Buffalo chicken meatballs are a delicious, bite sized meatball recipe that can serve as an appetizer or an entire meal. Dressed in a creamy buffalo sauce you can top these off with blue cheese dressing. A great party food or potluck item that everyone can enjoy!
Recipe Highlights
- Perfect party food for easy serving and bite-sized portions.
- Healthy meatballs made with ground chicken and tossed in your buffalo sauce.
Ingredients Needed
- Ground Chicken
- Breadcrumbs
- Egg
- Buffalo Sauce (Primal Kitchen is my go-to)
- Milk
- Flour
- Butter
- Celery
- Spices & Herbs
Helpful Recipe Tips
- Can I bake or air fry, yes you can air fry these buffalo chicken meatballs. As mentioned, you can skip the searing part if you’d like and you can jump straight into baking or air frying. The oven and air fryer should be set to the same temp as listed. A time increase will be needed if you skip searing.
- Spices & herbs, if you notice the spices and herbs I used are ranch seasoning. I feel it’s healthier this way but you can always sub for something such as Hidden Valley Ranch seasoning.
- Top it off, I love the combination of buffalo sauce and creamy dressing. Don’t skip on it! A basic blue cheese or a ranch dressing will always be great!
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Buffalo Chicken Meatballs
Buffalo chicken meatballs are a delicious, bite sized meatball recipe that can serve as an appetizer or an entire meal. Dressed in a creamy buffalo sauce you can top these off with blue cheese dressing. A great party food or potluck item that everyone can enjoy!
Ingredients
Meatballs
- 1 pound ground chicken
- 2 stalk minced celery
- 1/2 cup panko breadcrumbs
- 2 tablespoon buffalo sauce
- 1 large egg
Seasoning
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon dill weed
- 1/4 teaspoon parsley
Buffalo Sauce
- 4 tablespoon butter
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1/4 cup buffalo sauce
- 1 tablespoon all purpose flour
Instructions
- Chop and mince 2 celery sticks
- In a mixing bowl add in ground chicken, breadcrumbs, egg, buffalo sauce and seasoning mix. Mix well then cover and place in refrigerator for 30 minutes to an hour.
- Preheat oven to 400°F. After, form meatballs. I used a meatball maker and got 20 meatballs out of this recipe. In a frying pan add a shallow amount of oil. Sear two sides of each meatball. Just sear, don't try to cook it through.
- Next, bake meatballs for 15 minutes to finish cooking them through.
- While meatballs are baking make sauce. In a small pot on medium/high heat add in butter and melt to make a roux.
- Sprinkle flour over melted butter and whisk until smooth. Continue to whisk while adding in milk and buffalo sauce. Continue to whisk until evenly combined then remove from heat.
- Once meatballs are done in the oven give them a toss in the sauce then serve.
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Nutrition
Serving: 4meatballs | Calories: 334.2kcal | Carbohydrates: 8.6g | Protein: 24.9g | Fat: 22.6g | Saturated Fat: 10.1g | Trans Fat: 0.5g | Cholesterol: 163.7mg | Sodium: 284mg | Fiber: 0.6g | Sugar: 3.2g
Number of total servings shown is approximate. Actual number of servings will depend on your preferred portion sizes.
Nutritional values shown are general guidelines and reflect information for 1 serving using the ingredients listed, not including any optional ingredients. Actual macros may vary slightly depending on specific brands and types of ingredients used.
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1/4 cup buffalo sauce? under Buffalo Sauce??
That’s correct, there needs to be some things done to the sauce for flavor and texture