Best Buffalo Chicken Meatballs Recipes

BUFFALO CHICKEN MEATBALLS

Steps:

• For the meatballs: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with a silicone mat or parchment paper covered with cooking spray.
• Combine the chicken, breadcrumbs, celery, hot sauce, egg, scallion, garlic and some salt and pepper in a bowl. Gently mix until well combined, being careful not to overmix. Using a tablespoon measure, remove scoops of the mixture, roll into balls and put onto the prepared baking sheet. Bake until cooked through and browned, about 15 minutes.
• For the sauce. Meanwhile, in a saute pan over medium-low heat, melt the butter with the hot sauce, stirring to combine. Once the meatballs are cooked, add to the sauce and toss to coat well.
• Transfer the meatballs to a platter. Sprinkle over the gorgonzola and celery leaves. Serve with the celery stalks and leaves on the side, as well as some toothpicks to skewer the meatballs as they are devoured.

BUFFALO CHICKEN MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. In a large bowl, combine bread crumbs, 1/3 cup hot sauce, celery and egg white. Add chicken; mix lightly but thoroughly., Shape into twenty-four 1-in. balls. Place on a greased rack in a shallow baking pan. Bake 20-25 minutes or until cooked through., Toss meatballs with remaining hot sauce. If desired, drizzle with salad dressing just before serving.

BUFFALO CHICKEN MEATBALLS

Steps:

• For the meatballs: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Spray a rimmed baking sheet with cooking spray.
• Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Whisk in the hot sauce, remove from the heat and let cool to room temperature.
• Combine the chicken, breadcrumbs, celery, egg, onions and 1 teaspoon salt in a large bowl. Add 2/3 cup of the cooled hot sauce mixture (reserve the rest) and mix to combine. Form the chicken mixture into 2-inch meatballs (about 18 total) and place them on the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake until cooked through, about 20 minutes, brushing the meatballs with the reserved hot sauce mixture during the last 8 minutes.
• For the sauce: Combine the sour cream, mayonnaise, blue cheese and vinegar in a small bowl. Season with salt and pepper.
• Serve the meatballs with the sauce and celery sticks.

BUFFALO CHICKEN MEATBALLS WITH BLUE CHEESE SAUCE

Steps:

• For the blue cheese sauce: Combine the mayonnaise, blue cheese, sour cream, buttermilk, honey and garlic powder in a bowl and whisk until blended. Set aside.
• For the buffalo chicken meatballs: Heat the olive oil in a medium saute pan over medium heat. Add the onion and saute until soft and translucent, 5 to 8 minutes. Let cool.
• In large bowl, combine the buttermilk, torn bread and 2 tablespoons of the hot sauce and mix to form a paste. Add the ground chicken, breadcrumbs, ranch dressing mix, egg and 1/2 cup of the diced celery and mix with your hands until combined. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and spray with cooking spray.
• Form the meatball mixture into 16 even mini patties, about 2 1/2 inches in diameter. Place a cube of blue cheese in the center of a patty and wrap the meat around the cheese. Roll into a uniform ball and place on the prepared baking sheet. Continue with the remaining patties and cheese cubes, making sure to wash your hands in cold water a few times between rolling to keep the meatballs from sticking to your hands. Bake the meatballs until lightly browned, 15 to 20 minutes.
• While the meatballs bake, prepare the buffalo sauce. In a medium pot over medium-low heat, combine the butter, honey and remaining 1 cup hot sauce. Heat until the butter is melted, whisking until well blended. Continue to cook until the sauce is heated through.
• Transfer the meatballs to a large mixing bowl and pour over the buffalo sauce. Gently toss to coat and transfer to a platter. Garnish with a drizzle of the blue cheese sauce and the remaining 1/4 cup diced celery. Serve the rest of the blue cheese sauce on the side.

