Keto Meatballs are the workhorse of your Keto kitchen. They can be prepped in big batches and frozen, then cooked off when you’re ready— with no one the wiser. They can be roasted in a bath of rich marinara sauce, sugar free teriyaki, or rich creamy gravies, giving you a go-to meal idea for specific, international cravings.
They’re also crowd friendly. Have you ever meat anyone who doesn’t like a meatball? I didn’t think so…
A couple Fridays back, we were SUPER EXCITED to see that Marco’s Pizza has started selling meatball bakes, making it all that easier to order in on Friday nights! Pizza for the kids, meatball bake and a Greek salad for us. It seemed like a match made in heaven, until we continued craving it all weekend long.
I decided we needed to create a breadcrumb- free, meatball recipe that still had the moisture and interest of traditional meatballs.
High Ho Silver! To the kitchen we go…..
These Keto Meatballs only take 10-15 minutes to go from ingredients to baking sheets AND they can be prepped ahead of time and even frozen.
For busy families I recommend making a full batch and then splitting the 24 meatballs half and half into little baking dishes. Make one for tonight, and save one for later in the week or even freeze it!
Also, this meatball recipe is a fine base for any other Keto Meatball recipes… Swedish meatballs, sweet and sour meatballs, party cocktail meatballs—all can be made with the meatball mix. They are tender, juicy, and the best part… Low Carb! 🙂
If you’re looking for more Keto and Low Carb Recipes, try out our most popular Keto Recipes…
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Keto Meatballs with Ricotta and Marinara
These tasty low carb meatballs are covered with ricotta cheese and baked in low sugar marinara sauce until hot and bubbly! They qualify as a low carb or keto meal, but they're so delicious that the whole family won't even notice!
Carbs- 4g Fats- 33g Protein- 27g (Without using the Rao's brand of pizza sauce this is 7g of carbs per serving. )
Ingredients
- Meatball Ingredients:
- 1 pound 80/20 ground beef
- 1 pound ground pork
- 1/2 c. parmesan cheese
- 1/2 c. mozzarella
- 1/2 c. cream
- 1 egg
- 1/2 c. grated white onion
- 3 garlic cloves, pressed through a garlic press
- Season with a few dashes of salt, pepper, parsley, onion powder.
- Additional Ingredients:
- 1 jar Rao's brand low carb pizza sauce
- 3/4 c. whole milk ricotta cheese
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- For the meatballs:
- In a bowl combine all of the meatball ingredients. Mix gently with your hands. Using a 2-3 oz. scoop, scoop out meatballs, roll in your hands, and place on a foil-lined and greased baking sheet. There should be about 24 meatballs. Sprinkle the meatballs with salt, pepper, and onion powder.
- Bake at 400 for 20-25 minutes. You want some browning on the outside, but the meatballs will be cooked again momentarily.
- Transfer the meatballs to a glass casserole dish or a large cast-iron skillet. Pour the entire jar of pizza sauce on the meatballs and spoon ricotta all over it. Sprinkle with extra parmesan if desired.
- Bake at 400 for 15 minutes and then broil for 1-2 minutes to create the browned top.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
8Serving Size:
3 meatballs with sauceAmount Per Serving: Calories: 407Total Fat: 30gSaturated Fat: 14gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 13gCholesterol: 138mgSodium: 374mgCarbohydrates: 6gFiber: 1gSugar: 2gProtein: 28g
This nutritional information is provided as a courtesy as an estimate only. Consult with a dietician for precise estimates.
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Can you use frozen meatballs?
Hi Erica, the reason why you can’t use frozen meatballs is that they have a different carb count than my keto meatballs. If you are concerned with the dish being low carb you must make your own low carb meatballs. If you just want to eat a meatball bake you can certainly use frozen meatballs! Probably want to defrost them first because they release a lot of water. Hope this helps!
Made this the other night. Me and my husband loved it. I did double the garlic because we can’t get enough in this house. Was delicious. Thank you for sharing.
What cream do you use?
Just ordinary heavy cream or whipping cream. 🙂
How many calories per serving?
Hi Keva,
I don’t know off the top of my head but all of my recipes are imported into the Carb Manager app and you can track it there precisely and find out exactly how many calories your serving is. – Sarah
Here is the macros for 3 meatballs with sauce – Carbs- 4g Fats- 33g Protein- 27g
Looks delicious! What is the serving size and carb count per serving?
3 meatballs with sauce and cheese is 4g carbs if using Rao brand pizza sauce.
If using standard pizza or spaghetti sauce that is not specifically low sugar/carb it would be 7g for the same size portion.
🙂 -Sarah
I am on a keto meatball kick and this looks absolutely delicious. Definitely going to try it next week.
You wrote this on my birthday! Hope you enjoyed it! 🙂
I saw you on matt and kendall and am looking for the amounts you said to use for the sweedish meatball recipe and I can’t find it anywhere!
Hi Holly!
That recipe is from my cookbook, Urban Cowgirl, which is available on Amazon. I am not sure if you’re looking for that meatball recipe? I haven’t posted it yet but if you message me on Instagram I will screenshot you the recipe from the cookbook so you can make it. 🙂 – Sarah
Holly,
If you subscribe to the email list by clicking that bar at the bottom of the website, the email system sends you a free ebook off the top 7 recipes from the cookbook, and that recipe is in there!! Hope this helps!
🙂 Sarah
I make this all the time. We absolutely love, love, love, this recipe! I am grain free, and my daughter is embracing a Keto, lifestyle.
Hi Marlene!
We’re so happy to hear that this recipe helped your family! Keto On!! – Sarah 🙂
This may be asilly question but This says it’s 7g carbs per serving without Rao’s brand. Does that mean the macros we’re calculated with a different brand or no sauce at all?
No, that means with standard spaghetti/pizza sauces. I used Carb Manager to calculate the carbs because we track our carbs with that app, and we make this all the time. So, if you can get Rao’s brand it is low sugar (naturally) and it’s 4g of carbs per serving. Carb Manager states that with average spaghetti sauce it will be 7g per serving. Hope this helps!! Hugs, Sarah
There were no comments on this, which surprises me, because honestly, this is an easy and delicious dinner! My boyfriend and I are happily bloated over this meal tonight. Thank you!
LeAnn! I had comments messed up for awhile bc a firewall was blocking them. I’m so glad you tried it and let us know. 🥰🥰 I had a mini one for lunch today with spinach and it was NOM!! Say hi to boyfriend for me. 😬😬
I’ve made this multiple times and it is absolutely delicious and totally satisfying. I’m a beginner in the kitchen and with Keto and this has been my favorite recipe so far to make. Thank you so much for sharing! Yum!!
We’re happy you like it Amylia!
🙂 Sarah
Hi, I plan on making this, this weekend. Just curious what the serving size was since I can’t seem to find it on here. Thanks!
3 meatballs with sauce and cheese is 4g carbs if using Rao brand pizza sauce.
If using standard pizza or spaghetti sauce that is not specifically low sugar/carb it would be 7g for the same size portion.
🙂 -Sarah