Buffalo Chicken Meatballs
Crowd pleasing Buffalo Chicken Meatballs with ranch have all the flavors of buffalo hot wings, with out the guilt. If you’re a fan of buffalo chicken wings, you’re going to want this finger-lickin’ good recipe.
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My family has a deep love for anything with buffalo sauce. Crispy Oven Fried Ranch Buffalo Chicken Strips are on regular rotation on our dinner table, and Buffalo Chicken White Chili is a winter time favorite — especially for football Sundays.
If you’re a fan of buffalo chicken wings like my family, you’re going to love these buffalo chicken meatballs! They are a perfect party appetizer, great for Super Bowl parties or even a light dinner when you’re craving hot wings!
Buffalo chicken meatballs are made with lean chicken, panko crumbs, ranch dressing mix, a little buffalo wing sauce, spices and an egg. I use my clean hands to mix it all together.
Roll into one inch balls – this is where a cookie scoop comes in handy.
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After they bake for 15 minutes, toss in buffalo sauce (we like Franks RedHot Wing Sauce).
Then put them back in the oven for about 10 minutes.
If you’re serving a crowd, you could skip the second visit to the oven, and just place them in a slow cooker and cover with buffalo sauce and cook on low at least 30 minutes before serving.
Serve with ranch or blue cheese dressing drizzled on top or on the side for dipping.
We loved these buffalo chicken meatballs, they really taste just like wings, with out the mess and easier on the waistline.
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Buffalo Chicken Meatballs
Ingredients:
- 1 pound ground chicken
- 1 cup panko crumbs (or dry bread crumbs)
- 1 (1 ounce) packet ranch dressing mix
- 1 large egg
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1/2 cup buffalo wing sauce (divided)
- 5-6 green onions, finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon celery salt
- 1/2 teaspoon onion flakes
- salt and pepper, to taste
- ranch or blue cheese dressing for dipping (or drizzle)
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 400°. Line a baking sheet pan with parchment paper (or lightly grease).
- In a large bowl combine ground chicken, bread crumbs, ranch mix, egg, garlic, 1 tablespoon buffalo wing sauce, green onions, celery salt, onion flakes, salt and pepper.
- Roll mixture into 1 tablespoon balls and place on prepared baking sheet.
- Place pan of meatballs in oven for 15 minutes.
- Remove from oven and let cool 5 minutes on pan. Pour remaining hot wing sauce in a shallow bowl, add meatballs and toss to coat, and place meatballs back on baking pan.
- Place pan of meatballs back in oven to bake another 10 minutes*.
- Serve immediately with ranch or blue cheese dressing.
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Ohh I love meatballs These are looking amazing and delicious. I am totally making this for dinner tonight.
These turned out delicious. I multiplied the recipe by 6 to make for two separate parties and put half uncooked in the freezer. I used used about 2/3 the amount of recommended Ranch seasoning (I used 4 instead of 6). Forgot to pick up the green onions from the store so I browned some white onion and substituted. Covered finished meatballs with Franks red hot and sprinkled with fresh cilantro. Thanks for the recipe!
Made these for Super Bowl party, they were gone in less than 30 minutes, a real hit!!
This will be my go to recipe for parties!
Awesome!! they were gone that fast at our house yesterday too!!