I came across this idea searching for new recipes to put into the Keto-fied Super Bowl line-up. Of all places, it was Campbell’s Soup who gave me this idea – products that I generally avoid on keto. I thought they were fantastic. Definitely the perfect thing to bring to parties, and even better – enjoy while watching the Super Bowl.
These little cups of cheeseburger goodness will keep all of yours guests happy and they’ll be begging for more. You can make double, triple, or even quadruple batches quite easily depending on how many guests you have, too! It’s a simple recipe that will impress everyone’s taste buds and appetite.
Feel free to make this your own with a personal twist. Add sausage or chorizo to the beef for extra fats and a different flavor. Use non-traditional toppings like avocado and salsa to make a southwestern style burger keto muffin. You can even cut them in half and serve cold with dipping sauces of your choice – the possibilities are endless!
Yields 9 Keto Cheeseburger Muffins
The Preparation
Cheeseburger Muffin Buns:
- 1/2 cup almond flour
- 1/2 cup flaxseed meal
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 large egg
- 1/4 cup sour cream
Hamburger Filling:
- 16 ounces ground beef
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
Toppings:
- 1/2 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
- 1 ounce dill pickle
- 2 tablespoons low-carb ketchup
- 2 tablespoons yellow mustard
The Execution
1. Measure out the ground beef and place into a hot pan. Season with salt and pepper.
2. Cook beef until browned on the bottom, the season with onion powder, garlic powder, and tomato paste. Mix together and turn off the heat. You should be left with “rare” (only semi-cooked) ground beef.
3. Mix together the dry ingredients for the muffins and pre-heat oven to 350F.
4. Add wet ingredients into the muffin mixture and mix well.
5. Divide up the mixture for the muffins into silicone muffin cups. Indent the muffin using your finger or a spoon to give space for the ground beef. Then, fill each muffin with ground beef mixture.
6. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until muffins are browned slightly on the outside.
7. Remove from the oven and top with some cheese, then broil for an additional 1-3 minutes.
8. Let cool for 5-10 minutes, then remove from the silicone muffin cups.
8. Serve and enjoy! Top with chopped pickles, ketchup, mustard or your favorite condiments!
This makes a total of 9 servings of Keto Cheeseburger Muffins. Each serving comes out to be 260 calories, 20.3g fats, 2.5g net carbs, and 14.5g protein.
| NUTRITION | CALORIES | FAT | CARBS | FIBER | NET CARBS | PROTEIN |
| 1/2 cup almond flour | 324 | 28 | 12.3 | 7.3 | 5 | 11.8 |
| 1/2 cup flaxseed meal | 278 | 21.8 | 15.1 | 14 | 1 | 9.4 |
| 1 teaspoon baking powder | 2 | 0 | 1.3 | 0 | 1.3 | 0 |
| 1/2 teaspoon salt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1/4 teaspoon black pepper | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| 2 large egg | 157 | 10.5 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.8 | 13.8 |
| 1/4 cup sour cream | 114 | 11.1 | 2.7 | 0 | 2.7 | 1.4 |
| 16 ounce ground beef | 1152 | 90.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77.9 |
| — salt and pepper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1/2 teaspoon onion powder | 4 | 0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.1 |
| 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder | 5 | 0 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.3 |
| 2 tablespoon tomato paste | 27 | 0.2 | 6.2 | 1.4 | 4.9 | 1.4 |
| 1/2 cup cheddar cheese | 247 | 20.4 | 1.9 | 0 | 1.9 | 14 |
| 1 ounce dill pickle | 3 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| 2 tablespoon low-carb ketchup | 18 | 0 | 1.9 | 0 | 1.9 | 0 |
| 2 tablespoon yellow mustard | 19 | 1 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.2 |
| Totals | 2353 | 183.9 | 47 | 24.7 | 22.4 | 131.4 |
| Per Serving (/9) | 261 | 20.4 | 5.2 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 14.6 |
Keto Cheeseburger Muffins
Ingredients
Cheeseburger Muffin Buns:
- ½ cup almond flour
- ½ cup flaxseed meal
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 2 large egg
- ¼ cup sour cream
Hamburger Filling:
- 16 ounce ground beef
- salt and pepper to taste
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 tablespoon tomato paste
Toppings:
- ½ cup cheddar cheese shredded
- 1 ounce dill pickle
- 2 tablespoon low-carb ketchup
- 2 tablespoon yellow mustard
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Place the ground beef in a hot pan. Season with salt and pepper.
