5.0 from 21 votes
Buffalo Chicken Meatballs
Meatballs made with lean meat and flavored with spicy hot sauce for the perfect bitesize appetizer. Dip these buffalo chicken meatballs in a homemade blue cheese dressing.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
25 mins
Servings: 35 meatballs
Calories: 55 kcal
Course:
Appetizer
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons butter unsalted
- 1/3 cup hot sauce I used Frank's Original
- 1 pound ground chicken
- 1 egg large
- 1 celery stalk diced
- 3/4 cup panko bread crumbs or pork rind crumbs
- 1 teaspoon salt
- [Blue cheese dressing]
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 450 degrees. Grease a 9 X13 inch baking pan with cooking oil or spray with non-stick cooking spray and set aside.
- In a small saucepan cook over low heat the butter and hot sauce. Stir until ingredients are blended. Remove from heat and let cool.
- In a large bowl whisk egg. Mix in ground chicken, celery, hot sauce/butter combination, and panko breadcrumbs. Stir until well incorporated.
- Using a small (3/4") cookie scoop form small meatballs. Roll in your hands to ensure meat is compact. Place in prepared baking dish lining balls in tight rows. Bake for 15 minutes or until meatballs are cooked through. Serve with blue cheese dressing
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Notes
- To keep this recipe low carb use pork rinds in place of the Panko.
Nutrition Information
Serving
1g
Calories
55kcal
(3%)
Carbohydrates
2g
(1%)
Protein
4g
(8%)
Fat
4g
(6%)
Saturated Fat
2g
(10%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
2g
Cholesterol
24mg
(8%)
Sodium
164mg
(7%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 35meatballs
Amount Per Serving
Calories 55
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1g | |
| Calories | 55kcal | 3% |
| Carbohydrates | 2g | 1% |
| Protein | 4g | 8% |
| Fat | 4g | 6% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 2g | 12% |
| Cholesterol | 24mg | 8% |
| Sodium | 164mg | 7% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.