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If you’re in the mood for buffalo wings but don’t want to deal with the hassle of making them (and the mess of eating them!), you have to try these Buffalo Chicken Meatballs!
Call me lazy, I know, but I always love the flavors of buffalo chicken wings and I don’t always love having to work hard to eat my food around a bone. Sometimes, I’m just looking for a simple and delicious game-day appetizer that won’t make a huge mess, and these Buffalo Chicken Meatballs are just the thing!
These Buffalo Chicken Meatballs are baked in the oven, making them super easy to make when entertaining. The only real work required is some veggie and herb chopping, then you make a quick meatball mixture, roll them up, and pop them in the oven! These meatballs are simple, but pack a huge punch in the flavor department.
Ingredients:
- Avocado Oil
- Ground Chicken sub ground turkey if preferred
- Celery
- Garlic
- Fresh Dill
- Fresh Parsley
- Gluten-Free Panko Breadcrumbs
- Blue Cheese
- Egg
- Kosher Salt
- Black Pepper
- Buffalo Wing Sauce
Step-by-step:
step one: prep the oven and baking dish
Preheat the oven to 375℉ and grease the bottom of a 3.5 qt braiser or 9 x 13 baking dish with avocado oil.
Step two: make meatball mixture
In a large bowl, add the chicken, celery, garlic, dill, parsley, panko, blue cheese, egg, salt, pepper, and buffalo sauce, mix until well combined.
step three: roll and bake the meatballs
Roll the mixture into 1-inch meatballs and place in a single layer on the prepared braiser/baking dish. It’s okay if they are touching each other a bit on the edges, but you don’t want to stack them. Transfer to the oven on the top rack and bake until the bottoms begin to brown, about 12 minutes.
step four: add the sauce and finish baking
Remove from the oven and drizzle with ½ cup more of the buffalo sauce. Transfer back into the oven and continue to bake until the meatballs are cooked through and the sauce is coating the meatballs, about 8 more minutes.
Step five: garnish and serve!
Remove from the oven and let cool slightly before garnishing with fresh dill and the blue cheese crumbles.
Recipe FAQs:
I love using New Primal buffalo sauce for anything and everything buffalo!
I love to simply stick toothpicks in them and pop them on the table for a perfect game-day appetizer! Or, if you’d prefer to serve them as part of a meal, you can serve them over rice and pair with a big green salad!
Sure! You can use either meat, but preferably dark meat for more flavor!
I hope you make these for your next game-day gathering! Let me know what you think!
Wanting to try some other buffalo chicken-inspired recipes? Try these!
Buffalo Chicken Burgers with Gorgonzola Slaw
Buffalo Chicken Meatballs
Ingredients
For the Meatballs:
- 2 tablespoons avocado oil
- 1 ½ pounds ground chicken or turkey preferably dark meat
- 1/3 cup minced celery
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh dill leaves
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley leaves
- ½ cup gluten free panko breadcrumbs
- ½ cup crumbled blue cheese
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon Kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 2 tablespoons buffalo wing sauce I use New Primal
To Finish:
- ½ cup buffalo wing sauce
- 1/3 cup crumbled blue cheese
- ¼ cup fresh dill fronds
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375℉ and grease the bottom of a 3.5 qt braiser or 9 x 13 baking dish with avocado oil.
- In a large bowl, add the chicken, celery, garlic, dill, parsley, panko, blue cheese, egg, salt, pepper, and buffalo sauce, mix until well combined.
- Roll the mixture into 1-inch meatballs and place in a single layer on the prepared braiser/baking dish. It’s okay if they are touching each other a bit on the edges, but you don’t want to stack them. Transfer to the oven on the top rack and bake until the bottoms begin to brown, about 12 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and drizzle with ½ cup more of the buffalo sauce. Transfer back into the oven and continue to bake until the meatballs are cooked through and the sauce is coating the meatballs, about 8 more minutes.
- Remove from the oven and let cool slightly before garnishing with fresh dill and the blue cheese crumbles.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
This was so good, made a blue cheese dip to go with it and they were perfect! 10/10 will definitely make again!
Can you make them ahead and if so, how to warm them up?
You can definitely make ahead and reheat! I would personally brown the chicken meatballs and just store those without the sauce. Then, when ready to serve, set them on a baking dish and add the buffalo sauce and heat until warmed through, 8 to 12 minutes.
Thanks. Warm them at what temp?
350!
Do you think these would work without the blue cheese?
Rave reviews for these! I substituted crumbled feta for the blue cheese, and a chopped green onion instead of celery and dill, just based on what I had on hand. Still turned out great.
This was a big hit in our house! I made this for dinner with a makeshift broccoli slaw that had mayo, buffalo sauce and some of the leftover blue cheese – delicious! Can imagine these would also be great as an app for sure. Came together easily too!
Would these be good warming in a crockpot for a tailgate?
yes that could work great!!
Delicious and easy! We added chopped bacon which was also tasty. We can’t wait to make these again!
These are delicious!!
What if blue cheese makes you gag? What other cheese would you suggest?
haha, i think crumbled feta would work well here!
Any suggestions to substitute the Blue Cheese crumble.
Thanks! Love your recipes! :))
I would do crumbed feta here!