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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KWinchell says
I am excited to try these, but don’t like blue cheese. Any suggestions as a replacement? Is it the taste or consistency that the cheese is needed for? I do love feta, is that the same consistency? Thank you. K
Mellissa Sevigny says
You could omit the cheese altogether if you don’t like it but I bet it would taste good with the feta as well! Let me know if you try it and how it comes out!
Anonymous says
What could I use instead of cream cheese?
Mellissa Sevigny says
I guess it depends on why you don’t want to use cream cheese. Do you not eat dairy? Are you trying to cut the fat? Are you low carb and/or gluten free? I’d need more info before I could offer a substitution that might meet your particular dietary needs…
Anonymous says
I’m not trying to meet any dietary needs.. I honestly just hate cream cheese haha. Feel like the cream cheese may be an important component to have them stay together
Megan says
I am both gluten- and dairy-free so had to adapt these but I used your idea and your method and they came out wonderful! Thank you! My husband loved them as well. After mixing together the turkey, eggs, and some seasonings (since I was omitting the blue cheese I was afraid they’d be too bland so I added a bit of chili powder, smoked paprika, garlic powder, and pepper– delicious!) the mixture was far too runny. I figured it was because I was missing the cream cheese as a binding agent, so I added flax seed meal and some finely shredded carrot that I happened to have on hand and it worked GREAT! Just thought you might want to know that adding the flax seed meal didn’t make the taste or texture weird and worked quite well to help them hold their shape. However, I have to idea how much I added, I never measure.. woops. Thanks for the great recipe!
Mellissa Sevigny says
Thanks for sharing Megan, yours sound great!
Trace's Mom :) says
These were amazing! We are not blue cheese fans so I substituted with crumbled feta and added Italian bread crumbs to firm them up. Big hit! I also tossed some in BBQ sauce for my little guy. My MIL even made me write down the recipe for her before she left and she doesn’t cook! Thanks for the recipe!!
Mellissa Sevigny says
So glad you all liked them Trace, and thanks for sharing your tweaks with the rest of us!
master chef says
WOW, looks amazing :) Love your blog
Mellissa Sevigny says
Thanks so much!
Dayna Bronzino says
Hi Mellissa! This recipe sounds awesome. I am hoping to make it for a family get-together for this weekend. Do you have any suggestions with regard to making it ahead of time? I was hoping to do as much prep as possible at home the day before I plan to serve them. Any suggestions would be real helpful. Thanks!!
Mellissa Sevigny says
Dayna I responded to you via Google+ but if anyone else was wondering, you can bake these and freeze them without the sauce. Then take them out of the freezer whenever you need them and heat them in the sauce for about 20-30 minutes before serving.
jaime says
Making these for a family gathering… Any idea if they’ll hold up in a crock pot for a couple of hours, or will they fall apart? Thank you so much! I’m excited to give them a try!
Mellissa Sevigny says
Once they are cooked they firm up pretty well so I think they’d hold up ok for a couple of hours on warm. I’ve never tried it though so you might want to experiment with a batch before your gathering just to be sure! I think you’ll be ok though, hope everybody likes them! :)
Mecca W. says
I have to make these! My husband is tring to lose weight and it’s hard to find tasty treats for him. I can’t wait to make them..
Mellissa Sevigny says
I hope you and your husband like these Mecca! Let us know how they come out!
Megan Chesser says
Made these tonight and they were DELIGHTFUL! My husband and 7 year old son would not stop eating them!(me too!) I did not even get them off of the cookie sheet before they starting chowing down! Thank you so much for such a wonderful and easy recipe! Thank heavens I made a double batch!
Mellissa Sevigny says
Hooray! So glad the entire family liked them! And smart of you to make a double batch! I realized it’s been awhile since I made these for us, I think it’s time to add them back into our rotation! :)
Anonymous says
Just tried this recipe with meatless chicken (I’m a vegetarian). Didn’t turn out as pretty as yours but definitely gave me my chicken wing fix I’ve been looking for!! Thank you!
Mellissa Sevigny says
Cool idea to make it meatless, I would have never thought of that! Thanks for sharing with the rest of us and glad it gave you your fix! :)