These Keto Asian Chicken Meatballs are the perfect low carb appetizer to serve at your next keto get together. They are the perfect blend of sweet and savory.
These are not your average keto meatballs
Sweet and savory and full of asian flavors, these gluten free meatballs are the perfect low carb appetizer, snack, or meal. While other keto meatball recipes might be good, these meatballs themselves are bursting with flavor from toasted sesame oil, garlic, fresh ginger, green onions, sea salt, and cilantro, but what really puts this recipe over the top is the sugar free asian sauce. It’s the perfect blend of sweet and spicy, and you’ll want to double dip every bite.
Take your keto meal prep to the next level
Keto Asian Chicken Meatballs are not only delicious, but they’re super easy to prep whether you’re just looking for an easy keto recipe or a keto appetizer to satisfy a crowd. You can make a few batches in advance and they reheat so well.
Keto Chinese food: is it too good to be true?
Typically, if you’re craving Chinese food on keto, you’re going to have to skip out on the rice, noodles, and sauces. That leaves you with steamed veggies and usually a steamed or grilled protein … not too exciting. These asian keto meatballs are better than other chicken meatballs recipes because they bring back all the asian flavors without the sugar and excessive carbs. You can enjoy them on their own, or serve these paleo meatballs on a bed of shredded cabbage and use the dipping sauce as a dressing. While this was originally written as a ground chicken recipe, you could swap chicken for ground pork, or do half and half. The best part? This recipe comes together faster than it takes to call in for takeout and wait for delivery.
But I’m allergic to eggs, can you make meatballs without eggs?
You can definitely make these keto chicken meatballs without egg. The key to gluten free meatball recipes is making sure that you have a good binder, which doesn’t always mean eggs. In this recipe, coconut flour works really well because it’s so absorbent, and easily binds to the ground chicken. If you can’t do eggs, just omit them for this recipe.
In addition to these keto asian chicken meatballs, check out some of my other favorite keto meatball recipes:
- Tomato Dijon Turkey Meatballs
- Keto Sausage Balls
- Keto Buffalo Chicken Meatballs
- Chicken Parmesan Meatballs
- Italian Meatball Zoodle Soup
- White Cheddar, Sun-dried Tomato, Avocado Stuffed Meatballs
- Easy Peasy Wontonless Soup
Keto Asian Chicken Meatballs
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 40 Meatballs (8 servings) 1x
- Category: Appetizer
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients
For the meatballs:
- 2 pounds ground chicken (you can also use ground pork, turkey, or beef)
- 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon fresh grated ginger
- 2 large eggs
- 2 green onions, thinly sliced
- 1 teaspoon sea salt (I swear by Real Salt)
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
- 1/2 cup coconut flour (I use this brand)
For the dipping sauce:
- 1 tablespoon gluten free soy sauce or coconut aminos (I like this brand)
- 1 1/2 tablespoons unseasoned rice wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon sriracha
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar erythritol (get it here)
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
Instructions
For the meatballs:
- Preheat the oven to 400°F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine all of the ingredients for the meatballs and mix until well incorporated.
- If the mixture seems too soft or sticky, refrigerate for 15 minutes before forming the meatballs.
- Form the meat mixture into 1 1/2 inch meatballs, making a total of 40. Line the meatballs on the prepared baking sheet. Bake for 15 minutes or until the meatballs have reached an internal temperature of 165°F.
For the dipping sauce:
- Combine all of the ingredients in a small bowl and which until well incorporated. Serve drizzled over top of, or alongside the meatballs.
Notes
Net Carbs per 5 Meatballs: 1.1g
Dipping Sauce (per batch) Calories: 30 | Fat: 0.1g | Protein: 2.3g | Total Carbs: 5.4g | Net Carbs: 4.9g
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 5 meatballs
- Calories: 199
- Carbohydrates: 2.3g
- Fiber: 1.2g
- Protein: 30g
Keywords: keto meatballs, keto asian food, low carb recipes, low carb meatballs, keto food blog, keto recipes
DAIRY-FREE KETO COOKING: A Nutritional Approach to Health and Wellness. With 150 Squeaky Clean Low-Carb, High-Fat Recipes
Check out my other books – HERE
Using only approachable and accessible, nutrient dense, real food ingredients, I put together a dairy-free keto roadmap that does not require a search for unfamiliar specialty ingredients or that you have a gourmet kitchen. Each one of these delectable recipes is rooted in simplicity and calls for ingredients that can be found at your local grocery store. I’m showing you how to incorporate dairy-free substitutions that go far beyond the coconut.
