Keto Skillet Chicken + Tomatoes with Basil Butter
Keto Skillet Chicken + Tomatoes with Basil Butter Recipe + Video – 3 carbs! A low carb chicken dinner with blistered tomatoes and a lemon basil butter. Made on your grill or in the oven. Whole30, Paleo, gluten free, grain free, dairy free, sugar free, clean eating, real food.
The summeriest of summer dinners, using 2 of my favorite summer vegetables: tomatoes + basil.
This keto skillet chicken + tomatoes with basil butter is ready in just 30 minutes, is only 3 carbs, and if it’s an extra hot day you can make the whole dinner on your grill and avoid heating up your house!
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Keto Skillet Chicken + Tomatoes with Basil Butter
I made this dinner on a day when it was HOT! Over 100ºF. To avoid heating up our tiny house, I decided to cook the dinner in a cast iron skillet on our Traeger Grill outside. It worked perfect! If you don’t have a grill, I have oven instructions in the recipe as well.
I cook the chicken breasts skin side DOWN so the skin gets crispy and golden brown. Then I add in grape tomatoes to blister and soften as the chicken cooks. You don’t even need to flip the chicken. Just put everything on a cast iron skillet and let it cook for 25-30 minutes.
Keto Basil Butter
To add tons of flavor and even better fat macros, I top the chicken with a basil butter that has some lemon and garlic in there too. So very delicious!
I topped the blistered tomatoes with freshly chopped basil, and served it with some cauliflower rice. The healthiest, lightest must summery 30 minute dinner!
Watch Keto Skillet Chicken + Tomatoes Recipe Demo (4:34 minutes)
Keto Skillet Chicken + Tomatoes with Basil Butter
Ingredients
Skillet Chicken + Tomatoes
- 4 skin-on, boneless chicken breasts (skinless works too!)
- 1 pint grape tomatoes
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- kosher salt + pepper
Basil Butter
- 1/4 cup ghee, or grass-fed butter or coconut oil
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped basil
- zest from 1 lemon
- 1 clove of garlic
Instructions
- Preheat your outdoor grill over high heat. We have a Traeger Grill and I set it to 475ºF. You could also cook this in your oven at 425ºF. Set your cast iron skillet in your grill (or oven) to heat up with the grill (or oven).
- Season the chicken on both sides generously with salt and pepper. In a small mixing bowl, toss the tomatoes in olive oil and season with salt + pepper.
- When your grill (or oven) is heated, place your chicken breasts skin side DOWN in the skillet. Then pour over the tomatoes.
- Cook for 25-30 minutes, until the chicken has an internal temperature of 165ºF and the tomatoes are blistered. No need to flip the chicken. I leave it skin side down the whole time so the skin gets crispy and golden brown.
- While the chicken is cooking, make the basil butter. In a small mixing bowl, combine the ghee, basil, lemon zest and garlic. Mash with a fork until fully combined.
- Serve the chicken breasts warm topped with 1 tablespoon of the basil butter, along with the blistered tomatoes. I like topping the blistered tomatoes with more finely chopped basil. Delicious with cauliflower rice!
- Leftovers will keep in an airtight container refrigerated for at least 5 days.
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26 Comments on “Keto Skillet Chicken + Tomatoes with Basil Butter”
This was delicious and so easy to make!!
Love to hear this! Thank you!
This meal is TO DIE FOR. Literally SO easy (I do it in a glass pan in the oven!) and SO flavorful. I’ve made it for the whole family 4 times already in one month. A staple meal for sure. I do cut my chicken breasts so they are thinner & cook faster. The way the cherry tomatoes pop when you eat them, oh my gosh. Amazing.
Hi Jacquie! You are SO nice! I love that you’ve made this recipe 4 times in a month! That’s such a great compliment! Grateful to have you here!
This is the perfect quick summer dinner when you don’t want to turn the oven on and heat up the house! My family loved it! Basically a quick pesto for the chicken. And the cherry tomatoes fresh out of the garden grilled-YUM!
That is fantastic that your family loved it Donna! In the summertime I am always trying to come up with dinners that don’t require baking. The oven can make the house so hot! Cherry tomatoes fresh from the garden are the absolute best!
Loved this recipe!
I am so glad you liked my skillet chicken dinner Sara! Thanks so much for the feedback, I really appreciate it!
Natalie!!! Another HIT (: !! Our family absolutely love your recipes <3. Thank you for sharing!
I am so happy you liked my skillet dinner Julia! Even better that your family is enjoying my recipes. That makes me so happy!
5 stars all the way! We’ve made this twice already and it’s such a favorite. SO flavorful. We preferred to do a little linguine which tasted amazing with the cooked tomatoes on top. I would make this for a dinner party for sure!
I am so glad you like my skillet chicken Sara! I love to hear that it is flavorful and you would definitely make it for a dinner party. That is quite a compliment!
Had been eager to try this recipe all week. It was fantastic! I made it in the oven because it was pouring rain & lightening outside to use the Traeger. Look forward to making this again.
I am so glad you liked my skillet dinner. Good to know it turned out well in the oven. Those summer storms can really be something! So happy you will be making it again.
Delicious! The basil & lemon butter is so good!
So glad you liked it Krista!
Super yummy! The basil and lemon butter are amazing.
So glad you liked my skillet chicken Cara. I agree with you, I just love the lemon basil butter. My garden is overflowing with basil and I just had to find a use for it.
I had to try this tonight and it was fantastic! I love how you get your seasoning so right! Served it with marinated onions 🧅
I am so glad you liked my skillet chicken Kristin. Happy to know the seasoning was just right. Thanks so much for the feedback, I really appreciate it.
Wow! Great looking recipe and the videos are even cooler than before with your new setup. I feel like I’m watching a cooking show on TV.
Thanks so much Susan! So glad you like the new format.
Can this be done with a cast iron pan on a regular propane BBQ??
I haven’t recipe tested this on a regular propane BBQ, but I think it would probably work just fine Lesley. I sure hope you enjoy it!
I made it on my Weber gas grill, worked like a charm.
Good to know it worked well on your weber gas grill Kristin.