Mediterranean Lemon Herb Chicken Recipe (keto, low carb)

If you are looking for a delicious but easy to make meal then you will love this Mediterranean style lemon herb chicken recipe. This marinade is made from a few simple ingredients and is perfect for those on a keto diet.

Grab your favorite brand of prepared pesto and a few other ingredients that you most likely have around the house and get ready to make this flavorful chicken that your whole family will love!

You can use any type of chicken for this recipe and it even tastes great with turkey too!

Mediterranean Lemon Herb Chicken

The chicken can be baked in the oven, air fryer or on the grill. No matter what method you use to cook the chicken it will come out delicious. During the cooler months I use my oven but in the summer I love to toss the chicken on my grill. Try marinated chicken wings on the grill…. so tasty!

Ingredients for Lemon Herb Chicken:

• Boneless, skinless chicken breasts – use boneless, skinless chicken breasts or 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of your favorite type of chicken. This recipe is just as good with thighs, legs or you can even use it to marinate a whole roaster.

• Olive Oil – this keeps the chicken moist while cooking and helps to spread the flavor of the marinade.

• Lemon Juice – use fresh squeezed lemon or bottled lemon juice.

• Red Wine Vinegar – red wine vinegar adds the best flavor to this marinade. If you don’t have it on hand you can swap it out for apple cider vinegar or even white vinegar.

• Minced Garlic – use fresh minced garlic or jarred garlic.

• Pesto – use your favorite brand of ready made pesto or your favorite homemade pesto recipe.

How to make Lemon Herb Chicken:

In a large freezer bag or a container mix together the olive oil, lemon juice, red wine vinegar, minced garlic and pesto.

Add chicken and toss to coat.

Place in refrigerator and marinate for 6 to 8 hours.

Place chicken on the grill and cook until a thermometer reads an internal temperature of 165 F.

Or place in a 400 degree oven and cook until the chicken is no longer pink and a thermometer reads an internal temperature of 165 F. Check out the USDA website to find out the best temperature to cook your chicken to depending upon which cooking method you use.

How to store leftover Lemon Herb Chicken:

Place any leftover lemon herb chicken into an airtight container and store in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.

What to serve with Lemon Herb Chicken:

Serve the chicken with your favorite low carb side dishes. Try one of these:

• Try some grilled asparagus (3 net carbs per 10 medium spears).
• Try a Mediterranean themed vegetable blend. Use a mixture of sliced strips of zucchini, bell peppers and eggplant drizzled with some balsamic vinegar. Roast it in the oven at the same time you bake your chicken. When you remove them try topping them with a bit of feta cheese. If you use a medium zucchini, a medium bell pepper and a cup of diced eggplant cubes it will make about 4 servings with 2 net grams of carbs.
• Try a wedge salad topped with feta and a olive oil and balsamic vinegar dressing. A quarter of a small head of iceberg lettuce has about 1.5 net carbs. Add in the carbs found in your brand of feta and you have a super easy but low in carb side salad.

FREEZER TIP:

This recipe makes a perfect freezer meal. Simply double or triple the batch of marinade. Place your chicken into large freezer bags and top with the marinade. Make sure the chicken is coated. Seal the bags, mark the contents and freeze.

When you want to make it just take the bag out and thaw in the refrigerator over night.

This not only allows the chicken to thaw but it will continue to marinate creating a super tender piece of chicken. Once thawed follow the directions for cooking on the grill or in the oven.

MEAL PREP:

Bake up some extra pieces of chicken and use them to create some meal prep meals. You can either package up the cooked chicken in your favorite meal storage containers or use pieces of chicken to create a delicious salad.

Cook extra chicken and slice it into strips.

You can create your own Keto Lemon Herb Chicken Salad by packing your favorite food storage containers with salad greens. Add the sliced chicken, vegetables of your choice, some olives, a bit of feta cheese and add in a small container of your favorite oil and vinegar dressing, Italian or Greek dressing or a balsamic vinegar dressing. A few slices of avocado or bacon will increase the fat for those who follow a keto diet and need to meet their fat grams for the day.

Diced this chicken up coarsely, add a bit of mayo and some extra pesto to create a delicious chopped chicken salad.

There’s so many ways you can serve up left over chicken.

Try this recipe and love it? Review it by clicking the star rating ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ on the recipe card! This helps other readers to find this recipe since the recipe rating will encourage search engines, such as Google, to suggest it to others. This helps support Remake My Plate as we are a reader supported publication.

If you love this keto lemon herb chicken why not try our chimichurri marinade on your chicken or even beef. Or try these other recipes:

Baked Crack Chicken

Unstuffed Egg Roll In A Bowl

Want to get new recipes sent directly to your inbox? Then subscribe to our newsletter (see below) and be the first to know when we post a new recipe as well as get weekly shopping, cooking and meal planning tips. Follow me on Pinterest where you can find links to our recipes as well as other recipes you and your family will enjoy.

This post may contain affiliate links. Please see our disclosure policy. If you click on the banner below you will be taken directly to my Etsy shop to see the digital items currently listed.

Share this recipe with a friend!