In addition to tantalizing your palate with tasty recipes, Dairy-Free Keto Cooking will teach you how to restore your health and wellness, while living a lifestyle that nourishes you in mind, body, and spirit. Whether your goal is to lose weight, heal your body from the inside out, or simply find your own personal version of food freedom, I’m here to help you along in your journey to finding your personal path to wellness.
YOU CAN GRAB A COPY – HERE
Dairy-Free Keto Cooking features something for everyone. If you suffer from dairy intolerances or food allergies, this is the book for you. If you are someone who just loves easy to make, delicious food, then this book is for you. I added a bit of everything everything, including suggestions for adding or reintroducing dairy for all the cheese loving, quesophiles.
With recipes like this, how could anyone possibly feel deprived?
- Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas
- Cowboy Style Beef Ragout
- Sweet and Spicy Barbecue Ribs
- Loco Moco
- Pork Tenderloin with Dill Sauce
- Flourless Chocolate Lava Cake
- Easy Peasy Cuban Picadillo
- Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Blueberry Maple Breakfast Sausage
- Crab Salad Stuffed Avocado
- Scotch Eggs
- Supreme Pizza Soup
- Jalapeño Popper Chicken Salad Sandwiches
- Blackened Shrimp Fettucine Alfredo
- and much, much more!
I wrote this book with everyone in mind and it is complete with several different meal plans (paleo, AIP, Egg free, nut free, 30 minute meals) as well as tons of valuable resources. Dairy-Free Keto Cooking will quickly become your go-to cookbook!
YOU CAN GRAB A COPY –HERE
Popular on the Blog This Week:
Low Carb, Keto, Gluten Free Weekly Meal Plans
Are you ready to take the guesswork out of that stressful weeknight meal planning?
Peace, Love and Low Carb – Low Carb and Gluten Free Weekly Meal Plans are low carb, gluten free, and keto friendly. All recipes include a color photo and complete nutritional analysis. Comes with a printable grocery list, snack list, tips for meal prepping and suggestions for substitutions.
Every recipe is less than 10 grams of carbs per serving. All recipes are gluten free and made only from whole, real, easy to find foods that you can find at your local grocery store. New resources are added to the plans each week. All the best information to help keep you on track with your low carb, keto lifestyle. I’ve even included a journal where you can track what you eat, how much you moved and how you are feeling overall. It is definitely the most comprehensive low carb meal plan out there. And for only $4.99 per week, you simply cannot beat the price.
Duane says
Did Kyndra put that in a food processor?
Anyone have a suggestion for a food processor that would do this?
Michelle S Martin says
It looks a lot like mine. The Cuisinart 12 cup. It does everything!!
Holly says
Any food processor should do the job. Chicken is not a tough meat full of thick fibers and fat like some cuts of red meat. To help the process along, you may want to cut it into chunks first then process it. The worst part of this for me is cleaning the food processor after this 😩 Not fun to get sticky gooey raw chicken off the blades! But so with it for these yummmy meatballs!
★★★★★
Chris says
I loved this recipe. I made them for a potluck dinner and they were a hit! I now have it as one of my regular recipes!
★★★★★
Crystal says
These were wonderful! I was initially a little worried because I thought there may be too much coconut flour, but I trusted you recipe because I’ve made a lot of your recipes and they never let me down. It was a good move because these were perfect just as written and I won’t change a thing in the meatball recipe. Thank you for sharing! I can’t wait to make these for my mom- dumplings are the thing she misses most on the keto diet and I know she will love these.
★★★★★
Crystal says
I forgot to mention that I made these with pork. 👍👍
★★★★★
Christine says
I made these today using half ground turkey and half ground beef. (Both packs were from Costco, so I probably ended up with three pounds of meat total.) They are delicious. I should’ve increased the other ingredients slightly to account for the larger amount of meat, but even as is, they are still really tasty and family-friendly because they aren’t overpowering. The dipping sauce is great, but I’m the only Keto one in the family, so my daughter made another non-Keto sauce from another recipe. I made my meatballs using only a tablespoon measuring spoon, and got 75 meatballs out of the recipe. Thank you for this great one!!