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Buffalo Chicken Sausage Balls

These low carb, gluten-free Buffalo flavored sausage balls are perfect for any Game Day celebrations. Make a double batch because they will go fast! This post is sponsored by al fresco®.

Low Carb Grain-free Buffalo Chicken Sausage Balls Recipe

 

My 11 year old son is obsessed with buffalo sauce. Left to his own devices, he would put it on everything. He’d probably put it in, under and around everything too. It’s become quite the family joke, and I asked him the other day if he thought I should make Buffalo Sauce Brownies. He was not amused. But you have to hand it to him. If a kid is going to obsess over something, buffalo sauce rates among the more harmless of things. And it really is delicious. There is something about that tangy heat slathered over crispy wings that makes you want smack your lips and lick your fingers.

**Check out this recipe for making Homemade Buffalo Sauce!

The perfect low carb game day appetizer. Buffalo Chicken Sausage Balls

No Game Day celebration would be complete without at least one Buffalo-flavoured appetizer. And as we get closer and closer to Super Bowl 50, you can bet that the national consumption of buffalo sauce is on a serious upswing. So when al fresco® All Natural asked me to come up with a game day recipe using their products, it was virtually a no-brainer. Two packages of their fresh (not pre-cooked) Buffalo-style chicken sausages later, and I had the BEST low carb and gluten-free game day recipe on my hands. If you’re a buffalo chicken fan, you are going to love these sausage balls.

Low Carb Grain-Free Buffalo Sausage Ball Recipe - primal

Not only did they taste amazing but they were also easy to make. Just take of the casings, add some almond flour, cheddar, bleu cheese (optional…I left it out of my kids’ version), roll into balls and bake. The al fresco® buffalo-style sausages already had such good flavour, I didn’t need to add much to it. Just enough to hold them together to make the perfect Game Day finger food. The dipping sauce is just icing on the cake. My son didn’t even feel like he needed to add more buffalo sauce, they were that good. High praise from the Buffalo King himself.

Buffalo Chicken Sausage Balls with Bleu Cheese Ranch Dip

 

5 from 11 votes
Low Carb Grain-Free Buffalo Sausage Ball Recipe - primal
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Buffalo Chicken Sausage Balls
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Total Time
40 mins
 
These low carb, gluten-free Buffalo flavored sausage balls are perfect for any Game Day celebrations. Make a double batch because they will go fast!
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American
Servings: 12
Calories: 325 kcal
Ingredients
Sausage Balls:
  • 2 14- ounce packages al fresco fresh Buffalo-Style chicken sausage casings removed
  • 2 cups almond flour
  • 1 ½ cups shredded cheddar cheese
  • ½ cup crumbled bleu cheese optional
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ½ tsp pepper
Bleu Cheese Ranch Dipping Sauce:
  • 1/3 cup mayonnaise
  • 1/3 cup unsweetened almond milk can substitute regular milk
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 tsp dried dill
  • ½ tsp dried parsley
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ tsp pepper
  • ¼ cup crumbled bleu cheese or more, if desired
Instructions
Sausage Balls:
  1. Preheat oven to 350F and line two large baking sheets with parchment paper or tin foil.
  2. In a large bowl, combine sausage, almond flour, cheddar cheese, bleu cheese, salt and pepper. Mix thoroughly until well combined.
  3. Roll into 1-inch balls and place about an inch apart on prepared baking sheets. Bake 25 minutes, until golden brown. Serve warm with dipping sauce.
Dipping Sauce:
  1. While sausage balls are baking, combine mayonnaise, almond milk, garlic, dill, parsley, salt, and pepper in a medium bowl. Stir well and then mix in crumbled bleu cheese.
Recipe Notes

Serves 12 (4 meatballs per serving) as an appetizer with dipping sauce. NET CARBS = 4.3 g.

Food energy: 325kcal
Total fat: 25.01g
Calories from fat: 225
Cholesterol: 71mg
Carbohydrate 6.38g
Total dietary fiber: 2.08g
Protein: 20.30g

Nutrition Facts
Buffalo Chicken Sausage Balls
Amount Per Serving (4 balls)
Calories 325 Calories from Fat 225
% Daily Value*
Fat 25.01g38%
Cholesterol 71mg24%
Carbohydrates 6.38g2%
Fiber 2.08g8%
Protein 20.3g41%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Many thanks to al fresco® All Natural for sponsoring this post As always, all opinions are my own. 

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Comments

  1. These look amazing and a lot quicker to make than my normal game day chicken strips with pork rind coating. Going to give them a try this year.
    Voted for your recipe!

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    • Whole Foods raw milk bleu cheese crumbles. It does contain a little potato starch to keep it from clumping, but no wheat. But if people buy non-crumbled bleu cheese and crumble it themselves, it should certainly be gluten-free.

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  4. I was pleasantly surprised to find out my local Kroger store carries al fresco products. I’ll be getting some of this Buffalo Chicken Sausage to try these sausage balls. I may not be obsessed like your son, but I am a huge fan of buffalo sauce 🙂 These sound like a great thing to make for the Superbowl. Thanks.

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  5. Looks fantastic, Carolyn ! Who doesn’t loved Buffalo and Bleu cheese 🙂

    I voted for you, and saw that you’re “way” ahead in votes ! Yea !!

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  7. Carolyn, I need your recipe for Chia crackers ! I looked and searched ( the search bar box) does not work. and finally gave up .
    I hope that you will find a way to make a recipe search easier. A very good example is http://WWW.gourmetgirlcooks.com . One is able to access a recipe tout de suite.
    /ThanksCarolyn !

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  10. I kept checking the recipe for some sort of liquid to hold everything together, but lo and behold, it all stuck together just fine, especially after they cooled a little bit. My new favorite thing. Thank you Carolyn!

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  12. Hi Carolyn,
    Just letting you know I featured these meatballs today in my weekly Low-Carb Recipe Love on Fridays post, which was all about low-carb meatballs today. (And I leave these comments partly so I can tell I’ve featured this recipe, in case I find it again!) Hope a lot of my readers will try the meatballs!

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