Keto meatballs are the perfect quick and easy keto dinner. Why not freeze the meatballs ahead of time then mix up dinner time with one of these three tasty sauce covered meatballs your family will love!
Keep ready to learn how to easily make a creamy goat cheese sauce, sweet and sour sauce, and a spicy garlic sauce for your meatballs.
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Low-Carb Meatballs - with 3 Sauces
Meatballs are one of the more versatile low-carb meals you can make. We have used them in many ways in the past.
A few of my favourite ways to use them is for healthy lunchbox prepping for the whole family or served as an hors d'oeuvre with toothpicks. They are perfect for a simple dinner with cauliflower rice or zoodles as well.
Creamy Goats Cheese Sauce Spicy Garlic Keto Meatballs Sweet And Sour Keto meatballs
Keto Meatball Recipe
We have many meatball recipes on Ditch The Carbs, but I choose to go with this tried and true keto meatball recipe for these sauces. This meatball recipe is an all-time favourite of readers and has gotten rave reviews.
All the ingredients for the meatballs can be mixed together in a large bowl before forming them into meatballs.
The number of meatballs you get from this recipe will depend on the size of your meatballs.
I used a cookie dough scooper to help form my meatballs and was able to get 30 meatballs.
However, when I use my hand to form golf ball-sized meatballs I usually get about 24 meatballs.
Storing and Cooking Keto Meatballs
Raw, prepared meatballs can be stored in the freezer until you are ready to cook them for up to 2 months.
If you are freezing the prepared meatballs you will want to line them spaced out individually on a baking tray, then place them in the freezer for a few hours until they are completely frozen.
Once meatballs are frozen they can be stored in an airtight container or a zipper freezer bag.
Meatballs can be cooked frozen or defrosted. You can find different cooking methods in the original keto meatballs recipe.
Usually, when I am cooking frozen meatballs I will pan sear the meatballs OR bake them in the oven at 180C/350F for 15 minutes.
When the meatballs are almost done baking you will need to make my sauce so that it ready when the meatballs are done.
Keto Meatballs In A Creamy Goat Cheese Sauce
The first sauce up is a creamy goat cheese sauce.
To make the goat cheese sauce you will first want to heat a little oil in a skillet on medium-high heat. When the oil hot melt the goat cheese in the pan stirring constantly to ensure it doesn't burn.
Once the goat cheese is melted mix in your broth and seasoning.
There are two ways to thicken each of the sauces.
1: You can either reduce the heat the low and let the sauce simmer for several minutes, stirring occasionally or 2: you can whisk in a thickening agent to thicken the sauce.
Melt cheese and stir in liquids and seasoning. Thicken Toss meatballs in sauce.
If using a thickening agent to thicken the sauce feel free to use your preferred thickener. For this recipe, I chose to use Xanthan Gum since it is flavourless, nets 0g carbs, and dissolves really well without clumping.
When the sauce is done toss your meatballs in the sauce so that they are completely coated.
Sweet and Sour Keto Meatballs
The sweet and sour sauce is typically made with pineapple juice, but since pineapple juice is full of sugar and high in carbs we made a few substitutions to make the sauce keto-friendly but keeping the sweet tangy flavour.
To make the sweet and sour sauce you will need to heat the oil on high heat in a skillet. When the oil is hot add a few slices of fresh ginger to the oil and sauté for several seconds.
Sauté ginger Mix in remaining ingredients. Remove ginger and toss in meatballs.
Next mix in your no sugar added tomato sauce, garlic powder, coconut aminos, granulated sweetener of choice, apple cider vinegar, and water.
Let the sauce come to a boil then reduce the heat and let the sauce simmer for a few minutes.
Finally, remove the ginger from the sauce and thicken your sauce by whisking in your thickener or through reduction by allowing the sauce to continue to simmer until it thickens.
Toss your meatballs in the sauce and enjoy!
Spicy Garlic Keto Meatballs
If you like spice, you will love these spicy garlic keto meatballs.
The sauce is so tasty and easy to make and can be used in so many ways.
The first step in making this spicy garlic sauce is to ensure that your red Fresno chillies, ginger, and garlic are finely chopped. I like to toss them in a food processor to quickly chop them but to also blend the flavours together.
Next, melt the butter in a skillet. When the butter is melted add the chopped chillies, garlic, and ginger to the skillet and sauté them until they are fragrant. Then add the broth, coconut aminos, allspice, and white vinegar.
Chop pepper and ginger in food processor. Sauté and add broth. Season and thicken. Add meatballs and cover with sauce.
Let the sauce simmer for 3-5 minutes to allow the flavours to blend then whisk in your xanthan gum or another thickener of choice into the sauce.
When your sauce has thickened toss the meatball in the sauce until they are coated and serve.
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Keto Meatballs - serving suggestions
Each of these meatballs is great when served over zoodles or cauliflower rice.
They also make an excellent appetizer or meal prep options for lunches throughout the week.
Since the sauces are made separately from the meatballs, you also have the option to serve the sauce as a dipping sauce instead of tossing all the meatballs in the sauce. This makes the meal extra easy for families with picky eaters.
Salt and pepper should be used to taste.
