Please Pass the Blue Cheese Dressing
Ideal for a game day snack, or an appetizer to enjoy with cocktails—serve something cooling to put out all that heat, like a nice margarita—this Buffalo chicken meatball recipe takes everything that’s great about Buffalo wings to a whole new level of snacking perfection. Serve a big bowl of these spicy Buffalo sauce-slicked nuggets of goodness alongside some crisp celery and blue cheese dressing for dipping (of course) and watch them disappear.
What’s In Buffalo Chicken Meatballs?
Our Buffalo chicken meatballs aren’t too different from a classic meatball recipe. As ever, our focus was making sure that we created a super tender, moist chicken meatball with loads of savory flavor. So, we’ve added an egg to ensure that the finished meatballs are plenty moist, and not one but two kinds of onion—grated fresh onion and powdered—to give them plenty of assertive punch.
- Ground chicken
- Bread crumbs
- Egg
- Fresh garlic
- Grated onion
- Garlic powder
- Onion powder
- Bottled Buffalo sauce, such as Frank’s Red Hot Buffalo Sauce.
How To Make Buffalo Chicken Meatballs
We’re not trying to be boastful here, but the thing is, we’ve sort of perfected the art of the meatball. You can, too! They’re pretty easy to make, once you know a few little tricks. And once you’ve got the hang of it, a whole world of savory, yummy, snack-or-supper meatball options will be open to you. Anyway, read on for all of our best meatball making tips!
- The best meatballs begin with the best ingredients. So start with fresh spices, good ground chicken, and so on.
- Next, the very best chicken meatballs require you to never, ever overmix your meatball mixture! When you combine all of the ingredients for the Buffalo chicken meatballs, mix the meat and seasonings only until the mixture begins to come together. Then stop mixing!
- Wet hands are your meatball rolling BFF. Keep a little bowl of water next to you while you roll the meatballs, and every so often, wet your palms. It’ll help keep the meatballs from sticking to your hands while you roll.
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Healthy, low-carb, and realllllllly satisfying, meatballs are our love language. They’re easy to make for a crowd, they freeze well, they’re endlessly adaptable—we honestly could go on and on. We make them A LOT. Here are a few chicken meatball recipes we’ve been really crushing on lately:
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