Primal Buffalo Meatballs (Paleo, Whole30, AIP)
Easy and gluten-free Primal Buffalo Meatballs in a spicy, tangy sauce that’ll get your mouth poppin’! A main course with Paleo, Whole30, & AIP options to keep it dairy-free and nightshade-free if needed.
Jump to RecipeGet ready for a little FIRE in your life! These hot and spicy meatballs are full of protein and go great with almost any side dish to round out a quick and simple lunch or dinner.
These also make a deliciously zesty snack served with some crudite (well, in Texas we call them “raw veggie fixins”). Add a bottle of some store-bought Paleo-friendly ranch dressing and you are good to buffalo on, my friend.
These Meatballs Saved Me During Lunch Hours!
While eating last night’s leftovers is the easiest way to go for lunches on the Paleo Diet or even the Paleo Autoimmune Protocol…sometimes that practice can get downright blah-blah-blase’, hun. I’m all for using up every scrap – but I realized I’d rather save my dinner leftovers for, well, DINNER the next evening.
I now prefer to start fresh with most of my midday meals. This helps so that my palate doesn’t get bored of the same flavors and I end up binge-ordering another $56 Uber eats delivery of a gluten-free but crap-ingredient-full pizza (again, sigh…).
So whipping up a batch of these oh-so-flavorful and versatile meatballs helped to start expanding my mind to what other lunches I could easily make. Recipes that were full of variety, flavor, and different components so my appetite was satisfied because my cravings and nutrient needs were both met? Game on!
Pack Your Next Lunch With These Primal Buffalo Meatballs
Enjoy them served over this Celery Root Mash, or with these Spicy Fries with Ranch, or next to a serving of this cool and crisp No-Brassica Cole Slaw.
What would you stack these with for your Primal lunch? I’d love to know! Leave me a comment below, hun!
Primal Buffalo Meatballs (Paleo, Whole30, AIP)
Easy Primal Paleo Buffalo Meatballs in a spicy, tangy sauce. A main course with Paleo, Whole30, & AIP options.
Ingredients
- 1 lb grass-fed ground beef, chicken, or turkey
- ½ lb ground pork
- 1 small onion, diced
- 2 celery stalks, diced
- 2 Tbsp fresh minced chives
- hot sauce (like Frank’s Red Hot), to taste (for AIP, sub 1 tsp ginger powder, 1 tsp garlic powder, plus apple cider vinegar to taste)
- 1 egg (for AIP, omit)
- ¼ cup almond flour (for AIP, sub 2 Tbsp coconut flour or ¼ cup cassava flour)
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 2 Tbsp grass-fed ghee (for Paleo, Whole30, AIP, sub olive oil)
- additional hot sauce for serving
- Paleo ranch dressing, celery sticks, carrot sticks, and sliced radishes for serving (optional)
Instructions
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Heat oven to 425 degrees F.
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Combine the beef, pork, onion, celery, chives, hot sauce, egg, salt, and almond flour in a mixing bowl. Form into 2-3 inch meatballs using your hands or a small cookie dough scoop.
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Line a baking sheet with parchment then space out the meatballs on it. Brush meatballs with the ghee and bake for 15-20 minutes or until cooked through.
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Serve immediately drizzled with extra sauce. Enjoy with the raw veggies on the side.
