These keto buffalo chicken meatballs are the perfect quick and easy low carb game day appetizer
While I am a huge fan of keto wing recipes, from time to time, I like to kick things up a notch. These keto buffalo chicken meatballs are the perfect quick and easy low carb game day appetizer. Can you tell I've got football on the brain? Actually, they are perfect for any event, party, get together, or even the idle Tuesday night at home.
What I like most about these keto buffalo chicken meatballs is that they have all the delicious flavors of buffalo wings, but without all the mess. Better yet, they are baked and not fried, making them a much healthier option.
These low carb meatballs are bursting with flavor. The combination of buffalo wing sauce and creamy blue cheese crumbles are a match made in heaven. I love to serve these with a side of celery sticks and my Creamy Chive Blue Cheese Dressing. If you are not a fan of blue cheese, try making these meatballs with feta cheese instead and serving it with my Keto Avocado Ranch Dressing.
If you would like to make these keto buffalo chicken meatballs in the slow cooker, simply form them into meatballs, line them in the bottom of a slow cooker and pour the sauce over top. Cook them on low for 3 hours.
Keto meatballs are one of my favorite things to make during my weekly meal prep. They reheat well, are portable and they are quick and easy to make. Here are a few of my favorite low carb meatball recipes - Keto Sausage Balls, White Cheddar, Sun-Dried Tomato and Avocado Stuffed Meatballs, Tomato Dijon Turkey Meatballs, and Chicken Parmesan Meatballs
In addition to these Keto Buffalo Chicken Meatballs, check out some of my other favorite buffalo chicken recipes:
Keto Buffalo Chicken Meatballs
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: Makes 5 Servings 1x
Description
NOTE: If you can't find ground chicken at your local grocer, feel free to substitute ground turkey or ground beef.
Ingredients
- 2 pounds ground chicken
- 1 cup buffalo wing sauce, divided (I use this brand)
- ½ cup blue cheese crumbles
- 4 ribs celery, divided
- 5 cloves garlic, minced
- ¼ cup butter
- 2 teaspoons onion powder
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- (optional): 2 large green onions, chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400° Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Chop up two ribs of celery to put into the meatball mixture. Cut the other ribs into dipping stick sized pieces.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the ground chicken, blue cheese crumbles, garlic, chopped celery, ¼ cup of the buffalo wing sauce, onion powder, salt and pepper.
- Form meat mixture into 25 meatballs. Line the meatballs on the baking sheet. Bake for 25 minutes.
- While the meatballs are in the oven, heat the remainder of the buffalo wing sauce and the butter over low heat, until the butter is completely melted and is well combined with the buffalo wing sauce.
- Once the meatballs have finished cooking, gently toss them in the sauce until they are generously coated.
- Garnish: Sprinkle chopped green onions over meatballs before serving.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 5 Meatballs
- Calories: 326
- Fat: 6g
- Carbohydrates: 4g
- Protein: 30g
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Cathy says
They make me hungry just looking at them. Why a glass dish? I would be afraid to use a glass dish at 400 degrees. I can't wait to try these.
Duane says
I routinely cook in those glass dishes at 450...The only time you'll have a problem is if you take the hot glass pan out and put it on a wet counter....It will instantly crack....I even had one semi explode one time....The old 1970's pyrex and Corningware was different and didn't do that....The new stuff is crap.....
KetoKitty says
The glass pan.is for serving/photo. The instructions say a baking sheet. Metal.
Holley says
I guess you could use any baking dish really. I just always feel like I get a more even cook with glass bakeware.
JZinCO says
I just made these and they are delicious! I was concerned the meatballs not binding, so I added an egg and maybe 3/4 cup breadcrumbs. Mine were really sticky (before and after the adjustment) and I couldn't roll them so they were more mounds. Very yummy though!
Jenn Nahrstadt says
i had no trouble whatsoever with these holding together, and my guys who really like wings enjoyed these! thanks for sharing...
Jen Becker says
I bet these would be good as patties too!
Tiffany says
Could these be made without the blue cheese? I really don't like blue cheese LOL
JRMika says
These were spectacular, thank you! I ended up using ground turkey just because the ground chicken was more difficult to come by. Resulting meatballs were delicious and I almost regretted the act of dousing them in buffalo sauce because it masked the medley of flavors within. This is, of course, a good problem to have, but I definitely wanted to review and say thank you for adding this to my repertoire in the kitchen!
J says
I made these tonight and put them in a low carb wrap with green onions, lettuce, and side of carrots. They were delicious!
Anonymous says
could you tell me the recipe thanks it's not there
Anonymous says
Too bad, I've had this "pinned" for awhile to try them out and just came to get the ingredients and now you have to buy the cookbook :0( Even if I had tried them before and loved them I wouldn't be able to make it since I save paper and ink by reading recipes from Pinterest as I cook them.
Anonymous says
So not cool to post a recipe and then take it down because of the cookbook. New recipes yes, old recipes no.
Kyndra Holley says
Contractually I had to once it was published. But thanks! Feel free to move on now
Tiffany W says
Hi Kyndra I just pre ordered your cookbook will this recipe and some of the others like that are in the low-carbing among friends book also be in your new one? Thanks for your hard work in doing these!
Kyndra Holley says
Hi Tiffany! Thank you so much for ordering my book. This recipe is published in the LCAF Vol. 3 and therefore can't be published anywhere else but there are a ton of recipes in my new book and some never before seen new recipes. Thanks
Tiffany W says
Thanks Kyndra for the response 🙂 Can't wait to get it went ahead and ordered the other one as well haha. I have tried so many of your recopies since taking on my weight loss journey. I really appreciate your hard work the fact there's so many different things to try and keeps the food fun and interesting! 🙂
Duane says
Question: With these Buffalo Blue Chicken Meatballs you have a small bowl of dressing in the photo....
What type of dressing is that? Ranch? (I saw a ranch recipe on your site...)...
BTW...I just found this site last week.....Everything looks incredible....
Do you have a Primal cocktail section? I occasionally make frozen banana daiquiris in the blender with a frozen banana, rum, collagen powder and water....Pretty good...