Buffalo Chicken Balls recipe

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Ingredients

1 pound ground chicken
2 cups whole wheat bread crumbs
1 stalk celery, minced
1 egg
¼ cup melted butter
⅓ cup hot pepper sauce (such as Frank's RedHot®)
salt and ground black pepper to taste
cooking spray

Nutrition Info

159.3 calories
carbohydrate: 11.5 g
cholesterol: 57.1 mg
fat: 6.8 g
fiber: 1.7 g
protein: 13.6 g
saturatedFat: 3.4 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 412.9 mg
sugar: 0.2 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Combine ground chicken, bread crumbs, celery, and egg in a bowl.

  2. Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat, stir in hot sauce. Pour into chicken mixture, knead until well incorporated. Season mixture with salt and pepper. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.

  3. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Spray a large baking dish with cooking spray.

  4. Roll chicken mixture into 1-inch balls, place in a single layer on baking dish.

  5. Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center, about 30 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).

  6. Remove from oven and rest for 5 minutes before serving.

Recipe Yield

20 meatballs

Recipe Note

I bring these to several parties throughout the year with rave reviews. It's really a take on Buffalo chicken wings. I keep getting requests for them all the time. Serve with toothpicks and blue cheese dressing.

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