SLOW-COOKER BUFFALO CHICKEN MEATBALLS

Steps:

• In large bowl, mix chicken, bread crumbs, celery, 1/4 cup of the sauce, the onion, eggs, garlic, salt and pepper; gently mix to combine. Using wet hands, shape mixture into 1 1/2-inch meatballs (about 36 total).
• In 12-inch nonstick skillet, heat 1 tablespoon of the vegetable oil over medium-high heat. Add half of the meatballs; cook about 5 minutes or until golden brown on all sides. Repeat with remaining oil and meatballs. Transfer browned meatballs to 4-quart slow cooker. Pour 1/4 cup of the sauce over meatballs. Cover; cook on Low heat setting about 3 hours or until thermometer inserted in center of meatballs reads at least 165°F.
• In small bowl, beat melted butter and remaining 1/4 cup sauce with whisk. Drizzle over meatballs; gently toss to coat.
• Serve with blue cheese dressing as a dip.

BUFFALO CHICKEN MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Pour stuffing mix into a plastic resealable bag and crush into fine crumbs using a rolling pin. Mash crushed stuffing mix, chicken, 1/3 cup hot sauce, and eggs together in a large bowl using a potato masher until just combined. Form mixture into 1-inch meatballs.
• Fry meatballs in the hot oil until browned and cooked through, 10 to 15 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Drizzle meatballs with about 1 teaspoon hot sauce.

BAKED BUFFALO CHICKEN MINI MEATBALLS

Steps:

• line cookie sheet with foil and spray foil with cooking spray. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• in a large bowl, mix ground chicken, panko, celery seed, 1/4 cup of the hot sauce, chopped onion, minced garlic, 2 eggs, salt and pepper. The mixture will be very sticky unlike my other meatball mix (but this is correct). With damp hands shape into 1.5-2 inch balls the best you can (they do not need to be perfect) and place evenly on prepped cookie sheet.
• spray the top of the meatballs with a little cooking spray. important. why? it gives you a crispier / more brown meatball.
• bake meatballs at 350 for 20 minutes. Remove from oven, flip them and bake for an additional 10 minutes (if all the mix does not fit on your cookie sheet, refrigerate mix as you will need to bake a second batch. Do not forget to put new foil and spray on the cookie sheet for second round).
• sauce: in small bowl melt 3/4 cup softened butter (about 30 sec in microwave) and add the remaining 1/2 cup of hot sauce. Taste sauce. A little too hot for you or the kids? That's ok, whisk in 3-5 tbsp of tomato paste until the desired 'heat' is reached (I usually add 3 tbsp tomato paste when I make the sauce).
• drizzle the sauce over the meatballs; gently toss to coat.
• transfer to serving dish with some celery sticks and blue cheese dressing.

EASY BUFFALO CHICKEN MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with foil and spray lightly with cooking spray.
• Combine 2 cups Buffalo sauce, butter, and honey in a slow cooker. Cover and set to High while you prepare the meatballs.
• Combine bread crumbs, celery, green onions, blue cheese, eggs, and remaining 1/4 cup Buffalo sauce in a large bowl; stir until well combined. Add chicken, salt, and pepper; mix well. Wet your hands and form mixture into 1 1/2-inch meatballs; you should get about about 44. Transfer to the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake meatballs in the preheated oven until they're holding together well and are lightly browned, about 8 minutes; they will not be cooked through at this point.
• Transfer meatballs to the slow cooker and stir well to combine with the sauce. Reduce heat to Low and cook until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the centers reads at least 160 degrees F (71 degrees C), 1 to 2 hours. Keep warm until ready to eat.

