Need Some Low-Carb Comfort Food? Try This Keto Chicken & Waffles Recipe (2024)

• ½ cup almond meal
• ½ teaspoon dried oregano
• ½ teaspoon paprika
• ½ teaspoon garlic powder
• ½ teaspoon sea salt
• Pepper to taste
• 4 medium chicken drumsticks, skin on
• 2 tablespoons softened butter or ghee

• ½ cup almond flour
• ¼ cup ground flaxseed
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon baking powder
• ¾ teaspoon Ceylon cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon sea salt
• 1 egg, room temperature
• ⅛ cup full-fat coconut milk
• 1 tablespoon coconut oil or butter, melted
• Grated zest of ½ lemon

1. Preheat the oven to 400°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment.
2. Mix together the almond meal, oregano, paprika, garlic powder, salt, and pepper in a shallow baking dish.
3. Rub each chicken drumstick with a generous spoonful of butter.
4. Dredge each one in the almond-meal mixture, and place on the prepared baking sheet.
5. Bake for 45 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through and the juices run clear. The internal temperature should be around 170°F, and the skin will be crispy.

1. Preheat the waffle iron.
2. Stir together the almond flour, flaxseed, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt in a medium bowl and set aside.
3. Put egg, coconut milk, oil, and lemon zest into a blender and blend just until mixed and frothy.
4. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir until just combined.
5. When the waffle iron is hot, pour ¼ of the batter into the iron and cook until crisp. Repeat three times.
6. Serve with Oven-Fried Chicken.

Excerpted from High Fiber Keto: A 22-Day Science-Based Plan To Fix Your Metabolism, Lose Weight & Balance Your Hormones by Naomi Whittel. Reprinted with permission from Hay House, 2020.