Cheesy Buffalo Chicken Bites (keto + low carb)
These Cheesy Buffalo Chicken Bites will be a new keto-friendly favorite! Cheesy almond flour bites are packed with spicy Buffalo Chicken for the perfect snack under 1 net carb!
Buffalo chicken is obviously something we LOVE around here. I’m always looking for a new way to use a flavor we love, and that’s how these awesome bites were created!
These are a great game day snack or something to munch on during a movie night. Whether you heat them up with hot sauce or cool them down with blue cheese dip, they’re going to be someone’s favorite!
These are super convenient grab-and-go snacks that are easy to hold and reheat. They are PERFECT to carry for lunch because they’re not messy, they’re tasty at room temperature or microwaved, and they’re the type of lunch kids will love!
On top of all these benefits, they’re even easy to meal prep. You can store them in the freezer so you always have an easy, delicious dinner to fall back on! It’s basically giving a gift to yourself when you look at it that way!
Ingredients for Buffalo Chicken Bites
- Cooked chicken: shredded, grilled, or rotisserie chicken work well. This is a great way to use up leftovers!
- Shredded Cheddar Cheese: I use sharp cheddar for the best flavor
- Cream Cheese: softened cream cheese
- Eggs: large eggs
- Green Onions: chopped fresh green onions
- Buffalo Sauce: this is naturally low carb, so a store bought buffalo sauce works.
- Almond Flour
- Baking Powder
How do you make Keto Chicken Bites?
This recipe is so simple. You can use a stand mixer to make it even easier, but you can also mix this with just a bowl and spoon.
First mix the shredded chicken and softened cream cheese, then combine the remaining ingredients. Mix thoroughly until all ingredients are well incorporated. Chill the mixture, then spoon onto a pan and bake! Easy peasy!
Can I Freeze These Keto Bites?
Yes! I freeze these all the time. Let them cool to room temperature, then freeze on a baking sheet so that they don’t clump together. Once hard, seal inside a freeze bag. To reheat, microwave in 30-second intervals.
What should I serve with Keto Chicken Bites?
The first thing you might want with these is a great dipping sauce! This Avocado Bacon Dip is great to mellow out any possible spiciness for those who are sensitive to it. This Jalapeno Ranch would help amp up that flavor for those who love it!
You could serve these tasty bites a few other appetizers for a fun dinner! Keto Zucchini Fries, Roasted Garlic Eggplant Rolls, and Sausage Stuffed Jalapeno Poppers would be perfect for a game night spread!
For a more formal dinner with sides, maybe pair these with Cheesy Roasted Asparagus or this Cheesy Cauliflower Casserole! You could also pair with a nice salad (like this Asparagus Avocado Tomato Salad) or soup (maybe Keto White Chicken Chili)!
Tips for Making Buffalo Chicken Bites
- Use brick-style cream cheese for this recipe. Full-fat or light will both work, but it must be brick-style.
- If you don’t follow a keto diet, you can likely use regular all-purpose flour to make this recipe. However, we have a gluten allergy in our household, so I’ve never tried this myself.
- Store the bites in the fridge for up to 5 days in an airtight container.
- If you want them to be uniform in size and shape, cook them in a greased, silicone muffin pan.
Other Keto Bite Recipes
- Keto Ham and Cheese Bites: amazing for meal prep, great hot or cold!
- Sausage Egg and Cheese Bites: my go to keto breakfast.
- Bacon Egg and Cheese Bites: easy, cheesy and a perfect low carb snack.
More Buffalo Chicken Recipes
- Keto Buffalo Chicken Taquitos
- Instant Pot Buffalo Chicken Soup
- Crispy Buffalo Chicken Wings
- Buffalo Chicken Zucchini Boats
Get the Recipe: Cheesy Buffalo Chicken Bites (keto + low carb)
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup chopped, cooked chicken
- 3 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1 1/2 cup shredded cheddar
- 3 eggs, beaten
- 2 tablespoons chopped green onions
- 1-2 tablespoons buffalo sauce, depending on how spicy you like things
- 3/4 cup almond flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Equipment
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Combine the cooked chicken and cream cheese until completely combined.
