This recipe for Keto Chicken Puttanesca is easy to make and wonderful to eat. And each serving has just 120 calories and 2g net carbs.
Today I'm going to show you how to make an Italian dish called Keto Chicken Puttanesca.
But first I want to talk a little bit about the origin of Puttanesca Sauce.
According to food historian Jeremy Parzen, the dish is relatively new compared to other classic Italian fare.
It was born out of desperation in Ischia, Italy in the 1950's. A chef named Sandro Petti was asked by his friends to cook for them, but unfortunately his cupboards were bare. When he informed his friends that he had nothing to cook for them, they responded by saying “just make us a ‘puttanata qualsiasi,'” which roughly translates to, “just make us whatever crap you have".
So he did just that.
He threw together a pasta sauce made from four tomatoes, a couple of capers, and some black olives. And since calling this dish "crap sauce" sounded kind of bad, he decided to call it spaghetti alla puttanesca.
One of the good things about Puttanesca Sauce is that it is naturally low carb.
Each ¼ cup serving of sauce has just 2g net carbs. And for this Keto Chicken Puttanesca recipe, I paired the sauce with some tasty chicken thighs.
What are some good low carb sides for this Keto Chicken Puttanesca?
Add in some zoodles or low carb noodles and you've got a really good thing going. Low carb noodles that I like are Edamame Noodles, Egg Noodles, Psyllium Pasta and Shirataki "Miracle Noodles".
Any final thoughts, idea, musings about Keto Puttanesca Chicken?
This low carb Puttanesca sauce is the perfect blend of sweet tomatoes and savory anchovies, garlic, capers, shallots and kalamata olives. And the best part is that threw I this dish together just with crap from my cupboard.
Bellisima!
If you liked this low carb chicken dinner recipe, then you might like my recipes for Chicken Pot Pie, Chicken Strips or Keto Gumbo.
BillC says
Your origin story is rather fanciful, but totally flies in the face ofall other references. I’d say check your facts.
EmilyKrill says
Ok, tough guy, where did the name come from then? I got my "facts" from Italy magazine, a source that probably knows something about the subject. https://www.italymagazine.com/dual-language/pasta-puttanesca-whats-name
Beverly says
I never heard the history of puttanesca sauce before. Very interesting.
EmilyKrill says
Right? I thought so too.