Chicken Thighs with Creamy Bacon Mushroom Thyme Sauce – this is one of the best chicken thigh recipes I ever made. Easy, delicious, and perfect for bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs! This is KETO friendly, high-fat, low-carb, gluten free chicken recipe.
Chicken thighs are baked to perfection and then complemented with flavorful creamy mushroom and bacon sauce with lots of fresh thyme. Pure comfort food – chicken dark meat is always delicious in a creamy sauce!
What makes this chicken recipe KETO friendly
- This meal contains high amount of fat from heavy creamy, chicken thighs, and bacon. All these ingredients have high fat, low sugar content.
- Mushrooms are extremely low-carb and a great way to add flavor to keto recipe.
- This recipe contains foods that are high in protein but low in carb, such as chicken thighs.
Fresh thyme is key in this recipe. I used about 5 sprigs of snipped fresh thyme, and also a couple of sprigs more for garnish, on top of chicken thighs and mushrooms:
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How to cook bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs:
Start by browning the chicken thighs in a large skillet, then bake them in the oven, for about 20 minutes until completely cooked through.
How to make Creamy Bacon Mushroom Thyme Sauce:
In the mean time, while the chicken thighs bake, start making the sauce by cooking the mushrooms and combining them with the chopped cooked bacon:
Add the cream and snipped fresh thyme to bacon and mushrooms, and make the delicious sauce:
Spoon the sauce over the cooked chicken thighs, and your dinner is ready!
Other KETO friendly chicken recipes
Broccoli Bacon Cheddar Chicken Bake
Bacon Cream Cheese Cheddar Chicken
KETO friendly pork recipes
Bacon and Mushroom Smothered Pork Chops
Low Carb Creamy Pork Chops in Parmesan Sauce
One of the best recipes to cook chicken thighs is to smother them in a creamy bacon mushroom and thyme sauce. So easy and yummy! KETO friendly, high-fat, low-carb, gluten free chicken recipe.
- 4 chicken thighs , skin-on, bone-in
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- salt and pepper
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning dried thyme, oregano
- 6 oz white mushrooms
- 5 slices bacon cooked, chopped
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 5 sprigs fresh thyme
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Season both sides of chicken thighs generously with salt and pepper and Italian herb seasoning mix (usually a combination of dried thyme, oregano and other herbs). Heat vegetable oil on medium-high heat in a large skillet. Add chicken thighs skin-side down. Cook for about 5 minutes, on the skin side until nicely browned.
- Transfer chicken thighs, skin side up, to the foil-lined baking sheet and bake at 350 F for about 20 minutes or until chicken thighs are completely cooked through and no longer pink in the center.
- In the mean time, make the mushrooms sauce:
- Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet on medium heat. Add sliced mushrooms (without salting - to ensure the mushrooms get caramelized) and cook on medium heat for about 3 minutes flipping once.
- Add chopped cooked bacon to the skillet.
- Add heavy creamy, 1/8 teaspoon salt and snipped fresh thyme, bring to boil, stir, immediately reduce to simmer and simmer for about 2 minutes on very low heat for flavors to blend and sauce to reduce a bit. Taste and add more salt if needed.
- When chicken is done baking and chicken thighs are completely cooked through, add cooked chicken thighs to the skillet and spoon the sauce and the mushrooms on top of chicken thighs.
What I have been cooking in my kitchen:
3 Years Ago: Chicken Penne Pasta and Mushrooms with Vodka Sauce
4 Years Ago: Creamy Chicken Mushroom Pasta with Basil and Garlic
5 Years Ago: Banana Walnut Bread
This was pretty average. Way too much cream unless you want to cook it down for 20 minutes.
Love this recipe! But I double the sauce. So delicious
So glad you enjoyed it! I like more sauce too!
The only thing I might change about this delectable recipe is adding diced onion to mushrooms and sautéing both in the bacon grease. Vegetable oil is a no no on a keto Venice diet, or you could use coconut oil or some other natural oil. Thanks!
Great tips, thank you! 🙂
Would you suggest any changes if I were to use boneless/skinless thighs?
Boneless, skinless chicken thighs cook faster than bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs, so I would watch the cooking times to make sure not to over cook the chicken.
This looks amazing! But…I absolutely despise thyme…what could I substitute? Basil?
You can use sage, tarragon, oregano, or marjoram.
This was so delicious! I did use Olive oil instead of vegetable oil and subbed Rosemary for the Thyme because I don’t really care for Thyme.
Thank you! So glad you liked it! 🙂
I just made this for dinner and it was delicious!!
Thank you! Glad you liked it! 🙂
would it still taste good if i exclude the bacon from the recipe ? 🙂
It would still taste pretty good even if you exclude the bacon – chicken, mushrooms, thyme and creamy sauce taste pretty good even without bacon. You might have to season the chicken and the sauce with more salt.