These delicious keto buffalo chicken meatballs have all of the flavor of your favorite classic buffalo wings without the bones, skin, or mess! Low carb and gluten free too!
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Superbowl is coming up in a few days and like most of you, we’re having a few friends over. In the past, classic buffalo wings were a must at our parties, and they are still pretty awesome. But from a logistics point of view, they can be annoying – especially with a large crowd.
Chicken wings are incredibly messy for one thing, and it’s not easy to eat them gracefully – and then if you have a drink in one hand and a plate in the other, it gets super complicated. Also there is always that awkward what do I do with these chicken bones issue.
Behold the keto buffalo chicken meatball – all of the flavors of a buffalo wing, in a low carb and keto friendly, easy to eat package. And they are super good! I may never make wings again!
Ok not really, but I’ll make them when nobody else is coming over, so I can ravage every last piece of meat off of them like a good wing deserves, without a mortified audience looking on in horror! I just giggled out loud picturing that…heh heh….
Anyway, these keto buffalo chicken meatballs have all the flavor of your favorite classic buffalo wings, with none of the bones, skin or mess.
If you’re like Mr. Hungry, this is a plus, because he doesn’t like the skin and hates eating chicken meat off of the bone – but he loves the flavor of classic buffalo wings.
If you’re a crockpot lover, you can totally form these and place them in the bottom of your crockpot, then pour the sauce over them and cook for about 3 hours on low – viola, buffalo chicken meatballs ready to go!
These keto buffalo chicken meatballs have a subtle blue cheese flavor, but I love the dressing so I added more and it was awesome! And of course, you must serve with celery sticks to be authentic!
More Buffalo Chicken Inspired Recipes:
Keto Egg Fast Buffalo Omelette
Buffalo Chicken Chopped Salad – Kara Creates
Buffalo Chicken Dip – Frank’s Red Hot
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Keto Buffalo Chicken Meatballs – Low Carb and Gluten Free
- Total Time: 37 minutes
- Yield: 18 meatballs 1x
- Diet: Gluten Free
Description
These delicious keto buffalo chicken meatballs have all of the flavor of your favorite classic buffalo wings without the bones, skin, or mess! Gluten free and Low Carb too!
Ingredients
For the Meatballs:
- 1lb ground chicken or turkey
- 1/3 cup almond flour
- 2 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons chopped celery
- 3 tablespoons crumbled blue cheese
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
For the Sauce:
- 1/2 stick (4 oz) unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup Frank’s Red Hot
- 1 teaspoon granulated sugar substitute (I like erythritol)
Instructions
- Combine all of the meatball ingredients in a medium bowl.
- DO NOT ADD SALT!!! The Frank’s is super salty, as is the blue cheese so trust me you don’t need to add more.
- The mix will be sticky and gooey but that’s normal – if you are having trouble forming them, chill the mixture for 30 minutes before rolling into balls.
- Form into about 1 inch balls – remember these are cocktail/bite sized so don’t make them too big.
- Place them on a greased cookie sheet (with sides) and bake at 375 degrees (F) for 10 minutes.
- To make the sauce, combine the Frank’s and butter in a small saucepan on medium heat, or place in a microwave safe bowl for 2 minutes on high.
- After 10 minutes, remove balls from oven and dunk carefully (they are tender from the cream cheese and could fall apart if you are too rough) in the buffalo sauce.
- Put back onto the cookie sheet and bake for another 12 minutes.
- Remove and serve hot.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 22 minutes
- Category: Keto meatballs
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 3 meatballs
- Calories: 331
- Fat: 28g
- Carbohydrates: 2g net
- Protein: 17g
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Kat says
I got here via Pinterest, So grateful! I finally made them last night- Everyone LOVED them. (My 70 yr old mother actually left with the recipe I wrote!) I didn’t change a thing. So great.
Mellissa Sevigny (sevimel) says
Thanks Kat, glad everybody liked them!!! :)
malloryclaire says
I’m new to cooking and this is probably a super dumb question… do you pre-bake the chicken or add it raw to the other ingredients? THANKS!
Mellissa Sevigny (sevimel) says
Hi Mallory, not a dumb question at all – you use raw chicken with the ingredients, then form the balls and bake them. Sorry it took so long to answer this, hope it was still helpful and feel free to email me if you have any other questions!
Anonymous says
Do you have the nutrition info for this recipe? Calories, protein, carbs, fat? I’m tracking what I’m eating and this would really help.
Mellissa Sevigny (sevimel) says
Added it to the bottom of the post – enjoy!