BUFFALO CHICKEN MEATBALLS WITH BLUE CHEESE SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Coat two large, rimmed baking sheets with nonstick cooking spray.
• For the Blue Cheese Sauce: Stir together the blue cheese, buttermilk, sour cream, mayonnaise, lemon juice and garlic powder in a small bowl. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
• For the meatballs: Pulse the celery, onion and bell pepper in a food processor until finely minced. Combine the minced vegetables with the ground chicken, breadcrumbs, egg and House Seasoning (see recipe below) in a large bowl. Shape the mixture into 48 1-inch meatballs and place 1 inch apart on the prepared baking sheets. Bake until the meatballs begin to brown, about 10 minutes. Turn the meatballs. Cook until the meatballs are browned and cooked through, about 10 more minutes.
• While the meatballs bake, combine the butter, hot sauce and Worcestershire sauce in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Cook until the butter is melted. Add the cooked meatballs to the saucepan and turn to coat. Cover and keep warm until ready to serve. Serve the meatballs with the blue cheese sauce, celery sticks and sprinkle with parsley.
• Stir together the garlic powder, onion powder, sweet paprika, pepper and salt in a small bowl. Store in an airtight container.

FETA-STUFFED COCKTAIL BUFFALO CHICKEN MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Coat a large baking sheet with cooking spray.
• Combine chicken, feta cheese, egg, bread crumbs, carrot, celery, garlic, and ranch dressing mix in a large bowl. Mix evenly until combined. Form mixture into 1/2-inch meatballs and place on the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes; turn meatballs. Continue baking until no cooked through, about 14 minutes more.
• Transfer cooked meatballs to a large bowl, add Buffalo wing sauce, and gently toss to combine.

RACHAEL RAY'S BUFFALO CHICKEN MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 400ºF.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine the ground chicken with the onion, garlic and parsley and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
• Flatten out the meat in the bowl and score it into four portions using the side of your hand. Shape each portion into four balls - you should have sixteen meatballs in total.
• Wash your hands after handling the raw poultry.
• Arrange the meatballs on a nonstick sheet pan and drizzle them with extra-virgin olive oil.
• Place in the oven and bake until the meatballs are cooked through and golden brown, about 10-12 minutes.
• While the meatballs are baking, melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat.
• Add the hot sauce and whisk to combine.
• Toss the baked meatballs in the hot sauce to coat.
• Serve the meatballs with a bowl of blue cheese dressing garnished with scallions, celery and carrot sticks alongside.

BRI'S BUFFALO CHICKEN MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
• Mix chicken, French-fried onions, cilantro, oats, white onion, bell pepper, garlic, Worcestershire sauce, seafood seasoning, garlic salt, and black pepper together in a bowl; shape into golf ball-sized spheres and arrange onto prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in preheated oven until no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, 15 to 18 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).
• Stir ranch dressing and hot sauce together in a bowl until consistent in color; serve with meatballs.

FETA-STUFFED BUFFALO CHICKEN MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Stir together onion, garlic, egg whites, bread crumbs and ranch dip mix in a large bowl. Add ground chicken until just combined. Take a small amountl of chicken mixture from bowl, flatten, add cube of feta and form meatball around cheese, sealing (bite size). Place meatballs onto a non-stick sprayed cooling rack and set on top of baking sheet (I don't have one...I sprayed a baking sheet or use non-stick foil) and bake for 18-20 minutes or until cooked through. You will need to do this in a couple of batches. Meanwhile, melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat then add buffalo wing sauce and stir to combine. Add cooked meatballs to skillet and toss to coat in sauce. Simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.

HALLOWEEN BUFFALO CHICKEN MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Chop enough celery stalks into small pieces to measure 1/2 cup; place in medium bowl. Reserve remaining celery stalks and leaves for later use.
• Add chicken, bread crumbs, cheese, egg, and 2 Tbsp. each dressing and wing sauce to chopped celery; mix just until blended.
• Cover rimmed baking sheet with foil; spray with cooking spray. Shape chicken mixture into 16 meatballs, using about 1 Tbsp. chicken mixture for each meatball; place on prepared baking sheet.
• Bake 18 min. or until done (165°F).
• Melt butter. Mix with remaining dressing and wing sauce until blended. Dip meatballs, 1 at a time, into dressing mixture, turning to completely coat all sides of each meatball with dressing mixture. Place meatballs in single layer on platter.
• Cut reserved celery stalks into 16 pieces, each about 1-1/2 inches long. Insert into tops of meatballs for the pumpkin stems. Add celery leaves as shown in photo.

