Low carb, keto friendly biftekia (Greek Patties) keftedes (meatballs) or soutzoukakia, without bread, gluten free and also diabetic friendly!
Keto / low carb
This is the basic recipe for delicious and fluffy biftekia, (Greek patties) keftedes (meatballs) and "soutzoukakia".
I always use ground beef from a fatty piece of meat for two reasons:
The first reason is of course that on a ketogenic diet fat consumption is needed.
The second reason is, that biftekia (patties) become fluffier with fatty minced meat.
If you buy relatively lean minced meat you can add some extra fat (tallow or lard).
Depending of what you want to make you can change or add spices and herbs.
For example, you can add cumin and bell paprika to the soutzoukakia and remove fresh mint and oregano.
Biftekia, stuffed with cheese are very tasty as well.
Biftekia belong to the classic Greek cuisine and are a very good source of protein.
So.. prepare a big bunch every time.
You can store biftekia in the freezer and cook on days you have not planned anything else to eat.
Keto Biftekia (Greek Patties) And Meatballs
Pieces 11
• Ingredients:
1 Kg / Fatty minced beef
90 g / Chopped onion
90 g / Grated tomato
1 tsp / Baking soda
2 Tbsp / Apple cider vinegar
1 / Egg
25 g / Coconut flour
20 ml / Olive oil
30 ml / Water
18 g / Salt
1/2 tsp / Pepper
2 - 3 tbsp / Fresh mint (chopped)
1 tsp / Dry oregano
1 tsp / Dry thyme
90 g / Green or red bell pepper (optional)
• Instructions:
1 Preheat the oven at 200°C (fan assisted).
2 Prepare your baking pan (I always use the oven tray which I cover with aluminum foil and perchment paper above. So after baking there's no need to wash the tray).
3 Mash the onion, bell pepper (gives special flavour) and tomato, in a food processor.
4 In a large bowl, mix all the ingredients, kneading well.
• For "soutzoukakia", instead of oregano thyme and pepper, add 1 tsp of cumin and paprika.
• If the minced meat is lean, add tallow or lard (the amount depends on how lean the minced meat is).
5 Spread some olive oil in your hands, shape the biftekia patties (about 120g each) and place in the prepared baking pan.
6 For "keftedes" (small fryed meatballs), shape according to the size you want.
7 Change the oven function to grill mode.
8 Bake at 220°C until golden brown on both sides.
"Soutzoukakia" or "keftedes" (small meatballs) should be fried in olive oil.
9 After baking, put the pan out of the oven but let the biftekia patties rest in the pan for another 10 minutes to absorb any liquids left during cooking.
• Serve and enjoy!
Macros for 1 bifteki
Protein: 18 g
Carbohydrates (net): 1.5 g
Fat: 13 g
Energy: 200 Kcal
(Macros have been calculated with all the ingredients above).
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