Instant Pot keto meatballs were my first call to order when I bought my Instant Pot.
Do you know when the first time I made them was?
The Instant Pot sat on my counter for a month. If you’re anything like me, you make kitchen purchases with excitement and lots of intention, only to spend far too much time thinking about where to start.
To be honest, I also was skeptical about how meatballs would turn out; I thought they’d turn to mush and leave me with more of a keto meat sauce.
Traditionally, I had spent entire days simmering sauces and making delicious meatball dishes. However, with the Instant Pot, it took 10 minutes.
I’m not kidding. They took 10 minutes to cook!
This was so easy I even considered adding steps to make it more difficult. For example, I had never made meatballs without browning them first. I had taken pride in spending hours in the kitchen, and I had done this all, even with my keto recipes. But this is not required, which is precisely why I bought the Instant Pot.
My only advice is to leave space between the meatballs in the Instant Pot; after just 10 minutes of cooking, they will come out fully intact and super delicious. Hopefully, you will enjoy them as much as we do!
This is the one I use from Amazon > Instant Pot
Instant Pot Keto Meatballs
Ingredients for the Meatballs:
- 1.5 lbs ground beef
- 2 Tbsp fresh parsley, chopped
- ½ cup almond flour
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp sea salt
- ¼ tsp ground black pepper
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp dried onion flakes
- ¼ tsp dried oregano
- 1/3 cup warm water
- ¾ cup grated parmesan cheese
- Dried chilli flakes to taste
To Cook the Meatballs:
- ½ tbsp olive oil
- 3 cups keto marinara sauce
Instructions:
- In a large bowl, combine all of the meatball ingredients and mix by hand to blend all of the flavors. This should form about 15 meatballs. Again, I’d leave this to your discretion, except if they are too small, they could fall apart, or you may have to alter cooking times slightly if they are too big.
Use the olive oil to coat the bottom of the Instant Pot. - Layer the meatballs in the Instant Pot with about 1/2 inch space between them to prevent them from sticking.
- Pour the marinara sauce over the meatballs gently.
- Cook on manual, low pressure for 10 minutes.
- Once the timer goes off, allow the steam to escape completely.
- Serve over spaghetti squash or zoodles if you wish. Some other favorite ways to enjoy these are with steamed cabbage or cauliflower rice.
There you have it Instant Pot Keto Meatballs!
These are ridiculously easy and delicious. Sometimes I add some mozzarella to garnish once it’s on my plate, but it certainly does not require much to make this a complete and satisfying meal.
Now that I’ve dusted off my Instant Pot and recipes, I’m thinking of what I can share next.
Aside from Instant Pot keto meatballs, what would you be excited to see next?
Amy XO
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Thanks love meatballs
I will try tomorrow
Sounds good…I am going to tru them in my air fryer which has many functions. How many meatballs is a serving and what are the macros?
Water goes into meatball mixture?
Only oil in bottom of instant pot, then meatballs, then marinara sauce? Cooked on low pressure, not sauté? Didn’t get burn notice from marinara sauce?
Interesting process compared to basics of instant pot usage
❤️
Amy,
Thx for all you do for our healths sake!
Love the recipes and your encouraging comments. Even the ones for our good! We need those too for growth.
Thanks Amy I will definitely give this a try.
I love this! Please keep sharing easy meal ideas! I’m looking for a ranch recipe ! Most that I have tried to make really don’t taste like Ranch.
Thank you so much!
I have one in our Facebook Group in the recipe section!
This looks delicious. Do you have a “print ready” version like the format you share in your Friday emails?
I dont, but you should be able to copy and paste this one. I’ll look at adding in future to meal plans though!
I used to receive your weekly meal plan emails with recipes, do you still send them out? I haven’t received any in a long time…
Yes ma’am every Friday at 5am they are sent. Maybe they are in your junk folder?
Yummy! Those look great! Thanks for the recipe.
Hi Amy I’m going to try the meatballs over the weekend thanks for the tip
Thank you! Looks & sounds great.
Amy, Facebook doesn’t allow me to join your group. Why? It doesn’t open the page and I’ve been on there before a couple of years ago.
I am not sure …
Meatballs are my utmost favorite!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you!!!!
YUM!! On the menu for tomorrow night!!
Those sound yummy and easy. I might have to make them when my kids come to visit.
Thanks!
Can’t wait to try this
Fast and easy is my kind of recipe. I never thought about cooking meatballs in my IP.
Yummy 😋
Sounds yummy! Thank you Amy
Sounds good