These Keto Beef Stroganoff Meatballs boast tender meatballs, caramelized onions, and toasty mushrooms hanging out in a succulent sour cream gravy. Paired with a silky cauliflower puree, this is the perfect keto comfort food!
Hello Peeps! It’s been awhile since I posted a new Keto Meatball Monday recipe, but I hope that you’ll think this one was worth the wait!
Before we left SC for the freezing cold North I cooked up a storm, so I have some delicious low carb meatball recipes in the queue for the next few weeks – YAY!
By the way we are STILL in the freezing cold North and it gets colder by the day it seems. This morning it was -4 with a “real feel” of -26. Toasty.
When I left at 6:30am to drop Mr. Hungry off at the project he’s working on I could feel my nose hairs freezing and thought…
“I remember this feeling…and I don’t like it.”
Meanwhile my friends in South Carolina are whining about how cold they are because it’s in the 40’s during the day and I want to round them up and kick them all in the shins repeatedly while yelling:
“YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT REAL COLD IS!!!!”
But I would never do that…at least not the actual kicking part. The yelling….maybe. Cold weather makes me cranky, what can I say.
Please hold for a short break while I go get more coffee…………………..
There. That’s better. Now, where were we before I got off on a rant…. Oh. Yes. Meatballs!
These keto Beef Stroganoff Meatballs are quite simply amazing. It’s true, I wish I had some right now and it’s only 7:30am – that’s how good they were! Mr. Hungry isn’t usually a huge fan of mushrooms, but even he loved these!
Now Beef Stroganoff is typically served with egg noodles, and you could try these keto beef stroganoff meatballs with the low carb egg fast noodles from the Fettucini Alfredo recipe, and it would probably be fantastic. I served them with the Better Than Potatoes Cauliflower Puree because I was already making some and it was just easier – and delicious.
So you have options – but do serve them with something to enjoy all of that delicious gravy with. Even zucchini noodles or spaghetti squash would work if that’s what you have on hand.
This keto beef stroganoff meatballs recipe calls for a little xanthan gum which is a low carb thickener that you can usually find in the baking aisle or with the gluten free products if your store has a section. Otherwise you can order it online pretty cheaply. You can omit the xanthan gum, but your gravy will be much runnier without it – still yummers, just not as silky and clingy (in a delicious, non-desperate, way.)
KETO BEEF STROGANOFF MEATBALLS RECIPE VIDEO ??
Keto Beef Stroganoff Meatballs Recipe
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
Description
These Keto Beef Stroganoff meatballs are inspired by the classic dish of beef simmered in a sauce of mushrooms, onions, and sour cream. Low carb, gluten free, family friendly!
Ingredients
For the meatball mix:
- 1 lb ground beef (80/20)
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup almond flour
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp dried parsley
- 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 2 Tbsp butter (for frying)
For the sauce:
- 1 Tbsp butter
- 2 cups sliced mushrooms (white or cremini)
- 1 cup sliced onions
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 1/2 cups beef broth
- 3/4 cup sour cream
- 1/4 tsp xanthan gum
- salt and pepper to taste
- 2 Tbsp fresh parsley, chopped
Instructions
- Combine the meatball ingredients (except the butter) in a medium bowl and mix well.
- Form into 12 meatballs.
- Heat the 2 Tbsp of butter in a large, nonstick saute pan.
- Cook the meatballs on medium heat in the butter until browned on all sides and cooked through (2-3 minutes per side.)
- Remove the meatballs from the pan and set aside.
- Add the 1 Tbsp of butter and the 2 cups of sliced mushrooms to the pan.
- Cook until the mushrooms are golden and fragrant (4-5 minutes.)
- Remove the mushrooms from the pan.
- Add the onions and garlic and cook for 3-4 minutes or until softened and translucent.
- Remove the onions from the pan.
- Add the beef broth to your pan and scrape the bottom to get all the yummy bits off.
- Whisk in your sour cream and xanthan gum until smooth.
- Add the meatballs, mushrooms, onions and garlic back to the pan and stir.
- Simmer on low for 20 minutes.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Garnish with the fresh parsley right before serving.