- Stir in the shredded cheese, eggs, green onions, buffalo sauce, almond flour and baking powder until a thick dough forms.
- Chill the dough 15 minutes.Â
- Using a small cookie scoop to portion the bites out.
- Drop onto a silicone lined baking sheet and bake 15-18 min until golden brown and cooked through.Â
- Serve with additional buffalo sauce and low carb ranch dressing for dipping.
Notes
- You can use any variety of cooked chicken for this recipe. This is a great way to use up leftover shredded, grilled or rotisserie chicken.
I don’t watch tv much in real-time, either! I dvr all of my shows and loving zipping through the commercials! And HGTV is one of my favorite channels. I could watch that (and the food network) all day long! These chicken puffs look like the perfect thing to snack on while doing so. Love how easy and full of flavor these are!
Thanks Gayle! 🙂
These are a must make appetizer for entertaining!
Thanks Jocelyn! You are so right!
Oh my goodness! These chicken puffs are a must. Love anything that is spicy buffalo!
Thanks Jen! I agree!
This little puffs are adorable and look delicious. Your photos are stunning as usual, Annie. I’m with you on the binging. I totally binged on Game of Thrones and Sons of Anarchy. The tv is almost always on when I’m home at least for the background noise.
Rachelle you are so sweet! Thank you so much friend!
Haha, I’ve just been getting the itch to get things done around the house too! I even offered to help my hubby landscape, and that’s saying something! Lol. I love these little bites! Pinned 🙂
I think it might be the time of year, it makes you want to go out with the old and in with the new! 🙂
I’m a total Netflix binge watcher too, it’s so bad! But I just can’t stop! I also wouldn’t be able to stop at just one of these chicken puffs either. Love that you did a buffalo chicken version!
Danielle they are so good! Almost too good! 🙂 It is hard to pace yourself!
These puffs look waaaay too addicting! But I think I’m a-OK with that. 😉 Gorgeous photos too Annie!
Thank you so much Sarah! 🙂
Yep, I always watch TV shows on my iPad as well, never real-time. The commercials are making TV so much less fun, haha! I can’t wait for us to move into our own house so I can start on allll the DIY projects I’ve been bookmarking over the years! House prices are insane here, nobody can ever pay off their mortgage so we’re waiting until we relocate to a different country. I’ll probably call you for help on the tiling thing 😀
Now these buffalo chicken puffs… They look amazing! And love, love, love your photography! I always recognize your pictures immediately, you have really found your style!
Haha Nora! Yes, come to America and I will be your DIY buddy! 🙂 And thank you for the compliment!! It has taken a long time to find my photography style, but I think I am getting there! 🙂
I never get to watch real time TV, which sort of sucks. Every once in a while, if we’re home sick, I’ll catch some of my favorite shows and it makes me so happy. Thank goodness for dvr. And let me just tell you that I think these puffs are da bomb!
Thanks Kathy! Sometimes you just need cheesy, spicy finger foods!
I am a total netflix binger too. My hubby and I watch 5 seasons of Walking Dead in 2 weeks. It was total craziness but we loved every second. Sometimes I just put netflix on while I am working, but then have to turn it off because I become consumed with it. Hehe. These puffs look awesome. I would totally love these. Love buffalo anything. Yum!
I used to be good at stopping at just one show, but then they started that auto play so it plays the next episode and that is what gets me! I am like “well just one more!”
Buffalo chicken is one of my favorites!! We always have a super huge bottle of Frank’s Red Hot Wings on hand, but the last time I went to get one they only had the smaller one. It’ll be a goner soon I think! These puffs are awesome. We would love them!
Oh I know what you mean! We go through buffalo sauce at warp speed!!
These puffs look amazing! I love this idea! I have to make these for Memorial Day weekend!
Thanks so much Shelby! They are a new favorite around here!
These spicy buffalo chicken puffs sounds delicious! I’m definitely going to have to give these a try!
These look really yummy. Would like to make them. Do you have to use almond flour? I don’t have any and have never used it before.
Hi Debbie, I’ve only made this recipe as written and cannot recommend another flour substitute.