Buffalo Chicken Meatballs

two bowls of buffalo chicken meatballs on a table

It has been said that necessity is the mother of invention.  When I had the idea to whip up a batch of Buffalo Chicken Meatballs and discovered I only had about half cup left of Frank’s Hot Sauce – well, I had to get creative.  I wanted to incorporate that into the meat mixture, but then I wouldn’t have had enough to make a sauce.  Hmm, what to do?  Eureka!  I remembered I had purchased some Frank’s Red Hot Seasoning Blend a while back and now had a great reason to use it.  And actually, I think it even worked better than the liquid stuff – rendering a mixture that was not too runny.  Try these out as a starter or even a main course!

 

Directions

Yield:  About 30 meatballs
Time:  45 minutes

 2 chicken breasts* (about 800 grams or just under two pounds) OR about 2 pounds of ground chicken
4 stalks celery, finely chopped
½ onion, finely chopped
3 tbs Frank’s Red Hot Seasoning Blend
2 tbs garlic powder
2 tbs Tajin
1 tbs black pepper
1 tbs kosher salt
½ cup panko breadcrumbs
1 egg slightly beaten

Sauce:
½ cup Frank’s Red-Hot sauce
½ cup Sweet Baby Ray’s Sweet and Hot barbeque sauce
3 tbs spicy brown mustard

Method:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.

I used a food processor to ground two chicken breasts.  If you choose this way – simply cut each breast into about 1-inch chunks OR just buy the chicken ground.  Add chopped celery and onion, spices, breadcrumbs, and egg.  Blitz.

Form meat mixture into uniformed sized meatballs – I used a small ice cream scoop – yielding about 30 1-inch balls.

Place on a rack in a rimmed baking sheet.  Bake for 35 minutes.

Allow them to cool slightly, then toss in the sauce mixture.  Serve immediately!

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