SLOW-COOKER BUFFALO CHICKEN MEATBALLS RECIPE - (4.5/5)

Steps:

• In large bowl, combine ground chicken, egg, Progresso™ panko crispy bread crumbs and celery seed; mix until well combined. Use cookie scoop to form 1-inch meatballs. Heat 10- to 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat. Add half of the meatballs; cook on all sides until lightly browned. Place meatballs in slow cooker. Repeat with remaining meatballs. Pour 1 cup Buffalo wing sauce over browned meatballs in slow cooker. Cover; cook on Low heat setting 2 to 3 hours or until meatballs are no longer pink in center. To make the meatballs ahead of time, follow the steps until you're finished browning the meatballs. When ready to cook the meatballs, add 30 extra minutes to the cooking time.

BUFFALO CHICKEN MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Combine the chicken, celery, carrot, garlic, finely diced scallion, blue cheese, panko, egg and 1/3 cup of the wing sauce in a large bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Using your hands, lightly mix everything together, taking care not to overmix.
• Using a light touch, form the mixture into balls, each about 1 inch in diameter.
• Heat oil in a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Working in batches, put the meatballs in the Dutch oven in a single layer (don't crowd the pan) and cook until lightly seared and just browned, about 2 minutes per side. (The meatballs will not be cooked through at this point, they will finish cooking in the sauce.) Transfer meatballs to a plate as they cook.
• Wipe out the Dutch oven, then return the meatballs to the pot. Add the remainder of the bottle of wing sauce (about 9 ounces) to the pot. Simmer over low heat, covered, until the meatballs are cooked through, about 30 to 60 minutes.
• Spoon the meatballs into a serving dish, top with warm sauce and garnish with blue cheese and the sliced scallions. Serve immediately.

JALAPENO POPPER STUFFED BUFFALO CHICKEN MEATBALLS RECIPE

Steps:

• Mix the ground chicken, egg, onion, celery, carrot, garlic, breadcrumbs, salt and pepper.
• Mix the cream cheese, cheddar cheese, jalapenos and bacon.
• Roll the chicken mixture into balls, one tablespoon at a time, flatten them, placing one teaspoon of the cheese mixture into the centres of the chicken patties, wrapping the them around the filling and placing them on a baking sheet.
• Bake in a preheated 400F/200C oven until cooked and lightly golden brown, about 20 minutes.
• Toss the meatballs in the buffalo hot sauce and enjoy!

BUFFALO CHICKEN MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Drizzle milk over bread in medium bowl; let stand 2 min. Add chicken, celery and 2 Tbsp. wing sauce; mix just until blended.
• Shape into 30 meatballs, using about 1 Tbsp. chicken mixture for each; place on rimmed baking sheet sprayed with cooking spray.
• Bake 15 min. or until done (165°F). Meanwhile, combine sour cream and blue cheese.
• Place meatballs in large bowl. Add remaining wing sauce; toss to evenly coat meatballs. Thread 2 meatballs onto each of 15 small skewers. Serve with sour cream mixture.

BUFFALO CHICKEN MEATBALLS RECIPE - (4.6/5)

Steps:

• 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. Makes 26 meatballs.

BUFFALO CHICKEN MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Cut butter into 8 pieces and place in slow cooker along with hot sauce and salt. Cover, set heat to low, and let butter melt while you make the meatballs. In a large bowl, combine chicken, egg, breadcrumbs, pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder. Using your hands, mix until just combined. Cover and chill in refrigerator for 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 400℉. Grease a rimmed baking sheet and set aside. Roll 1 tablespoon of meat into a ball and place on baking sheet. Repeat until you have 35 meatballs. Bake until outside is firm and just beginning to brown, about 6-8 minutes. Transfer meatballs to slow cooker, cover, and cook on low for 2 hours. Skim excess fat off the top and leave meatballs in slow cooker set to the "warm" setting. Serve with blue cheese dip.