaspoon of kosher salt and ¼ t five-spice powder. Flip and sprinkle the underside with ½ teaspoon of kosher salt. Bake in the oven for 1 hour, adding an additional 15 minutes as needed to get the skin very crispy.Step 2
In the meantime, shred the cabbage and carrots on a mandolin or use a very sharp knife. Combine the soy sauce, rice vinegar, sweetener and sesame seed oil together.Step 3
In a small saucepan, heat the pan until hot. Then add the oil and heat until very hot. Add the ground Szechuan peppercorns and allow them to sizzle in the oil for 30 seconds. Pour the hot oil over the shredded cabbage and carrots. Mix well.Step 4
Then pour the soy sauce mixture over the cabbage. Mix well and allow to sit in the fridge for an hour while the chicken thighs are baking.Step 5
Remove the chicken thighs from the oven ensuring they have reached 165 F internal temperature. Serve chicken hot with salad.
Comments
Kirsty 4 years ago
I just made the chicken and it was so good. I sprinkled some keto friendly baking powder on the skin first before the salt and the five spice. My chicken was so crispy!
Marj 5 years ago
Is the cabbage Really cooked. Seems like it should be raw for a crunchy salad.
MaryEllen 5 years ago
Marj, It looks to me like you simmer the peppercorns in the oil to release the flavor and pour the hot oil over the raw cabbage. Then, pour the soy mixture over the raw cabbage, Mix it all together and refrigerate. I do not see a step where the cabbage is cooked but kept rolling crunchy as a salad