When you're looking for a quick and easy, low carb dinner you can get on the table for the family in under 30 minutes, these lemon chicken piccata meatballs should be on the menu!
Low Carb Chicken Piccata Meatballs
Just 15 minutes to prep these delicious, low carb lemon chicken piccata meatballs and just under 15 minutes to cook in a luscious, buttery, creamy piccata sauce!
Keto friendly, gluten free, nut free and just 2 net carbs per serving! Can't ask for better than that when it comes to feeding a family, even those who aren't following a low-carb or keto diet.
Similar to my chicken piccata recipe, this is quite a bit easier when making the same flavors for the meatballs and sauce. Skipping the step of dredging the chicken in eggs and keto breading, the chicken piccata meatballs get mixed with some seasonings and quickly browned, then they finish cooking in this amazing piccata sauce for the win!
What is Glucomannan?
I opted to use glucomannan powder in this recipe instead of xanthan gum as a thickener for this gravy. I've used it to make an incredible gravy in my keto salisbury steak recipe.
If it's an unfamiliar ingredient to you, let me explain why it's such a great option. Glucomannan is a natural, water soluble, dietary fiber made from the root of the konjac plant.
This fiber is the same ingredient used to make Miracle noodles or Shiritayaki noodles. It's been used for a very long time in Japanese cooking as a thickener. Before I discovered it, I was using xanthan gum as a thickener for my gravy, but it gets somewhat goopy and a bit to gel-like.
Many people don't like the slimy texture that can often happen with xanthan gum. I'd recommend trying glucomannan if you're not a fan of xanthan, it's definitely a must in my keto kitchen!
What can I Replace Glucomannan with?
You could replace glucoammanan with xanthan gum if that's what you have on hand. Use the same amount listed in the recipe for the gluocomannan.
How to Make Low Carb Chicken Piccata Meatballs
Ingredients
For the chicken meatballs you need ground chicken, an egg, crushed pork rinds, fresh parsley, and seasonings.
For the piccata sauce you need chicken bone broth, garlic, heavy cream, lemon juice, capers, and glucomannan is optional to thicken.
Directions
To make the meatballs; Mix the egg with dry seasonings, lemon zest, pork rind crumbs, and fresh parsley together in a large bowl. Once combined, mix in the chicken.
Use a large cookie scoop to make 24 meatballs. Place them on a parchment lined baking sheet pan.
Heat the avocado oil in a large cast iron skillet over medium high heat. Place half the meatballs into the skillet and cook until browned.
Remove, keep warm, then continue with remaining meatballs and remove. Please note, meatballs will not be fully cooked at this point.
To make the piccata sauce; To the same skillet you cooked the meatballs in, pour in all the sauce ingredients and bring to a simmer while scraping bits from bottom of skillet. Cook about 5-8 minutes until sauce thickens. Option to thicken quicker is to add gluocamannan.
Once sauce is thickened to your liking, nestle the meatballs back in the sauce. Spoon sauce over the meatballs and cook about 5-8 minutes to finish cooking meatballs through. Internal temperature should be 165 degrees F.
When ready to serve, squirt some lemon juice and fresh chopped parsley over the meatballs.
Can the Piccata Sauce be made Dairy Free?
Yes you can make this keto piccata sauce dairy free if you need. Swap the heavy cream with coconut milk or coconut cream which has a good amount of fat content like heavy cream.
What can I swap Pork Rinds with?
If you aren't a fan of using pork rinds, you will need to swap them with something else to help bind the chicken meatballs together.
I recommend swapping the pork rinds with almond flour in the same amount. If you have nut allergies you can swap the pork rinds with sesame flour. If you only have coconut flour on hand, you can use it but reduce the amount to ⅓ cup instead of ½ cup.
Low Carb Sides to Serve with Lemon Chicken Piccata Meatballs
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Low Carb Lemon Chicken Piccata Meatballs (Keto, Nut Free, Gluten Free)
Low Carb Lemon Chicken Piccata Meatballs
Ingredients
Chicken Meatballs
- 2 pounds ground chicken
- 1 large egg
- ½ cup pork rind crumbs
- ¼ cup fresh parsley
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon lemon zest
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 2 tablespoons avocado oil
Piccata Sauce
- 1.5 cups chicken bone broth
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- ⅓ cup heavy cream
- ⅓ cup lemon juice
- ¼ cup capers with juice
- ½ teaspoon gluocomannan optional to thicken
- ¼ cup fresh parsley to garnish optional
- ½ lemon optional
Instructions
Meatballs
- Mix the egg with dry seasonings, lemon zest, pork rind crumbs, and fresh parsley together in a large bowl. Once combined, mix in the chicken.
- Use a large cookie scoop to make 24 meatballs. Place them on a parchment lined baking sheet pan.
- Heat the avocado oil in a large cast iron skillet over medium high heat. Place half the meatballs into the skillet and cook until browned. Remove, keep warm, then continue with remaining meatballs and remove. Please note, meatballs will not be fully cooked at this point.
Sauce
- To the same skillet you cooked the meatballs in, pour in all the sauce ingredients and bring to a simmer while scraping bits from bottom of skillet. Cook about 5-8 minutes until sauce thickens. Option to thicken quicker is to add gluocamannan.
- Once sauce is thickened to your liking, nestle the meatballs back in the sauce. Spoon sauce over the meatballs and cook about 5-8 minutes to finish cooking meatballs through. Internal temperature should be 165 degrees F.
- When ready to serve, squirt some lemon juice and fresh chopped parsley over the meatballs.
Notes
Nutrition
About Brenda
Brenda Bennett is a certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, certified Sugar Detox Coach, certified Keto Coach and certified Life Coach. She has been Sugar Free & Refined carb free for 17 years and has written 2 cookbooks, Sugar-Free Mom, and Naturally Keto and her 3rd book The 30-Day Sugar Elimination Diet, is a four part program to help you detox from sugar, eliminate cravings, balance blood sugar and lose weight all while eating a delicious, nutrient dense whole foods. Meal plan offers two tracks to follow, low carb or keto. She is the founder of the Sugar Free Fresh Start course and Sugar Free Tribe weight loss membership. Learn more.
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