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Healthy Air Fryer Low Carb Parmesan Chicken Meatballs

September 24, 2018 By Robin 36 Comments

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Air Fryer Parmesan Chicken Meatballs – A healthy recipe that’s simple to make, contains very little carbs and has a flavorful crispy crust. It’s the surprise breading that make these chicken meatballs taste so amazing, while still being healthy. 

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Air Fryer Parmesan Chicken Meatballs - A healthy recipe, that's simple to make, contains very little carbs and has a flavorful crispy crust.

One of the things that I miss most when dieting is fried food, it’s not so much the flavor that I miss, as it is the crunch. There’s just nothing more satisfying than sinking your teeth into a piece of fried chicken or fried zucchini and hearing that crunch. Luckily, with an air fryer and my secret ingredient you can still get all that crunchy goodness without the fat or the carbs.

Air Fryer Parmesan Chicken Meatballs

Chicken: You can purchase chicken that is already ground up, or you can grind it yourself. If you have a food processor, it’s pretty easy to do using the steel blade.  I prefer grinding it myself because it seems to hold together better when your shaping the chicken.

Pork Rinds: Pork rinds are one of the best ways to lower your carb intake while still being able to get a nice crunchy crust. If you don’t like pork rinds you can try using Parmesan cheese, almond meal, or coconut flour, the only thing is all of these options contain carbs.

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4.86 from 7 votes

Parmesan Chicken Meatballs

A healthy recipe, that's simple to make, contains very little carbs and has a flavorful crispy crust. It's the surprise breading that make these chicken meatballs taste so amazing, while still being healthy.
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time12 minutes mins
Total Time22 minutes mins
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: American
Servings: 20 meatballs
Author: Robin | Fluster Buster

Ingredients

  • 1 pound ground chicken
  • 1 large egg beaten
  • 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese grated
  • 1/2 cup pork rinds ground
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper

Breading

  • 1/2 cup pork rinds ground

Instructions

  • Preheat Air Fryer to 400°F.
  • In a large bowl, combine chicken, egg, cheese, pork rinds (1/2 cup), garlic, paprika, salt and pepper. Roll into 1 1/2-inch balls.
  • Roll the meatballs in the ground pork rinds.
  • Coat the air fryer basket with cooking spray, add meatballs in a single layer and cook for 12 minutes at 400°F, turning once.

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Air Fryer Parmesan Chicken Meatballs - A healthy recipe, that's simple to make, contains very little carbs and has a flavorful crispy crust.

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Filed Under: Food, Simple Recipes Tagged With: air fryer, chicken, entrée, healthy, recipe

Comments

  1. Amy says

    September 30, 2018 at 3:30 pm

    These air fryer low carb chicken meatballs look fabulous. I love that they are air fried. I have never used an air fryer but it sounds wonderful. I’m going to have to look into getting one. Thank you for sharing at Snickerdoodle Create Bake Make.

    Reply
    • Robin says

      October 1, 2018 at 1:29 pm

      I wasn’t sure if I would like an air fryer, but now that I have one I love it and use it all of the time.

      Reply
  2. Helen at the Lazy Gastronome says

    October 2, 2018 at 10:42 am

    I really need an airfryer. These look amazing! Thanks for sharing at the What’s for Dinner party. Can’t wait to see what you’ll bring next week! Have fantastic day!

    Reply
    • Robin says

      October 3, 2018 at 11:15 am

      I wasn’t sure if I was going to like airfryers, but now that I have one I don’t know what I would do without it.

      Reply
  3. Delightful Repast says

    October 4, 2018 at 11:21 am

    Robin, I haven’t even thought about getting an air fryer, but now I am intrigued!

    Reply
  4. Karen, the next best thing to mummy says

    October 4, 2018 at 1:06 pm

    These look great and low carb too, what’s not to love? #happynow@_karendennis

    Reply
  5. This Scribbler Mum says

    October 4, 2018 at 6:08 pm

    These look great. Looks really tasty. 🙂 #happynowlinkup

    Reply
  6. Jae says

    October 6, 2018 at 9:45 pm

    5 stars
    These look ridiculously tasty.

    Reply
  7. Judith A. Graber says

    October 7, 2018 at 1:03 pm

    I don’t have an air fryer (I already have way too many big kitchen gadgets) but I’m sure I could bake these in the oven. I just love meatballs of all kinds as evident by the number of recipes on my blog. Fiesta Friday party goers love meatballs too so we all thank you for sharing

    Reply
  8. Miz Helen says

    October 9, 2018 at 3:27 pm

    5 stars
    Your Chicken Meatballs look delicious! Thanks so much for sharing your post with us at Full Plate Thursday, we have really enjoyed it. Hope you have a great day and come back soon!
    Miz Helen

    Reply
  9. Debanita says

    October 10, 2018 at 3:13 pm

    These look absolutely perfect. I just want to grab some of the meatballs now. Thanks for sharing this recipe at Fiesta Friday!