- Cook until browned on the bottom, and then add in the onion powder, garlic powder, and tomato paste. Mix together and turn off the heat. The ground beef should be rare.
- Mix together the dry ingredients for the muffins.
- Add the wet ingredients to the muffin mixture and mix well.
- Evenly divide the muffin mixture into silicone muffin cups. Use a spoon to make a small indentation in the muffins for the ground beef. Fill each muffin with the ground beef mixture.
- Bake for 15–20 minutes or until slightly browned on the outside.
- Remove from the oven and top with cheese. Broil for an additional 1–3 minutes.
- Let cool for 5–10 minutes and remove from the silicone muffin cups.
- Top with pickles, ketchup, and mustard. Serve and enjoy!
Hi! These look really delicious. Can you tell me what type of ground beef you buy? The organic beef at my grocery store always says 200 calories per 4 oz, so 800 calories for a pound but your calorie count has 1152 calories per pound.
I used 80/20 ground beef in this recipe. I buy it from my local store in bulk and this was the nutrition information on the packaging.
I used 80/20 ground beef in this recipe. I buy it from my local store in bulk and this was the nutrition information on the packaging.
I just made the dough and it seems soft not really “doughy”. I don’t think it will mold the silicone cups. what should I do?
If you let it sit for a few minutes and continue to stir it, the flaxseed meal should thicken it slightly more. Mine was a bit on the wet side also, but I was able to keep it together when I molded them into the cups.
If needed, add 1 tsp. more flaxseed meal at a time until you feel like it is good enough to mold. Make sure you don’t add too much at once, or they may turn a bit gummy.
Thank you.
So I made this last night and it turned out well, only I didn’t get the golden color for the muffin buns and I didn’t see psyllium husk powder on the ingredients list or did I miss it.
Vashon,
You may have not gotten the golden color on the muffins because you were using regular ground flaxseed meal. I am using golden flaxseed meal (as you can see if you click the link to the flaxseed meal that I use). That’s really more of an aesthetic thing, but shouldn’t change the taste much.
Vashon,
You may have not gotten the golden color on the muffins because you were using regular ground flaxseed meal. I am using golden flaxseed meal (as you can see if you click the link to the flaxseed meal that I use). That’s really more of an aesthetic thing, but shouldn’t change the taste much.
You know what I didn’t use golden and now it more since to me. Next time I will get golden. Thanks for the recipe though it was awesome.
Sounds good – glad to hear it!
How much psyllium husk powder is needed?
Thanks!
Jennifer – I’m not sure where you got the idea to need psyllium for these – it’s not needed.
In the comments below, one of the responses did say to add 1 tsp psyllium, but it has been changed to flaxseed meal. At any rate, we made these tonite and they were great, so thanks for the recipe!
Ah, it may have been a mistake on my part and I might have edited it. I do most of my recipes 1-2 weeks in advance before I post them so I sometimes get confused 😛
Either way, glad to hear you liked them!
thank you!!! these are great… i didn’t have silicone cups though so I greased the muffin tins with a bit of bacon fat. Also the batter came out a bit wet so I added a bit of xanthan gum and coconut flour and it came together very nicely. Also added a diced roma tomato, onion and zucchini to the beef and I doubled the recipe but I only got 12 cups so probably made them a lot thicker then you did (baked them for about 10 minutes longer).
Glad to hear it! The silicone molds are slightly smaller than a normal muffin tin, but it should have still netted around the same amount. You really need to work the dough in to make sure it’s rather thin and there’s a large hold for the beef filling.
Mm. Wouldn’t they be great with sausage?
These cheeseburger muffins are outstanding. I’ve been thinking about them all day…