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Keto Buffalo Chicken Meatballs are an easy comfort food that comes together with simple ingredients. They’re perfect for those who want meatballs without breadcrumbs and those who enjoy the flavors of buffalo chicken wings. These are ready in less than 30 minutes.
Why Make Buffalo Chicken Meatballs without Breadcrumbs
- Easy appetizer, perfect for game day: Try these meatballs if you need something easy to make and fun to eat.
- A gluten-free, keto, and low-carb option: This recipe uses almond flour as a low-carb substitute for breadcrumbs.
- Simple ingredients: My healthy buffalo chicken meatballs recipe uses a handful of simple ingredients.
Ingredients Needed
Here’s what you need to know about the ingredients in this recipe to make it successfully.
As always, you can get the exact ingredient amounts from the recipe card at the bottom of the post.
- Ground chicken: I use dark meat ground chicken. At my grocery store, this is 93% lean ground chicken. This recipe works best with the highest fat content available since the fat helps to keep the chicken meatballs from drying out.
- Almond flour: I used blanched and superfine almond flour. This is a gluten-free and keto-friendly substitute for breadcrumbs.
- Egg: I use a large egg for this recipe.
- Ranch Seasoning: I use my ranch seasoning recipe or pick one up from the market.
- Grated Parmesan: I get this from the refrigerated section of the market.
- Mayonnaise: your favorite full-fat mayo will work
Homemade Buffalo Sauce
Whether you’re making buffalo chicken wings or these meatballs, you only need two ingredients for buffalo sauce.
- Frank’s Red Hot: this is a cayenne pepper hot sauce. I love it over other brands because it also has ingredients like garlic powder, which gives it some added flavor.
- Butter: I prefer unsalted and melted
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How To Make Low-Carb Buffalo Chicken Meatballs
- Add spices, mayo, egg, almond flour, and Parmesan cheese to a large mixing bowl. Whisk (or use a fork) to combine (it will look like a paste). Add the ground chicken to the bowl. Use a rubber spatula or hands with gloves to mix to combine.
- Form 14 meatballs (using a meatball scooper or round tbsp measuring spoon – about 1.5 tbsp per meatball).
- Preheat the air fryer for 5 min at 400 degrees. Line the air fryer with parchment paper for easy clean-up. Place the meatballs in the air fryer basket in a single layer. Spray the meatballs generously with oil spray. Air fry the meatballs for 6 minutes. Spray again and air fry for 6 more minutes.
- Add the cooked meatballs to a serving dish or bowl. Mix the ingredients for the buffalo sauce in a bowl. Pour it on top of the cooked meatballs. Top with diced green onions, blue cheese crumbles, etc.
Recipe Tips & FAQs
- Use meat with high-fat content for tender and juicy meatballs.
- Use cold ingredients to avoid melting the fat in the meat before cooking starts.
Storage & Leftovers
These meatballs taste great the next day, but can also be cooked and stored in the freezer.
More Keto Buffalo Chicken Recipes
- Slow Cooker Buffalo Wings
- Keto Buffalo Chicken Dip
- Air Fryer Buffalo Wings
- Easy Crispy Buffalo Fried Shrimp
Keto Buffalo Chicken Meatballs
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Ingredients
- 1 lb ground chicken, 93% lean ground chicken (works best with the highest fat content available)
- 2 tbsp Almond Flour, superfine and blanched
- 1 large Eggs
- 2 tbsp Homemade Ranch Seasoning Mix
- 1/4 cup Grated Parmesan Cheese, I get this from the refrigerated section of the market
- 1/4 cup Mayonnaise, I use full-fat mayonnaise
Homemade Buffalo Sauce
- ½ cup Frank’s Red Hot, regular hot sauce or Buffalo Wing Sauce
- 2 tbsp Butter, melted, I use unsalted butter
Instructions
- Add spices, mayo, egg, almond flour, and Parmesan cheese to a large mixing bowl. Whisk (or use a fork) to combine – it will look like a paste.
- Add the ground chicken to the bowl. Use a rubber spatula or hands with gloves to mix to combine.
- Form 14 meatballs (using a meatball scooper or round tbsp measuring spoon – about 1.5 tbsp per meatball)
- Preheat the air fryer for 5 min at 400 degrees
- Line the air fryer with parchment paper for easy clean-up. Place the meatballs in the air fryer basket in a single layer. Spray the meatballs generously with oil spray.
- Air fry the meatballs for 6 minutes. Spray again and air fry for 6 more minutes.
- Add the cooked meatballs to a serving dish or bowl. Mix the ingredients for the buffalo sauce in a bowl. Pour it on top of the cooked meatballs.
- Top with diced green onions, blue cheese crumbles, etc.
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Nutrition Details
The nutrition facts come from entering the recipe ingredients into Spoonacular API, a database of food ingredients. They may vary for any recipe based on the exact product used.
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