20 Keto Appetizers for Your Next Party

February 04, 2020
Get your next party started on the right foot with one of our favorite keto appetizers. Whether you're looking for something meaty (like this Spicy-Sweet Bacon Wrapped Shrimp or this Honey-Ginger Chicken Bites), cheesy (these Microwavable Keto Cheese Crisps are amazingly simple), or both (we're looking at you, Chevre and Mango Steak Bites), we've got the keto recipes for you. 
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Keto Nachos

Meredith Food Studios
Keto Nachos Recipe
We’ve got the perfect way to satisfy a high-carb craving without getting off your low-carb diet. These nachos are hearty and slightly chewy with a little bit of lightness. Balance the rich meat and cheese with creamy chipotle sauce and pico topping.
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Microwavable Keto Cheese Crisps

TIFS
Microwavable Keto Cheese Crisps Recipe
With one ingredient and one step, this keto-friendly snack is ready in a flash.

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Keto Burrito Peppers

Time Inc. Video Stuido 
Keto Burrito Peppers Recipe

Hearty and delicious, these peppers offer a flavorful kick to your weeknight dinner routine. For more heat, add some jalapeño to the filling. Non-keto eaters would enjoy this recipe just as well, and can pile the filling into a tortilla if desired.

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Bacon-Wrapped Asparagus

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Bacon-Wrapped Asparagus Recipe

Serve these bacon-wrapped spears with grilled meat and sliced fresh tomatoes for a wonderful meal. From Patricia Kitts: Dickinson, Texas. Serving Accompaniments: Antipasto Picnic Salad, Can-Can Chicken, Bacon-Wrapped Stuffed Jalapenos, and Edna's Ho Ho Cake. Recipe published in Quick Cooking March/April 2005.

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Spicy-Sweet Bacon Wrapped Shrimp

Spicy-Sweet Bacon Wrapped Shrimp Recipe

In under 30 minutes, you can dress crispy bacon wrapped shrimp in brown sugar, paprika, and smoked red pepper for a dynamically delicious appetizer. This combinatioin of spicy, sweet, smooth, and crunchy will keep you grabbing for more.  

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Queso-Filled Mini Peppers

Photo: Antonis Achilleos; Prop Styling: Mindi Shapiro Levine; Food Styling: Tina Stamos
Queso-Filled Mini Peppers Recipe
Tortilla chips usually go hand-in-hand with queso, but mini sweet peppers make a tasty and colorful bite-sized vessel for the rich cheese dip. Don’t worry if the queso looks a little broken when the cheese melts in the evaporated milk, the cream cheese will make it smooth again.
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Spicy Grilled Corn Salad

Photo: Hector Manuel Sanchez; Prop Styling: Lydia Pursell; Food Styling: Toni Brogan
Spicy Grilled Corn Salad Recipe

Elote, Mexican-style street corn, inspired this tangy, smoky, slightly creamy side dish. Three jalapeños give this salad a real kick; make it milder by substituting mini sweet peppers. Serve this salad by itself at a cookout or alongside grilled flank steak and warm tortillas for an easy taco night.

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Boiled Peanuts

Photo: Caitlin Bensel; Food Styling: Victoria Cox and Elise Mayfield; Prop Styling: Claire Spollen
Boiled Peanuts Recipe

Hot, homemade boiled peanuts are truly delicious, but you can order them already prepared online. Matt and Ted started their business with this regional treat (5 pounds for $26.50); boiledpeanuts.com.

 

Prep: 5 minutes; Soak: 8 hours; Cook: 5 hours; Cool: 1 hour.

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Chicken Salad Tomato Cups

Oxmoor House
Chicken Salad Tomato Cups Recipe

Shredded chicken salad, when paired here with fresh herbs, is served up in little tomato cups: which makes this item the perfect finger food for your next party or get-together. 

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Honey-Ginger Chicken Bites

Photo: Lee Harrelson; Styling: Jan Gautro, Laura Zapalowski
Honey-Ginger Chicken Bites Recipe

These bite-sized appetizers are steeped in a mixture of garlic, soy sauce, ginger, citrus, and honey. The marinade is then reduced and used to glaze the chicken.

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Chevre and Mango Steak Bites

Annabelle Breakey
Chevre and Mango Steak Bites Recipe

Cut chilled grilled steak when ready to assemble appetizers and slice it very thinly (less than 1/4 inch, if possible). The finished appetizers can be covered and chilled for up to 6 hours.

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Double-Serrano Watermelon Bites

Jennifer Causey
Double-Serrano Watermelon Bites Recipe

These bites are a step up from classic prosciutto-wrapped melon and provide sweet, spicy, salty, tart, and meaty tastes. If you can’t find serrano ham, use prosciutto; you also can use balsamic glaze in place of pomegranate molasses.

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Pineapple Pizza Bites

Meredith Food Studios 
Pineapple Pizza Bites Recipe

This easy, 4-ingredient appetizer is a fun and inexpensive way to feed a crowd. They’ve got the greatest balance of sweet and salty thanks to the meat and cheese’s richness, the tomato’s acidity, and the pineapple’s juice. 

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Copycat Starbucks Bacon & Gruyère Egg Bites

Photo: Caitlin Bensel; Prop Styling: Christina Daley; Food Styling: Rishon Hanners
Copycat Starbucks Bacon & Gruyère Egg Bites Recipe

All the cheesy goodness of Starbucks Sous Vide Egg Bites, minus the high price tag and long drive-thru line. 

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Grilled Ratatouille Skewers

Grilled Ratatouille Skewers Recipe
Inspired by the flavors of the classic French dish, we turned ratatouille into a pretty and portable meal that is perfect for the summer grilling season. Ratatouille is typically a mix of seasonal vegetables baked in a dish with tomatoes, garlic, and spices—and a great way to use up a garden’s worth of vegetables.
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BLT Salad

BLT Salad Recipe

Macerate tomatoes with a little salt before building this salad and you'll be amazed at the difference: The salt concentrates the tomato flavor and helps loosen the tomato juices, which are great in addition to the dressing.

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Brussels Sprouts with Bacon, Garlic, and Shallots

Photo: Jen Causey; Food Styling: Chelsea Zimmer; Prop Styling: Audrey Davis
Brussels Sprouts with Bacon, Garlic, and Shallots Recipe

Garlic, bacon and shallots are all you need to add intense flavor to the Brussels sprouts in this easy, 5-ingredient side-dish recipe.

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Peach and Celery Salad

Caitlin Bensel
Peach and Celery Salad Recipe

The flavors of peach and celery meld beautifully in this no-cook side. Pistachios amp up the crunch factor.

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Summer Caprese Prosciutto Cups

Time Inc. Video Studio
Summer Caprese Prosciutto Cups Recipe
Filled with some of our favorite summer flavors, these delightfully crisp prosciutto cups are the easy, so-snackable appetizer you need in your life right now. A mini muffin pan is all you need to transform prosciutto into perfectly crisp vessels for a vibrant summer salad.

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Prosciutto Roll-Ups

Prosciutto Roll-Ups Recipe
This quick single-serving idea is an amazingly easy appetizer and perfect for packing up for when hunger strikes on the go.
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