Friday, February 12, 2010

Buffalo Chicken Meatballs


As I've said a million times, JJ and I love all things Buffalo Chicken. For the superbowl, he requested buffalo chicken tenders, but I wanted to try something new. I figured I could just mix some wing sauce in with ground chicken and make meatballs, since that's one of my favorite foods. These came together really easily, and tasted great! They had great buffalo flavor alone, but were even better when dipped in ranch plus more wing sauce. I'm sure these will make many more appearances at future parties!

Buffalo Chicken Meatballs

1 lb. ground chicken breast
1 egg white
1/4 cup buffalo wing sauce
1/2 yellow onion, minced
Salt and pepper
1/2 cup bread crumbs

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Mix together all ingredients in a bowl, tossing gently with fingers to incorporate.
Form into 12 meatballs, about the size of a golf ball.
Bake on a lined baking sheet for 15-18 minutes, until cooked through.
Serve with ranch, wing sauce, celery and carrots.

Note: I would have added 1/2 cup blue cheese crumbles to the meat mixture, or stuffed the balls with blue cheese chunks, but our guests do not like blue cheese. I will try this in the future!

9 comments:

Sophie @ yumventures said...

I LOVE buffalo chicken too! Actually, am quite obsessed =) I've made them in the meatball version recently, they are a great healthy option.

Colin's Mom said...

What a great idea! My husband will be all over these.

Meredith said...

I am glad you put up the recipe. It caught my eye after the Super Bowl.

Natashya KitchenPuppies said...

I love buffalo chicken anything. Frank's is my fave. Delish!
These look like lots of fun.

Joanne said...

JJ and I must have the same version of the buffalo chicken gene. The one that makes us head over heels for it. These look delicious! I bet they would also be great in burger form.

Kim said...

These sound insanely delicious. Buffalo chicken is one of my favorite flavors too!

The Wife said...

These sound delicious. We love all things buffalo chicken as well!

Cara said...

I've been seeing these a lot lately and I think I'm gonna make them for dinner next week - probably with some blue cheese smashed cauliflower!

Heather @ The Single Dish said...

These look delicious! I made buffalo chicken dip for the superbowl and am looking for a recipe to use my extra buffalo sauce for. Thanks!