Keto Thai Meatballs with Cauliflower Rice

 

A lot of the meals I have been posting lately have the word “keto” in them. You don’t have to be following a low carb or keto eating plan to make them. They are delicious, healthy, hearty, beautiful, and also happen to be keto friendly. You can substitute cauliflower rice with regular rice or even something like quinoa if you prefer. 

The nutritional counts per serving (recipe makes 8) are: 247 calories, 14 fat, 7.5 carbs, 3 fiber, 26 protein. That’s 4.5 net carbs per serving. Counts would obviously change if you use white rice or quinoa. 

Recipe is easy to halve if you have a smaller crowd to feed or aren’t meal prepping. 

Keto Thai Meatballs with Cauliflower Rice

Ingredients 

Meatballs

2 lb ground beef

4 cloves garlic, minced

1 tsp red curry paste

1/4 cup green onions, diced

1/4 cup fresh basil, chopped

1 Tbsp Swerve sugar substitute 

1 Tbsp olive oil

Sauce

1 Tbsp butter

1/2 medium onion, sliced 

1 large red pepper, slivered

1 can coconut milk (~2 cups)

1 Tbsp red curry paste

1 Tbsp lime juice 

1 tsp fish sauce

1/4 fresh basil, chopped 

4 cups cauliflower rice

Directions

Combine meatball ingredients (ground beef through olive oil) and form into meatballs. I do 4 per serving, so 32 meatballs about 2 Tbsp in size. 

Cook using your favorite method - either in the oven or in a frying pan. I usually do 375 for about 15-20 minutes. Set aside when done.

Prepare sauce - sauté onion in butter until softened. Add in pepper and cook 2 more minutes. Add in coconut milk, curry paste, lime juice, fish sauce, and basil. Simmer to thicken, about 5-10 minutes.  

Add in meatballs and cook another 5 minutes. 

Heat up the cauliflower rice and put 1/2 cup serving on each plate or bowl. 

FYI - If you are not trying to make it look pretty, you can also just mix the cauliflower rice directly into the sauce. 

Top with 4 meatballs and 1/8 of the sauce and peppers. 

Serve immediately or let cool and place leftover in fridge. They will last several days, covered, in the fridge. 

For meal prepping I place them bowls with lids so they are stackable. 

My mom prefers quinoa for hers so I thought I would share a pic of that too. The meatballs and sauce are tasty on a variety of different things. Rice, zoodles, quinoa, couscous, etc. 

From start to finish in under an hour.

 If you don’t need 8 servings simply cut the recipe in half! 

If you aren’t counting carbs then throw in another pepper for more veggies.