    Reply
  10. LINDA says

    October 11, 2018 at 1:20 am

    5 stars
    Thanks for the awesome recipe. Pinned and featured at the party this week. Hope you have a fantastic weekend. Linda

    Reply
  11. Amy - The Speedy Spatula says

    October 12, 2018 at 9:28 am

    5 stars
    I don’t think I’ve ever seen a tastier looking meatball! Sounds wonderful!

    Reply
    • Robin says

      October 12, 2018 at 9:32 am

      And they taste as good as they look.

      Reply
  12. The Bearded Hiker says

    October 13, 2018 at 12:33 pm

    I cannot wait to make this! Brilliant! I love my air fryer too – Don’t know if you’ve ever checked out Booger500US. She has a youtube channel dedicated to air fryer stuff.

    Did you use a flavored pork rind or just plain?

    Reply
    • Robin says

      October 14, 2018 at 3:06 pm

      I just used plain pork rinds, but flavored ones sound good too!

      Reply
  13. Jessica Groghan says

    January 7, 2019 at 11:00 pm

    5 stars
    These were fantastic! Even my daughter, the super picky eater, loved them. Curious what the calories & nutritional information is on these?

    Reply
    • Robin says

      January 8, 2019 at 9:26 am

      I’m glad that your family liked them. Here is the nutritional value for each meatball. If you want to find the nutritional value of a recipe, you can use the Spark Recipes Calculator
      Calories 74.5
      Total Fat 3.6 g
      Saturated Fat 1.3 g
      Polyunsaturated Fat 0.2 g
      Monounsaturated Fat 0.5 g
      Cholesterol 31.3 mg
      Sodium 146.2 mg
      Potassium 48.6 mg
      Total Carbohydrate 0.1 g
      Dietary Fiber 0.0 g
      Sugars 0.0 g
      Protein 10.1 g

      Reply
  14. Rhonda says

    June 15, 2019 at 9:03 pm

    4 stars
    Hi I don’t use pork rinds Or cheese what can
    I substitute it with. What temperature do u cook them at?

    Thank you

    Rhonda

    Reply
    • Robin says

      June 17, 2019 at 10:35 am

      Any type of breading will work and as for the cheese you can just eliminate it. Making these changes will definitely change how they taste and the amount of carbs will also change. They will be cooked at 400°F.

      Reply
  15. Amy Houfek says

    August 21, 2019 at 9:15 am

    Do you do 1 Cup total of the Pork Rinds? 1/2 cup for the bowl and 1/2 cup to role them in?

    In a large bowl, combine chicken, egg, cheese, pork rinds (1/2 cup), garlic, paprika, salt and pepper. Roll into 1½-inch balls.
    Roll the meatballs in the ground pork rinds.

    The ingredients just show 1/2 cup and wanted to make sure!

    Thank you!

    Reply
    • Robin says

      August 21, 2019 at 12:04 pm

      It is 1 cup total, the ingredients for the meatballs requires 1/2 cup and the breading (what you roll them in) requires another 1/2 cup. I hope this clears it up! ~Enjoy

      Reply
      • Amy Houfek says

        August 21, 2019 at 5:34 pm

        Thank you! Helps if I read the whole ingredients I see the added 1/2 cup at the end!

        Reply
        • Robin says

          August 21, 2019 at 11:11 pm

          LOL – I do the same thing, more often than I care to admit!

          Reply
  16. Melinda says

    July 7, 2020 at 11:51 am

    Do these freeze well?

    Reply
    • Robin says

      July 7, 2020 at 1:06 pm

      Yes they do! I usually freeze up a few dozen at a time.

      Reply
      • Melinda says

        July 7, 2020 at 4:32 pm

        Thank you so much, gonna cook them now

        Reply
        • Robin says

          July 8, 2020 at 1:42 pm

          Enjoy!!

          Reply
  17. Emily says

    July 30, 2020 at 9:36 am

    Do you dip these in anything? Or pair them with any keto friendly tomato sauce? Haven’t tasted them yet so not sure what type of sauce will go with. 🙂

    Reply
    • Robin says

      August 1, 2020 at 5:24 pm

      I usually cover them in pasta sauce, but I also like to dip them in ranch or a honey mustard sauce.

      Reply
  18. Leslie says

    September 14, 2020 at 1:15 pm

    Do you freeze them before they’re cooked and then thaw to cook?

    Reply
    • Robin says

      September 14, 2020 at 3:27 pm

      If they are frozen, I’ll thaw them before cooking them in the air fryer.

      Reply
  19. Octavia says

    April 7, 2022 at 11:14 pm

    I don’t eat pork, what is something I can substitute the pork rinds with?

    Reply
    • Robin says

      April 8, 2022 at 12:53 am

      Nuts are a low-carb option for breading.

      Reply
  20. Jody A says

    July 11, 2022 at 4:27 pm

    5 stars
    Made this tonight and they were delicious!
    We did feel that they were a tad salty but that could be just a personal opinion.
    We dipped them in G Hughes Sugar Free California Style BBQ sauce.
    We will definitely add these to the rotation.

    Reply

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