Buffalo Chicken Meatballs
These easy buffalo meatballs are a perfect appetizer for game day, packed full of spicy buffalo flavor!
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground chicken
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- ½ teaspoon coarse black pepper
- ½ teaspoon coarse sea salt
- ½ cup Italian herb seasoned bread crumbs
- ½ cup milk
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon chopped parsley ((plus more for garnish))
- Buffalo sauce
- Ranch or blue cheese dressing
- Blue cheese crumbles ((for optional garnish))
Directions
- 1
Preheat oven to 425°F.
- 2
In a medium bowl, mix together bread crumbs and milk. Allow the bread crumbs to absorb the milk for about 5 minutes.
- 3
Add ground chicken, minced garlic, cayenne pepper, black pepper, salt, and egg to the bread crumb mixture and stir well.
- 4
Use a 1½ tablespoon cookie scoop to form equal balls of the meat mixture. Roll each ball between your palms and place on a parchment paper-lined baking pan/sheet.
- 5
Bake 10 to 15 minutes or until the center of the meatballs reaches 165°F.
- 6
Drizzle with ½ cup of buffalo sauce and toss to coat the meatballs.
- 7
Place meatballs on a platter for serving. Drizzle with more buffalo sauce and ranch dressing. Sprinkle with chopped parsley and blue cheese crumbles, if desired.
- 8
Serve with toothpicks.