Buffalo Chicken Meatballs with Blue Cheese
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Buffalo Chicken Meatballs with Blue Cheese
Description
Buffalo Chicken Meatballs with Blue Cheese features ground chicken blended with a melted butter and hot sauce mixture, celery, and breadcrumbs to create flavorful meatballs baked at a high temperature until firm. The blue cheese sauce pairs sour cream and reduced-fat blue cheese crumbles with mayonnaise, milk, and red wine vinegar to add a tangy, creamy element.
The meatballs develop a spicy, buttery coating from the hot sauce and butter, with a tender, moist interior stabilized by breadcrumbs and egg; the celery adds crispness. Baking ensures even cooking and a delicate firmness without frying.
Serve these meatballs warm or at room temperature with the blue cheese sauce for dipping and celery sticks on the side to complement the heat and richness. The sauce can be drizzled over the meatballs for additional flavor.
Nutrition details note a serving is one meatball with one tablespoon of sauce. The blue cheese sauce yields about 2 1/2 cups, so it can be portioned for multiple servings or stored separately.
Ingredients
Buffalo Chicken Meatballs
- 4 tablespoon butter unsalted
- ½ cup hot sauce Frank's RedHot brand
- 1 lb ground chicken
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 celery diced, stalk
- 1 egg
- 1 cup bread crumbs plain
Blue Cheese Sauce
- 8 ounces sour cream light
- ½ cup milk 1% fat
- ½ cup blue cheese reduced-fat, crumbles
- ½ cup mayonnaise reduced-fat
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- celery for serving, sticks
Instructions
Buffalo Chicken Meatballs
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Coat a 9-inch x 13-inch baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
- To a small pot, add butter and hot sauce on low heat and whisk until butter is melted over medium heat. Set the pot aside to cool for about 10 minutes.
- In a large bowl, combine the ground chicken, salt, celery, egg, bread crumbs, and cooled hot sauce mixture. Mix with your hands until completely combined.
- Roll the buffalo chicken mixture into golfball-sized meatballs, packing the meat firmly. Place balls evenly in rows in your prepared baking dish.
- Bake until the meatballs are firm and cooked through, about 20 minutes. Remove from oven and cool for at least 5 minutes before servings.
Blue Cheese Sauce
- Combine sour cream, milk, blue cheese crumbles, mayo, salt, and red wine vinegar in a bowl and whisk until completely blended.
- If desired, drizzle the meatballs with extra hot sauce. Serve warm or at room temperature with blue cheese sauce for dipping and celery sticks.
Notes
- This recipe makes enough blue cheese sauce to serve multiple meatballs; adjust the amount you serve accordingly.
- Allow the meatballs to cool for at least 5 minutes after baking to retain texture and flavor.
- Use reduced-fat ingredients as specified if aiming for lower fat content.
- Celery both mixes into the meatballs and serves as a crunchy side with the blue cheese sauce.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 27meatballs
Amount Per Serving
Calories 79 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 79kcal | 4% |
| Carbohydrates | 4g | 1% |
| Protein | 5g | 10% |
| Fat | 5g | 8% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 29mg | 10% |
| Sodium | 373mg | 16% |
| Potassium | 123mg | 3% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 2g | 4% |
| Vitamin A | 67IU | 1% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 10mg | 1% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Overall Rating
4.4
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