- Category: Meatballs
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: (3 meatballs & 1/2 cup sauce
- Calories: 452
- Fat: 34g
- Carbohydrates: 6g net
- Protein: 24g
If you love meatballs (and who doesn’t?) be sure to check out the Recipe Index where we have over 45 low carb and gluten free meatball recipes to choose from! Have you tried all of them yet? What’s your favorite?!?!?
I love them all, but I’m especially partial to the Meatballs alla Parmigiana and the Spinach and Artichoke Dip Meatballs lately – so if you haven’t tried either of those yet, put them on your list STAT!
Tricia says
These were amazing! The meatballs will be my go to for other recipes from now on too. I didn’t have onion or garlic so I subbed powder, also I’m not a mushroom fan so left those out and it was still delish. Had over zoodles. Hubby approved as well. Thank you!
Jared says
Really late to the party here – but I’m wondering if I use 96/4 ground turkey (1g fat per 4 oz serving) for the meatballs, how does that change the nutritional facts for the serving size. I didn’t know how you computed that out on your end.
Thanks – looking forward to trying this in the new year to replace my everyday chicken/sweet potato/broccoli.
Mellissa Sevigny says
I’m sorry I don’t have time to calculate for each person’s adjustments Jared, but if you enter the info into MyFitnessPal or CalorieKing you can find out exactly what it would be with your changes!
Rosa Miller says
Just a quick question . I’m trying these for the first time tonight and they look fantastic. Any time I find an awesome recipe i share it with my BFF. They have several food allergies, one being a dairy allergy. My question is could you substitute the sour cream for coconut cream instead? If you know already that would be great or I can just make this again next week and let you know.
Mellissa Sevigny says
You could, it would change the flavor a bit but should still be good!
Gina says
I made these for the first time tonight and they are FABULOUS. I think this is going to become a regular in my house! :D
Holly says
yes!!!! I have a large family (10), so I had to enlarge the recipe. It was spectacular!!! I served it over broccoli noodles. Thanks bunches!
Robin says
Oh man, my husband and I had these tonight! I was trying to decide on one of your many meatball options and I had what I needed for this one. It seemed like there was a lot of sauce, but we just kind of ate it like soup. Next time, I probably won’t use as much beef broth. I’m pretty excited that we get to have the other half of this recipe again. Yum! I really had not thought about so many kinds of meatballs. We love to have a bacon cheese burger, which my hubby cooks in the bacon grease, but I love the idea of so many different ways to eat a mini burger. Just color me meatball lover! Can’t wait to try more of these yummy meatball recipes. Pinning this one :)
bleu says
Looks fantastic. I discovered an interesting thing recently when making a keto stroganoff for myself. I used to always use some wine in my sauce, it gave it this extra something that made it perfect. Well I decided to try using Fine Herb Goat Cheese in place of sour cream and in place of the wine because goat cheese has a bit of a tang. I usually just use one of those little logs you can get at any store. It melted perfectly and gave it such a perfect taste! I sometimes thin it a bit with some HWC.
Anyhow I just wanted to share. I adore all your recipes!!
Mellissa Sevigny says
Great idea and I love the flavor of goat cheese – I can totally see how it would add a similar flavor to the wine! Thanks for sharing, going to try your trick soon! :)
Melodymaker says
Definitely goimg to try this. Was wondering though if you had a substitution for worchestershire sauce? I am not able to have any sugar no matter how minute. Really wish they had a sugar free one as it is one of my favorite seasonings.
Mellissa Sevigny says
You can try coconut aminos or just omit it if necessary!
melodymaker says
Thanks. As soon as I feel up to it I will definitely try this recipie.
Amanda says
These look amazing and I would love to make them for my diabetic husband. The question that I have is that his DR told him not to do the Net Carb thing that it is better to watch the regular carbs. Do you have the nutrition values for you recipes that are not net carbs?
Sandi O'Dell says
I am on my fourth week of low carb eating and was getting kind of bored. I tried this recipe last night using just your sauce with the mushrooms, onions, and some butter steak strips. Wow! It is delicious and easy! Thank you for adding flavor to my new eating habits!