Keto Air Fryer Chicken Tenders are crisp & delicious, low-carb breaded chicken tenders that can be made in the air fryer or also baked in the oven.
Keto Air Fryer Chicken Tenders or oven fried chicken tenders are gluten free, low carb and extra tasty.
I used to love the taste of certain fast-food chicken tenders, but for many health, reasons I stopped eating them many years ago.
I don’t own a deep fryer, so I resorted to pan-frying my low carb breaded chicken tenders.
The only problem was I don’t particularly appreciate cleaning up the oily, greasy mess made by frying on the stovetop.
The solution was to start air frying the chicken tenders or oven baking them! What a surprise at how very crisp on the outside but still tender and juicy chicken on the inside.
The low carb breading uses almond flour, parmesan, and spices in place of the traditional high carb flour in most recipes.
These can be served as is or with a low carb dipping sauce like sugar-free BBQ sauce or low carb Ranch dressing, or sugar-free ketchup.
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Keto Air Fryer Chicken Tenders
INGREDIENTS
- 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast tenders
- 1 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon heavy cream
- ½ cup blanched almond flour
- ¼ cup finely grated parmesan cheese (the powdered kind)
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- Olive oil spray
INSTRUCTIONS
- Preheat air fryer or oven to 400℉ (200℃) and for oven directions generously grease or oil a large baking sheet.
- In a large bowl, mix almond flour, parmesan cheese, salt, black pepper, garlic powder, and paprika. Set aside.
- In a shallow mixing bowl, beat the egg and heavy cream.
- Dredge a chicken tender in the egg mixture. Then coat in the almond flour breading until coated on all sides. Place the tenders in the air fryer basket (might need to work in batches if air fryer basket is small) or on the air fryer sheet, or a prepared baking sheet for oven directions. Repeat the process on all chicken tenders.
- Spray olive oil spray over the chicken tenders.
- Air Fryer Directions: Air fry at 400℉ (200℃) for 6 to 8 minutes, then turn over and cook for another 6 to 8 minutes until chicken tenders are crisp and done in the center.
- Oven Directions: Bake at 400℉ (200℃) for 8 minutes and turn chicken tender over and bake for another 8 to 10 minutes or until tenders are crisp and done in the center.
- Remove from fryer or oven and serve.
Nutritional Data: Yield: 1 lb, Servings: 4, Serving size: ¼ of recipe, Amounts per serving- Cal: 249, Carbs: 4g, Net Carbs: 2g, Fiber: 2g, Fat: 14g, Saturated Fat: 3g, Protein: 27g, Sugars: 1g, Sodium: 489mg
*All Nutritional Data are Estimates Based on the Products I used*
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Keto Air Fryer Chicken Tenders
Ingredients
- 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast tenders
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon heavy cream
- ½ cup blanched almond flour
- ¼ cup finely grated parmesan cheese the powdered kind
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- Olive oil spray
Instructions
- Preheat air fryer or oven to 400℉ (200℃) and for oven directions generously grease or oil a large baking sheet.
- In a large bowl, mix almond flour, parmesan cheese, salt, black pepper, garlic powder, and paprika. Set aside.
- In a shallow mixing bowl, beat the egg and heavy cream.
- Dredge a chicken tender in the egg mixture. Then coat in the almond flour breading until coated on all sides. Place the tenders in the air fryer basket (might need to work in batches if air fryer basket is small) or on the air fryer sheet, or a prepared baking sheet for oven directions. Repeat the process on all chicken tenders.
- Spray olive oil spray over the chicken tenders.
Air Fryer Directions:
- Air fry at 400℉ (200℃) for 6 to 8 minutes, then turn over and cook for another 6 to 8 minutes until chicken tenders are crisp and done in the center.
Oven Directions:
- Bake at 400℉ (200℃) for 8 minutes and turn chicken tender over and bake for another 8 to 10 minutes or until tenders are crisp and done in the center.
- Remove from fryer or oven and serve.
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BEVERLY
Our son is gluten/dairy free, any idea what I can sub the parm with?
Stacey
Hi Beverly, You can use crushed pork rinds in place of the Parmesan.
Tammy
Delicious!! Only substitution I did was instead of heavy cream I used mayo w/avocado oil. Family favorite recipe!! Definitely Pin worthy!!
Stacey
Thank you so much, Tammy, for making the recipe & for your kind words. Great idea on using the mayo instead of cream.
Merry
Made these with pork rind crumbs instead of almond flour and they were FABULOUS!! Cut them up and added to Asian salad mix , amazing!
Stacey
Thank you so much, Merry, for trying the recipe, and for sharing your pork rind coating and Asian salad idea!
Nikky
Made these in my convection oven and they turned out perfectly. The best homemade breaded chicken tenders we’ve ever had. Delicious!
Stacey
Thank you, Nikky, for trying the recipe and sharing :). The convection oven works well with these too.
Alana
These came out fantastic and were my first attempt at using my airfryer. Will definitely make these again! Served em up with a buffalo ranch dip. Yum!
Stacey
Thank you so much, Alana, for trying the recipe and for your kind words & fantastic dip idea.
Leann
I like this recipe for my Keto diet but my son has a nut allergy. What could I use in place of the almond flour that both of us can eat?
Stacey
Hi Leann, You can use crushed pork rinds to replace the almond flour for a nut-free option.
Savannah Eisenbeis
You could try coconut flour
Donny
This has heavy cream and parmesan so basically I'm in love.
jennifer
Are delicious and easy to make, and a huge hit with the kids! thanks for sharing
Jessica
I love finding healthier versions of our favorite take out food to make at home, remakes like this are always better!
Kelly
So crispy and delicious!
ChihYu
I love a good crispy chicken tender, and love these even more because they're so flavorful and easy to make!
Stacey
Thank you, ChihYu 🙂
Erin
I love making chicken tenders in the air fryer! Perfect crisp!
Jean Choi
I've been obsessed with my air fryer lately, and have been looking for more recipes for it. This will be next. Looks so amazing and crispy!
Stacey
Me too, Jean. I received one for Xmas and have been enjoying it so much!