Keto Chicken Florentine Recipe in a Skillet

This Keto Chicken Florentine is one of the best keto recipes and is easy to make. Chicken thighs are cooked in a skillet with a delicious mushroom and spinach sauce in this low carb chicken recipe. 

Chicken Florentine is a rich and creamy chicken recipe that is full of flavor. Chicken is cooked in a cast iron skillet and the skin is browned to a crisp. Serve with the heavy cream sauce over rice or with bread to soak up all that goodness.

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Low Carb Chicken Florentine Ingredients

To make this low carb chicken florentine recipe, you will need the following ingredients (see the recipe card below for exact amounts):

• Chicken thighs: bone-in, skin-on
• Avocado oil: to make chicken florentine low carb, you use avocado oil as a substitution for olive oil and butter
• Chicken stock
• Heavy whipping cream
• Salt and pepper: I like to use Pink Himalayan sea salt and black pepper for this recipe
• Italian seasoning
• Onion powder
• Garlic powder
• Cremini mushrooms
• Shredded Parmesan cheese
• Spinach

For this chicken recipe, you will need a cast iron skillet. You can easily fit 4 chicken thighs in a 12 inch skillet. 

How to Make Chicken Florentine

This low carb chicken recipe is made in one pan and ready in 30 minutes. 

1. Cook the chicken. In a cast iron skillet (or stainless steel pan), heat the avocado oil over medium high heat. Add chicken thighs and cook for 6-8 minutes each side. Skin should turn golden brown and chicken should be almost fully cooked. Remove chicken from skillet and place on a plate.
2. Make the sauce. Add chicken stock, heavy cream, salt and pepper, and other spices to the skillet. Stir occasionally and reduce heat to low once mixture starts to simmer. Add mushrooms and cook until softened. Add spinach and Parmesan cheese. Stir until cheese is melted.
3. Combine the sauce and chicken. Add chicken back into skillet with the heavy cream sauce and cook for an additional 3-5 minutes, stirring occasionally until chicken is fully cooked. Make sure internal temperature of chicken reaches 165 F.

Recipe Tips for Skillet Chicken

• The grease is very hot and will splatter. I highly recommend getting a grease splatter screen.
• The chicken thighs leave a lot of fat in the pan that will dilute the heavy cream. If you want a less fatty or less runny sauce, you can remove some or most of the fat from the skillet. 
• Fresh spinach has a much better texture for this recipe than frozen spinach.
• You can use chicken breasts for this recipe, but the cook time will be quicker. 
• If your chicken is not reaching the proper internal temperature, you can finish the chicken off in the oven by placing the skillet directly on the rack.

FAQs

Serving Suggestions

This recipe creates a lot of sauce, so here are some great ideas of what to serve with Low Carb Chicken Florentine:

• Fresh spinach salad
• Zucchini side dish

And here are some not so low carb ideas:

• Noodles – serve the chicken and sauce over egg noodles or any pasta of your choice.
• Bread – dip some crispy Italian bread in the sauce. Yum!
• Rice – brown or white

Other Amazing Chicken Recipes

If you like keto chicken recipes, you can easily makes variations of the following popular chicken dishes:

• Oven Baked Chicken Thighs
• Instant Pot Chicken Cacciatore
• Apricot Chicken
• Air Fryer Chicken Parmesan
• Salsa Fresca Chicken
• Air Fryer Bone In Chicken Thighs
• Instant Pot Lemon Garlic Chicken
• Bruschetta Chicken