Easy Keto Tsukune つくね (Japanese Chicken Meatballs)
The Japanese word "tsukune" means meatball. This dish is a popular dish in Japan and can be found on the menus of many restaurants here. It's also easy to make at home for meal prep and bentos! Get this delicious recipe for tsukune chicken meatballs made without gluten or sugar!
Servings: 4 servings (18 meatballs)
Calories: 258kcal
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp avocado oil
Meatballs
- 1.2 lbs ground chicken thighs if you can
- 1 tbsp coconut aminos or soy sauce, tamari
- 1 tbsp sake
- ½ onion
- white part of long green onion about 5 scallions chopped
- 1 tbsp grated ginger
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp black pepper
- 2 tbsp coconut flour
Yakitori Sauce
- 2 tbsp coconut aminos or soy sauce, tamari
- 2 tbsp sake
- 3 tbsp Lakanto golden or your favourite keto granulated sweetener
- ¼ tsp xanthan gum
Instructions
- Thinly mince the onion and the white part of the long green onion.
- Add all of the meatball ingredients into a bowl and knead with your hand for 3-4 minutes. This will help the fat get released and make your meatballs super juicy.
- Form 18 meatballs with your hands and place them in a large frying pan with the avocado oil spaced out evenly.
- Cook on medium heat a couple of minutes, cover, turn the heat down to low and steam for 3-4 minutes. Uncover, turn the heat back to medium, turn the meatballs around and cook and additional 2 minutes until all sides are grilled.
- Add the yakitori sauce ingredients to the frying pan and coat all of the meatballs with it. Cook for about 2 minutes until the sauce is thickened and all of the meatballs are covered. Turn off the heat and the meatballs are ready to serve.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving (5 meatballs) | Potassium: 71mg | Sugar Alcohols: 9.37g | Sugar: 1.55g | Fiber: 1.9g | Sodium: 1139mg | Calories: 258kcal | Cholesterol: 137mg | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.0009g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.0012g | Saturated Fat: 3.12g | Fat: 12.29g | Protein: 30.29g | Carbohydrates: 15.82g | NET CARBS: 4.55g