Who loves lazy keto? How about 4 lazy keto chicken meals from ONE roast chicken?
If you’re not familiar with the term, I promise we are not literally calling you lazy. It’s a variation of the ketogenic lifestyle that isn’t strict on tracking calories, proteins, and fat macros. It’s actually more hyper-focused on keeping carbs below 20g per day.
So, if you’re just getting started or love meal planning, this post is perfect for you. Simply grab a rotisserie chicken from the store on your way home, and you can keto meal prep like a keto pro!
4 Lazy Keto Chicken Meals
4 lazy keto chicken meals from ONE roast chicken – learn how to meal prep like a keto pro.
Just grab 1 ready-cooked rotisserie chicken on the way home from work, and you can make 4 lazy keto chicken meals from it.
4 lazy keto chicken meals from ONE roast chicken - learn how to meal prep like a keto pro.Food Safety: A cooked rotisserie chicken should be handled with clean hands and clean kitchen surfaces. It should be prepared, covered, cooled and stored according to the various methods and instructions that are shown here.
Using either your hand, shredders or two forks, begin to shred the meat away from the chicken carcass.
Now don’t throw the bones from the carcass away, you can use this to make yummy beneficial bone broth – for virtually FREE!! (keto doesn’t need to be expensive). Bone broth is jam-packed with nutrients and collagen.
Divide the shredded chicken into 4 equal portions – you are now ready to choose any of the 4 lazy keto chicken meals.
You can make all 4 or you can make a few of your favourite keto chicken recipes.
1: Easy Keto Creamy Chicken Salad
Easy keto creamy chicken salad has all the perfect ingredients and macros of a keto meal. Quality proteins, healthy fats, crunchy low-starch veggies such as celery, and creamy sour cream to give it a real decadent creamy texture.
2: Keto Chicken Caesar Salad
If you have been here for a while, you know my go-to recipe when dining out is a chicken caesar salad. Well, let’s crank that up a notch, and add all the goodies in this simple lazy keto chicken caesar salad. It’s not much more than throwing a few simple ingredients together, and voila, dinner is served.
In fact, why not make a few of these and meal prep for work lunches for the entire week. Put the lazy keto chicken caesar salad in meal prep lunch boxes, then add the mayonnaise on the day to stop the baby spinach from wilting.
3: Easy Keto Chicken Soup
Who doesn’t love good old fashioned chicken soup? But how about lazy chicken keto soup? The chicken is already pre-cooked from the rotisserie chicken, add all the other ingredients, bring to the boil and simmer for as long as you want to.
Top Tip: The longer the lazy chicken soup simmers, the more infused the flavour will be.
4: Keto Chicken Spicy Dip
If you want a snack, a quick lunch or a party dip, keto chicken spicy dip is the one for you. Imagine a medley of chicken, mayonnaise, mozzarella and spicy curry powder. But be warned, you may just come back for more.
If you are missing crackers, or don’t know how to serve this amazing tasty keto chicken dish, why not try my recipes below:
4 Lazy Keto Chicken Meals – the recipes
4 Lazy Keto Chicken Meals
Equipment
Ingredients
Easy Keto Creamy Chicken Salad
- 1/4 rotisserie chicken shredded
- 1/3 cup sour cream
- 1/3 cup mayonnaise
- 6 inches celery stick finely sliced
- 1 small scallion/spring onions finely chopped
- salt/pepper to taste
Keto Chicken Caesar Salad
- 1/4 rotisserie chicken shredded
- 2 cups baby spinach
- 2 tbsp blue cheese
- 1 tbsp bacon bits
- 4 tbsp mayonnaise
Easy Keto Chicken Soup
- 1/4 rotisserie chicken shredded
- 1 scallion/spring onions finely chopped
- 1 tbsp garlic crushed
- 1 tbsp ginger crushed
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1 cup cream
- salt/pepper to taste
Keto Chicken Spicy Dip
- 1/4 rotisserie chicken shredded
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 2 tbsp curry powder
- salt/pepper to taste
- 1 cup mozzarella shredded/grated
Instructions
Easy Keto Creamy Chicken Salad
- Place all the ingredients in a bowl and mix. What could be easier than this creamy lazy keto chicken meal?
Keto Chicken Caesar Salad
- Add the baby spinach leaves to the bottom of your serving bowl.
- Add the chicken, blue cheese (or cheese of your liking), bacon bits.
- Drizzle all over with mayonnaise.
Easy Keto Chicken Soup
- Add all the ingredients to a small saucepan. Bring to the boil. Serve and garnish with your favourite herbs. Top Tip: The longer you simmer the keto chicken soup, the better the flavours will infuse.
Keto Chicken Spicy Dip
- Place all the ingredients in a bowl and mix. Optional: Add more curry powder if you like it extra spicy.
Notes
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C. says
Be careful with rotisserie chicken if you have a gluten sensitivity…many are not gluten free.
hilarie l locke says
Love all of them!!!! Thank you so much. I am doing keto and hate to cook and prep. These recipes took care of those issues. Just wonderful.
Denise says
These are perfect suggestions for when we are away in our camper… buy ready cooked chicken and bagged salad ingredients and a healthy low carb dinner with hardly any preparation or mess!! PERFECT… thank you.
Jan says
Thank you.