Easy Gluten Free and Keto Swedish Meatballs Recipe
This Easy Gluten Free and Keto Swedish Meatballs Recipe is the perfect comfort meal for any weeknight as they cook up fast and it is easy to make!My family fights over the last meatballs and I almost always have to make a double batch of this easy meal!Even if you make this for a dinner when company is visiting, they will have no idea that these meatballs are made with gluten-free ingredients!
Equipment
- small bowl
- Wooden Spoon
- cookie scoop
- Instant pot or Skillet
- baking sheet
- Parchment Paper or Aluminum Foil
- Whisk
Ingredients
Keto Gluten Free Swedish Meatballs
- 1/4 cup heavy cream or coconut milk
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup almond flour or Keto 5 Ingredient Biscuits crumbled
- 1/2 lb ground pork or ground chicken
- 1/4 cup onion; chopped fine
- 2 cloves garlic; minced fine
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp seasoning salt or plain sea salt + 1/4 tsp paprika
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/8 tsp ground allspice or 2 allspice berries ground fresh
- 1/8 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 lb ground beef
- 1 tbsp olive oil or coconut oil for dairy free or butter
Keto Gluten Free Swedish Meatballs Sauce
- 1 cup beef broth
- 1/4 tsp xanthan gum or glucomannan
- 1/2 cup heavy cream optional, not required
Instructions
Keto Gluten Free Swedish Meatballs
- In a small bowl, mix up 1/4 cup heavy cream with almond flour or crumbled Keto 5 Ingredient Biscuits. Stir well so the crumbs are covered with the cream. Set aside and start making your meatball mixture.
- In a large bowl, mix meatball ingredients ground pork, onion, garlic, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, allspice and black pepper. Mix until uniform.
- Add wettened crumbs and then mix well again. Add in the ground beef and mix well. Let the mixture sit for a couple of minutes to soak up all of the moisture.
- Once rolled, place meatballs on large baking sheet covered with parchment paper. After I scoop them onto the pan, I put them in the freezer for 2 minutes.
- Now if you have an Instant Pot or electric pressure cooker, turn it to saute mode.
- If you are cooking in a large skillet, put it on medium-high heat to preheat and get a good sear on the meatballs. You will also need to turn your oven to 350 degrees F to cook your meatballs. Add a swirl of olive oil or some coconut oil to the Instant Pot or pre-heated skillet and place meatballs at least 1 inch apart.
- Cook on the initial side for a couple minutes then gently push them over to the other side. Once the meatballs are seared good, remove them from the Instant Pot or skillet back to your baking sheet.
- Pour in your beef broth and whisk the bottom of the pan to loosen up the browned bits and combine with the pan drippings. Now put your meatballs back in the Instant Pot or skillet and spoon the broth over them.
- For the Instant Pot, cook on HIGH for 5 minutes with a 10 minute NATURAL RELEASE. For the skillet method, make sure you are using an oven safe skillet and put in the oven, covered for 15 minutes.
- Once the meatballs are cooked, pull the cooked meatballs out of the broth and set aside.
Keto Gluten Free Swedish Meatballs Sauce
- With the cooked meatballs removed from the Instant Pot or skillet, turn it onto sauté mode again or medium heat. Bring it to a low boil and then while whisking sprinkle in 1/4 tsp of xanthan gum or glucomannan.
- Once the gravy has thickened, turn the heat off. Whisk in 1/2 cup of heavy whipping cream if you wish for an ultra creamy sauce.
- You can also whisk in 2 tablespoons of sour cream for your creamy gravy. Or you can skip this additional ingredient and leave it to be a thin brown gravy sauce.
- Now that the gravy is ready, return the cooked meatballs to the swedish meatball sauce and cover them with it.
Notes
- If you do not want to use xanthan gum or glucomannan, you can always use some arrowroot powder. When it calls to add in the xanthan gum, just add in an arrowroot slurry that has been pre-mixed. Mix together 1 tablespoon of arrowroot flour and 1 tablespoon of water in a small bowl, THEN add it to the low boiling sauce. DO NOT add it in as a powdered form, it will clump into a ball!
- To store any leftovers, if you have any, is to put in an airtight container up to 5 days. You can reheat them in a covered frying pan over medium heat easily. For best results, microwave is NOT recommended at all.
- Turn this recipe into a more traditional swedish meatballs recipe when you add 1 teaspoon of dijon mustard to the sauce. It adds a unique flavor!
- You can substitute in ground chicken for the ground pork if you wish. This will lower the fat content.
| Nutrition Facts | |
|---|---|
| Servings: 6 | |
| Amount per serving | |
| Calories | 419 |
| % Daily Value* | |
| Total Fat 26.6g | 34% |
| Saturated Fat 11.4g | 57% |
| Cholesterol 168mg | 56% |
| Sodium 284mg | 12% |
| Total Carbohydrate 3g | 1% |
| Dietary Fiber 0.5g | 2% |
| Total Sugars 0.4g | |
| Protein 41.1g | |
| Vitamin D 18mcg | 92% |
| Calcium 38mg | 3% |
| Iron 3mg | 14% |
| Potassium 166mg | 4% |
Nutrition
Calories: 419kcal
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