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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krissy says
Just stuck a pan in the oven!! Thanks for the recipe!!
Mellissa Sevigny says
Thanks Krissy, hope you liked them!!!!
Anne says
It sounds so delicious!!!
Mellissa Sevigny says
They really are! Give them a try and let us know what you think! :)
Sue Halverson says
Will this be good using beef meatballs? Thanks Sue
Anonymous says
FashiongirlEathealthy I made this recipe it was good but I double it to 2lbs of turkey meat and add little more celery and also add in a little hot sauce and you need bread crum’s it is very wet I put cloves on to form the balls they held up well but I think it needs more seasoning. good but… it needs something o ya I used non-fat greek yogurt instead of cream cheese even healthier I will make again
Mellissa Sevigny says
Since you pretty much didn’t use my recipe at all, I can’t really direct you on why you think it needs more seasoning or “something.” I will say that greek yogurt is nowhere near as thick as cream cheese, so I’m not surprised it was too wet and required bread crumbs to hold together. The cream cheese acts in concert with the eggs as a binder, so using greek yogurt will give you a completely different texture and flavor than my recipe. That being said, I’m glad you enjoyed them and will make them again – thanks for the feedback!
Anonymous says
Sounds great and I can’t wait to try for football season. I’m always looking for something new and different to take! Would there be a different cheese you would suggest as I’m allergic to blue cheese?
Thanks,
Carrie
Mellissa Sevigny says
If you’re allergic to blue cheese I would say omit the cheese altogether and you could serve these with ranch dressing if you want an alternative to dip them in! Enjoy!
Tracy says
Love your site. Thanks so much for all of the recipes. this has been a huge help!!! We appreciate you.
OK, i hate blue cheese. so if we are not allergic, is there another cheese to try that you think would taste as good? or adding a ranch flavored seasoning packet instead?? I am not the best cook so any feedback would be great. Thanks so much.
Mellissa Sevigny says
Feel free to experiment Tracy – there are lots of great ideas in the comments or you could just omit it altogether!
Anika Lee says
I loved this idea for a football appetizer. I’m working tonight and decided to make these for my hubby so he wouldn’t have to cook while watching football/racing! I am hoping he likes them – I’m not a good cook by any means, but the recipe seemed easy enough! The balls came out pretty decently shaped, but I simply put spoonfuls of the sauce over them instead of dipping them… I know it won’t have sauce on the bottom, but I was afraid they’d fall apart. Thanks for the easy recipe :)
Mellissa Sevigny says
Hi Anika! Hope your husband enjoyed them! :)
Peter Block says
love the pic and the recipe. featured on friday five @Feed Your Soul http://chefpeterskitchen.blogspot.com/2012/08/friday-five.html
Mellissa Sevigny says
Thanks so much Chef Peter! It’s an honor!
Linda Carmical says
I cannot wait to make up a batch of these and play around with the techniques/ingredients. These are an amazing idea and sound so delicious I’m already craving them! Thanks for posting this! I’ll let you know how they turn out and will definitely give you a creative mention when I post about my day in the kitchen!
Mellissa Sevigny says
Thanks Linda – hope you like them!
LexyK says
I have recentrly made the buffalo chicken meatballs and I everyone in my family loved them! They don’t just have to be for superbowl, I make them as a full meal. We wrap them in salad and it’s so0o0o good!
Mellissa Sevigny says
I like that idea to wrap them in lettuce, going to give that a try, thanks!
Gaby Godoy de Porras says
OMG I LOVE that mix… buffalo sauce-chicken-bleu cheese-celery…. LOVE IT! I’ve posted many recipes usingo this combination on my blog… feel free to visit… My husband loves meatballs, so I guess these will be loved by him too. I already placed them under “soon-to-be-cooked” =) thanks for sharing!!
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Mellissa Sevigny says
Hope you and your husband enjoy them!
Anonymous says
Thanks heaps, i used one egg, love them, hoping hubby and guests enjoy them at his party. Sandra
Mellissa Sevigny says
Sandra I hope they like them too!