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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amanda says
i made these today…added a handfull of breadcrumbs but still too runny. To fix i put them in mini muffin tins..perfect! Little buffalo chicken muffins :-) still bite size
Mellissa Sevigny says
Great idea Amanda! Might try that on my next batch! :)
Abbie says
Hi there!
This was a great recipe, except the mixture was a little too runny to form balls. I got mini slider patties instead. Next time I might try to add bread crumbs or more turkey to firm them up. Thanks!
Dale says
These were fantastic and were a big hit at my dad’s tapas style bday party. I used cottage cheese instead of cream cheese and thats only because I sent my husband grocery shopping and he picked the wrong cheese by accident. Delicious nonetheless. Thanks for a wonderful guilt free recipe.
Rachel says
Picky boyfriend was my first taste tester, said that these were not firm enough and tasted bland. But I took 50 of these to a potluck at work, and everyone loved them. I like them too. Will make again.
Mellissa Sevigny says
Sorry they didn’t pass the boyfriend test Rachel, but glad everyone else liked them! To firm them up you could use a little less cream cheese in the mix – and just add a few drops of a much hotter (habanero) sauce to the Franks to punch up the flavor for him next time! Thanks for the feedback!
Barb Konrad says
This is the third time making this for my adult son. It is his favorite meal. I make it with cucumber salad, nice and cool with the hot balls. I put some panko in to make them easier to handle and they are amazing. Thank you so much. I also use light cream cheese, light crumbled blue cheese and “I cant believe its not butter” light and liquid egg whites. Doesnt change the flavor at all.
Mellissa Sevigny says
Thanks Barb, I’m glad these are a hit with your family, and that you’ve been able to change the recipe up to lighten the calories – thanks for sharing your tweaks!
Allison says
I just knew I had to try these as soon as I saw them. I mixed all the ingredients as listed, without reading the comments first and only realized afterwards that the mixture was too liquidy from the eggs. I added a few shakes of breadcrumbs and some extra celery to hold the shape together and it worked out. I did my balls in batches to figure out what would work best for me. I made the sauce and wound up just pouring it over my first batch of meatballs but in the end the sauce had a ”greasy” appearance. The second time around I made the meatballs on a baking sheet , removed, drained the grease on paper towels, then put into a small casserole dish and poured the buffalo sauce straight (no butter) onto the balls and put back into the oven, at a higher temp. They are still in the oven, but I feel this way might be easiest for me. I like the flaxseed idea, i will have to try that one out too.
Mellissa Sevigny says
Thanks for the feedback Allison, I hope your second batch worked out!
Lyn says
Amazing! I love Buffalo sauce! You can get it in the UK at Asda, next to the Nando’s sauce.
I think I will be making these a lot. Perfect snack food as well! Cant wait to try more recipes.
Lindsay says
I am just starting my blog and found this on pinterest. I’m happy to have it be the first recipe I reviewed!
Svetlana says
Mellissa it’s fantastic recipe! I have slightly changed the recipe by swaping chilli sause with swedish cream sauce, still very delish!
amanda says
I’ve got these in the oven right now and they smell AMAZING! I added minced carrots, about 1/4 cup of panko bread crumbs, a few splashes of franks and omitted an egg. They held up very well for themid bake dunking in the sauce. Thanks for the recipe :)