12 Keto Crockpot Dinners for Cold Winter Nights
Twelve keto crockpot dinners for cold winter nights, from short ribs and brisket to a crustless chicken pot pie, each with 30g+ protein and under 8g net carbs per serving.
These keto crockpot recipes are for the coldest weeks of the year, when it’s dark by five and nobody wants to stand at the stove. Everything here goes into the slow cooker hours before dinner. Then the house fills up with the smell of beef broth, garlic and thyme while you get on with your day. There’s braised beef, a creamy chicken pot pie with no crust, Swedish meatballs, lamb chops and a whole turkey breast. Every recipe has 30 grams of protein or more and under 8 grams of net carbs per serving. So a big warm bowl still fits a keto plan.
Every pick cooks in a slow cooker and passes the keto check for a main dish: under 10 grams of net carbs per serving, with no flour, rice, pasta, potatoes, bread or corn, and sweet notes come from erythritol or a sugar-free sauce. The numbers under each recipe come from its recipe card, worked out per serving from USDA nutrition data.
Keto Crack Chicken in the Slow Cooker
Chicken breasts cook on LOW with ranch seasoning, cream cheese and a cup of broth until they shred with a fork. Cheddar, crumbled turkey bacon and green onions get stirred in at the end.
41g protein · 4g net carbs · 378 calories per serving
Keto Slow Cooker Beef Stew
Halved radishes take the place of potatoes in this stew, next to mushrooms, celery and big cubes of beef. Tomato paste and rosemary flavor the broth, and a little xanthan gum thickens it without flour.
37g protein · 7g net carbs · 283 calories per serving
Low Carb Crockpot Swedish Meatballs
All-beef meatballs bound with almond flour and parmesan, with a little allspice and nutmeg. They bake to 160°F first, then sit in the crockpot in a creamy gravy made with cream cheese, heavy cream and sour cream.
36g protein · 5g net carbs · 603 calories per serving
Slow Cooker Turkey Breast
A bone-in turkey breast rubbed with butter, garlic, rosemary, thyme and sage, set on thick slices of onion. It feeds eight, so it works for a holiday table or a week of leftovers.
35g protein · 2g net carbs · 362 calories per serving
Keto Slow Cooker Beef Stroganoff
Browned sirloin strips cook for 7 hours on LOW with mushrooms, onion and beef broth. Warmed sour cream goes in at the end, and it’s served over buttered cabbage ribbons or shirataki noodles.
35g protein · 6g net carbs · 472 calories per serving
Keto Slow Cooker Beef and Broccoli
Thin-sliced flank steak cooks in a soy, garlic, ginger and sesame sauce, with erythritol in place of brown sugar. The broccoli is steamed on its own and stirred in at the end, so it stays bright green.
35g protein · 7g net carbs · 351 calories per serving
Keto Slow Cooker Chicken Pot Pie
All the pot pie filling with no crust: shredded chicken thighs, cauliflower, celery and green beans in a creamy thyme sauce. Top each bowl with an almond flour biscuit if you want one.
34g protein · 7g net carbs · 394 calories per serving
Keto Slow Cooker Short Ribs
Bone-in beef short ribs braise low and slow in beef broth with onion, garlic, tomato paste, a spoon of balsamic vinegar and fresh thyme for 8 hours on LOW, until the meat pulls away from the bone.
33g protein · 4g net carbs · 516 calories per serving
Keto Slow Cooker Lamb Chops
Lamb loin chops cook in a creamy mushroom sauce with heavy cream, garlic, rosemary and a touch of yellow mustard. It’s the richest dinner on this list.
33g protein · 5g net carbs · 758 calories per serving
Keto Mississippi Pot Roast
A beef chuck roast topped with pats of butter, whole pepperoncini and their brine, plus a homemade ranch-style mix of buttermilk powder, parsley and dill. It cooks down into tender beef and a tangy, buttery juice.
32g protein · 2g net carbs · 520 calories per serving
Keto Slow Cooker Beef Brisket
A brisket flat with smoked paprika, onion, garlic and tomato paste cooks on LOW for 10 hours in beef broth, then rests before slicing across the grain. The cooking juices thicken into a sauce with a little xanthan gum.
32g protein · 3g net carbs · 525 calories per serving
Keto Slow Cooker Pulled Beef
Chuck roast rubbed with smoked paprika, chili powder and cumin, with erythritol in place of brown sugar. Sugar-free barbecue sauce goes in at the end, and it’s great in lettuce wraps or over cauliflower rice.
32g protein · 3g net carbs · 427 calories per serving
Pick one on Sunday, start it in the morning, and you’ll have dinner plus leftovers for the busy days ahead. Serve the saucy ones over cauliflower mash, so the last spoonful of gravy doesn’t go to waste.
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