Anonymous says
I am making these today and used a Pampered Chef mini scoop to make the meatballs. Worked wonderfully without the bread crumbs. I used 3 lbs ground turkey and 2 eggs. I can’t wait to take them to the party!!!
Mellissa Sevigny (sevimel) says
Great idea with the mini scoop – I’m totally stealing that for next time! Hope they were a hit at your party!
Anonymous says
These were terrific. I’d been eyeballing them for a while since finding them via r/keto, but decided to bite the bullet and make them today. I had them as described, and loved them. My wife and kids don’t do hot, so I made a 2nd batch, using mozzarella in place of the blue cheese. I cooked theirs sans hot sauce, and served them with brown gravy. Rave’s all around. Thanks very much for the recipe. Oh, I used Wingtime Garlic instead of Frank’s. Give it a try sometime.
Mellissa Sevigny (sevimel) says
Hey so glad these worked for you and the family! Never heard of Wingtime garlic, I’ll have to look around next time I’m out shopping. Thanks for the feedback!
Erin says
Hi Melissa,
I am a devotee of your low carb goodness. These meatballs were amazing! I omitted the celery, as we don’t care for it, and I added some almond flour. For my husbands batch I used parmesan, since he hates blue cheese.. and they came out amazing! I preferred mine because I do like blue.. but I noted his stayed together really nicely. Thanks again for inspiring such tasty kitchen fun!
Mellissa Sevigny (sevimel) says
Did you find them super salty with the parmesan added? If not, it’s a good choice for a binder. Glad you guys liked them – my husband prefers them without the celery too! Funny how we are all so different in what we like and don’t like. Way to make them work for both of you!
Karen says
DELICIOUS and a real crowd pleaser over in London tonight. I used egg whites and I’m doing low fat/ low cal and a splash of worchestershire sauce and they were beautiful!
Mellissa Sevigny (sevimel) says
Thanks for the feedback Karen, glad you guys liked them! Who says the Brits don’t know good food?! ;)
Carrie says
Mellisa,
LOVING your recipes! I ate the mashed cauliflower tonight along with some meat balls since my husband and I just recently started the atkins diet. I used pork rinds as my binder and it actually worked quite well. They don’t have the fiber like flax, and I might want to try that, but they don’t have any carbs either and they worked pretty well. You’ve saved our atkins diet from being so boring!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! P.S. I’m dying to try the icecream!!!
Mellissa Sevigny (sevimel) says
Thanks so much Carrie! The pork rinds are a great idea – I don’t like them as a fried coating but probably wouldn’t mind them at all in the meatballs, might try it! The ice cream is awesome – just sayin! :)
Unknown says
I just want you to know what a saving grace you’ve been, and I haven’t even tried any recipes yet (but by reading your reviews, I’m sure they’re amazing).
I’ve been doing a 30 carb diet for about 3 weeks and I’ve lot some weight, but my food selection seems to be dwindling and I seem to be getting hungrier and having crazy strong cravings! I never thought to combine my favorite low carb foods! Egg and cheese casserole, or buffalo chicken!? All of the sudden, my options seem limitless!
I have marked several of your recipes, and I’m looking forward to finding more and trying them at home with my aunt, who is also doing the low carb diet. Thank you!
Mellissa Sevigny (sevimel) says
Thanks so much! I know what you mean about low carb boredom setting in! Then all your old favorites really start looking good and that’s usually when I would cave. Since I’ve approached it a different way this time and started creating recipes for things I love to eat that also happen to be low carb, I’m usually too busy enjoying what I’m eating to feel sad about any of the old foods I might otherwise be missing! Except nachos, still miss them and have to find a way to recreate them! I hope you and your aunt enjoy the recipes and will report back! Thanks again!
michele says
If you are looking for a low carb “chip” then try cheese crisps. Just bake cheddar cheese at around 375/400 until edges brown (5-7 minute), take them out of oven and cool. These cheese chips are just cheese! I found that the cheaper shredded cheddars crisp up better than the more expensive ones. You could also mix in cayenne for a heat kick or actually any spice (except salt). Just remember to use parchment paper or it will be a gooey mess.
souleating says
I just pulled these out of the oven and they are pretty damn tasty! I left the celery out of mine, that may be why mine got a little flat. I think this would make an EXCELLENT meatloaf!
Mellissa Sevigny (sevimel) says
I have to tweak the recipe a bit to make them a little firmer but I’m glad they tasted good! Meatloaf would be so much easier than making all the balls – I might even try that myself next time!