Buffalo Chicken Meatballs
Perfect for football season! Baked chicken meatballs with minced celery and carrots hidden inside, topped with hot sauce, and homemade blue cheese dressing - yum!
🍳 Cook: 30 min
Nutrition
per meatballs37
Calories
—
Protein
—
Carbs
—
Fat
Ingredients
| — | oil spray | |
| 1.25 lb | 565 g | ground chicken |
| 0.25 cup | 60 ml | panko crumbs |
| 1 | large egg | |
| 2 | scallions, chopped | |
| 0.33 cup | 79 ml | finely minced celery |
| 0.33 cup | 79 ml | finely minced carrot |
| 1 clove | crushed garlic | |
| to taste | kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper | |
| 0.33 cup | 79 ml | Frank's Hot sauce |
| 0.25 cup | 60 ml | skinny blue cheese dressing (optional) |
| — | finely chopped celery leaf for garnish (optional) |
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F.
- Lightly spray a non-stick baking sheet with oil.
- In a large bowl, combine the ground chicken, panko crumbs, egg, scallions, celery, carrot and garlic; season with salt and pepper, to taste.
- Using clean hands, mix until combined. Roll the mixture (1/8 cup each) into 26 round meatballs.
- Place meatballs onto prepared baking sheet and bake until cooked through and golden, about 16 to 18 minutes.
- Place the meatballs in a bowl, add the buffalo sauce and gently toss to combine.
- Serve immediately, drizzled with blue cheese dressing, if desired.