Keep in mind that using different thickeners other than xanthan gum can change the carb total for each recipe. Enjoy!
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Keto Meatballs With Creamy Goat Cheese
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Ingredients
Keto Meatballs
- 500 g (1 lb) ground/minced pork
- 500 g (1 lb) ground/minced beef
- 1 onion finely diced
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 eggs - medium medium
- ¼ tsp salt to taste
- pepper to taste
Creamy Goat Cheese Sauce
- 110 g (4 oz) goat cheese
- 250 ml (1 cup) chicken broth
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp Italian seasoning
- ½ tbsp olive oil
- ¼ tsp xanthan gum or thickener of choice
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Keto Meatballs
- Place all the ingredients into a large mixing bowl. Mix thoroughly with your hands, or a spatula.
- Grab a golf ball size of the meatball mix, squeeze together, then form into a meatball shape. Continue until all the meatballs are prepared.
- You can cook these keto meatballs two ways. 1) Fry gently in oil on all sides until cooked into the centre. 2) Bake in the oven at 180C/350F for 15 minutes (turning once so they brown all over) for 15 minutes, or until cooked into the centre.
Creamy Goat Cheese Sauce
- In a skillet heat the oil on medium high heat. When the oil is hot add the goat cheese to the pan to melt. Be sure to continuously stir the cheese to ensure it doesn't burn.
- Next mix in the all the remaining ingredients into the sauce except the xanthan gum.
- Once the sauce is mixed well whisk in the xanthan gum to thicken the sauce. When the sauce has thickened add the cooked meatballs. Toss the meatballs in the sauce until they are completely coated. Serve and enjoy!
Sweet and Sour Keto Meatballs
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Ingredients
Keto Meatballs
- 500 g (1 lb) ground/minced pork
- 500 g (1 lb) ground/minced beef
- 1 onion finely diced
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 eggs - medium medium
- ¼ tsp salt to taste
- pepper to taste
Sweet and Sour
- ½ tsp olive oil
- 3 slices fresh ginger ¼ tsp ground ginger
- 80 ml (⅓ cup) tomato sauce no sugar added
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- 1 tbsp coconut aminos
- 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 tbsp granulated sweetener of choice or more to your tastes
- 125 ml (½ cup) water
- ½ tsp xanthan gum or thickener of choice
Instructions
Keto Meatballs
- Place all the ingredients into a large mixing bowl. Mix thoroughly with your hands, or a spatula.
- Grab a golf ball size of the meatball mix, squeeze together, then form into a meatball shape. Continue until all the meatballs are prepared.
- You can cook these keto meatballs two ways. 1) Fry gently in oil on all sides until cooked into the centre. 2) Bake in the oven at 180C/350F for 15 minutes (turning once so they brown all over) for 15 minutes, or until cooked into the centre.
Sweet and Sour Sauce
- Heat the oil in a sauce pan. When the oil is hot add the ginger. Let it sauté a few seconds until fragrant.
- Add the all the remaining ingredients into the pan except for the xanthan gum. Let the sauce simmer for 3-5 minutes to allow the ginger flavor to infuse into the sauce then remove the ginger from the pan and discard.
- Whisk in the xanthan gum into the sauce to thicken. When the sauce has thickened add the cooked meatballs to the sauce and toss until all the meatballs are coated. Serve and enjoy!
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Spicy Garlic Keto Meatballs
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Ingredients
Keto Meatballs
- 500 g (1 lb) ground/minced pork
- 500 g (1 lb) ground/minced beef
- 1 onion finely diced
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 eggs - medium medium
- ¼ tsp (0.25 tsp) salt to taste
- pepper to taste
Spicy Garlic
- 6 red Fresno chilis can substitute other red chilies if needed
- 2 tsp minced garlic
- 2 tbsp butter
- 2 slices fresh ginger
- 60 ml (¼ cups) white vinegar
- 125 ml (½ cups) chicken broth
- ¼ tsp all spice
- 1 tsp coconut aminos
- ½ tsp xanthan gum or thickener of choice
Instructions
Keto Meatballs
- Place all the ingredients into a large mixing bowl. Mix thoroughly with your hands, or a spatula.
- Grab a golf ball size of the meatball mix, squeeze together, then form into a meatball shape. Continue until all the meatballs are prepared.
- You can cook these keto meatballs two ways. 1) Fry gently in oil on all sides until cooked into the centre. 2) Bake in the oven at 180C/350F for 15 minutes (turning once so they brown all over) for 15 minutes, or until cooked into the centre.
Spicy Garlic Sauce
- Chop the red fresco chilies, ginger, and garlic together in a food processor until finely chopped.
- Melt butter in a skillet. Add the chopped chilies, ginger, and garlic from the food processor. Saute until it is fragrant then add all the remaining sauce ingredients to the pan except the xanthan gum.
- Let the sauce simmer for 3-5 minutes to allow the flavors to meld. Then whisk in the xanthan gum to thicken the sauce. When the sauce has thickened add the cooked meatballs to the sauce and toss until all the meatballs are coated. Serve and enjoy!
Angela
My kids LOVE meatballs so this is the perfect recipe to make in bulk then make each sauce as I need them - ye ha! Thank you, Angela.