Roasted Chicken & Pancetta in a Lemon Cream Sauce (Keto + Low Carb)

I’m simply going to go forward and contemplate myself fortunate on this low carb casserole recipe. It was a complete fluke and one among my new favorites!

Tonight, after spending a half hour standing in entrance of my fridge with the door open, with utterly bored style buds and a lackluster assortment of meats and produce, I acquired a hankering for a lemon cream sauce.

I’m a grasp of a good lemon cream sauce, which is keto accredited (cream, broth, garlic, and lemon), so I figured I’d make some and roast some hen with it. Then I noticed the brussel sprouts… and the pre-cut pancetta… and though combining pancetta and lemon appeared loopy, I went for it and made a low carb casserole.

And dang, I’m so glad that I did. The taste is simply, wow. I dare you to do that as a result of in the event you don’t like brussel sprouts now, you’ll love them after they roast in this delicate and scrumptious sauce.

Roasted Chicken & Pancetta Low Carb Casserole with a Lemon Cream Sauce

Servings: Four

Prep Time: 5 minutes | Cook Time: 35 minutes | Total Time: 40 minutes

Ingredients:

12 ozbag of brussel sprouts
1/2 cup hen broth
1 1/2 cups heavy cream
1 tsp minced garlic
1 lemon, quartered and seeded
Four ozthick pancetta lower into 1/2 inch items (don’t sub bacon, I feel it might overpower the opposite flavors)
2 lbs hen tenderloins (that is a desire, feeds Three-Four)

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 400 levels F.
Cut brussel sprouts in half (lengthwise via the basis) and boil for five minutes, then go away in a strainer.
While the brussel sprouts are boiling, get a medium-sized frying pan and add 1/2 cup hen broth and convey to a boil on medium.
Once boiling, add heavy cream, minced garlic, and lemon and let simmer for 5-10 minutes on low till lowered in half. Stir incessantly. When executed, put aside.
In an additional giant frying pan, warmth up some ghee or coconut oil.
Add hen and cook dinner on medium excessive till virtually cooked via, then add pancetta till hen is cooked via to 180 levels. Don’t overcook, as a result of it nonetheless has oven time.
Grab a small casserole dish (I used 9×9) and start layering from backside to prime: Brussel sprouts, hen, pancetta, lemon cream sauce on prime. Throw away lemon quarters (and any seeds) or your sauce will develop into bitter.
Cook in the oven for 20 minutes at 400 levels.
Your low carb casserole is completed! The hen is extremely moist, the pancetta melts in your mouth and the brussels sprouts are pure heaven after simmering in the lemon cream sauce for twenty minutes, I’m telling you!

Roasted Chicken & Pancetta in a Lemon Cream Sauce (Keto + Low Carb)

I dare you to do that as a result of in the event you don’t like brussel sprouts now, you’ll love them after they roast in this delicate and scrumptious sauce.

Author: Amanda C. Hughes
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Category: Dinner

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Ingredients

12 oz bag of brussel sprouts
1/2 cup hen broth
1 1/2 cups heavy cream
1 tsp minced garlic
1 lemon, quartered and seeded
Four oz thick pancetta lower into 1/2 inch items (don’t sub bacon, I feel it might overpower the opposite flavors)
2 lbs hen tenderloins (that is a desire, feeds Three-Four)

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 400 levels F.
Cut brussel sprouts in half (lengthwise via the basis) and boil for five minutes, then go away in a strainer.
While the brussel sprouts are boiling, get a medium-sized frying pan and add 1/2 cup hen broth and convey to a boil on medium.
Once boiling, add heavy cream, minced garlic, and lemon and let simmer for 5-10 minutes on low till lowered in half. Stir incessantly. When executed, put aside.
In an additional giant frying pan, warmth up some ghee or coconut oil.
Add hen and cook dinner on medium excessive till virtually cooked via, then add pancetta till hen is cooked via to 180 levels. Don’t overcook, as a result of it nonetheless has oven time.
Grab a small casserole dish (I used 9×9) and start layering from backside to prime: Brussel sprouts, hen, pancetta, lemon cream sauce on prime. Throw away lemon quarters (and any seeds) or your sauce will develop into bitter.
Cook in the oven for 20 minutes at 400 levels.
Your low carb casserole is completed! The hen is extremely moist, the pancetta melts in your mouth and the brussels sprouts are pure heaven after simmering in the lemon cream sauce for twenty minutes, I’m telling you!