Air fryer frozen beef meatballs

Juicy healthy ground beef air fryer meatballs. Use them as an appetizer, try them as a main dish (pair up with some Air fryer french fries ) or just cook this little meatballs for your kids, they love it! You can use chicken or turkey in this recipe too. Meal prep and lunch box ready.

(Right Points) MyWW green plan 3 points, blue plan 2 points, purple 2 points per serving- about 5 mini meatballs( all calculations are done by adding ingredients to Weight watchers app calculator, see the screenshot in the end of the post).  

You can make this meatballs from fresh and also you can freeze them for later use.

Frozen air fryer meatballs

If you want to precook a batch to freeze it for later , that’s a great idea. I usually make the whole recipe and than we eat only one batch, and the rest is going to the freezer.

Make sure to freeze meatballs in the air tight bag and try to lay them down as flat as possible to prevent from sticking together.

Reheating is easy- just place meatballs in to your air fryer basket at 390 degrees for about 3 minutes (the time varies on the size of your meatballs)

Should i make ground turkey or beef meatballs?

This recipe is made with a ground beef. To achieve more delicate flavor you can mix the meat with some ground turkey or chicken. Turkey meatballs are leaner and lower in calories.

You can adjust this recipe easily for any type of meat.

How to make Keto air fryer meatballs

Its very easy to make this recipe keto friendly. Just don’t add any panko crumbs. It will not affect the flavor so feel free to do that if you want or need to.

Additionally you can add some chopped herbs like basil or cilantro to the meatballs to add more flavor and the aroma will be lovely. Try it! ( I didn’t use much herbs because of my kids, they wont eat it).

Meal prep and lunch box

These air fryer meatballs are a wonderful meal prep or a lunch box idea. Easy to make and healthy lunch for your kids to take to school. You can also make a sandwich with this meatballs or just put them in the bowl with some Air Fryer loaded baked potato or Air fryer corn on the cob.

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• Air fryer swordfish kebabs
• Air fryer grilled cheese
• Air fryer Oreos

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Air fryer meatballs

Juicy healthy ground beef air fryer meatballs. Use them as an appetizer, try them as a main dish (pair up with some Air fryer french fries ) or just cook this little meatballs for your kids, they love it!

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Cook Time14 minutes mins

Total Time24 minutes mins

Course: Appetizer, Main Course

Cuisine: American

Keyword: air fryer meatballs

Servings: 5 servings (about 6 meatballs)

Calories: 260kcal

Author: Tatiana

Ingredients

• 1/2 onion diced
• 1 lb 95% lean ground beef
• 1/4 cup panko (optional, dont use if keto or weight watchers)
• 1 egg
• 1 tspn salt
• 1 tspn pepper
• 1 tspn garlic powder

Instructions

• Mix all the ingredients together in the medium size bowl (dont use panko if on KETO or Weight Watchers).
• Shape little meatballs( Cook meatballs in batches trying not to overcrowd the air fryer basket.)
  
• Place them in to your preheated to 390 degrees air fryer for about 13-14 minutes (shake couple times while cooking)
• Serve and enjoy
  

Notes

* Originally published with points calculated wrong. See the screenshot below for current points . Thank you my readers for pointing it for me.

** NEW POINTS: MyWW green plan 3 points, blue plan 2 point, purple 2 point ( all calculations are done by adding ingredients to Weight watchers app calculator). Points are per serving 

 

Tools used in this recipe

Air fryer

Nutrition

Calories: 260kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 17g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 97mg | Sodium: 173mg | Potassium: 273mg | Vitamin A: 45IU | Vitamin C: 0.8mg | Calcium: 29mg | Iron: 2.1mg

Nutrition information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators.

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