My husband loves when I make Buffalo Chicken Balls with Blue Cheese and is one of his favorite meals. I found this recipe in a Glamour magazine a year ago and have made it quite a few times, modifying ingredients to our liking. It is always delicious and it remains at the top of my husband’s list. We love hot wings and order them every time we get pizza, so I am really glad I found a way to make and enjoy a lighter and less messy version. We really like that the main ingredient is chicken and that I use light or reduced fat ingredients to make the dressing. I have always made Buffalo Chicken Balls with Blue Cheese for dinner, but they would also make an amazing appetizer. This would be a perfect meal to share with your Valentine and it leaves you with plenty of room for dessert!
- 1 lb ground chicken
- 4 tbsp. butter
- ½ cup Frank’s RedHot Hot Sauce
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 stalk celery, diced
- 1 egg
- 1 cup bread crumbs
- 8 oz light sour cream
- ½ cup 1% milk
- ½ cup reduced fat blue cheese crumbles
- ½ cup reduced fat mayonnaise
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees
- In a small pot, add butter and hot sauce on low heat and whisk until butter is melted
- Set the pot aside to cool for about 10 minutes
- Coat a 9×13 pan with Pam spray
- In a bowl, combine chicken, salt, celery, egg, bread crumbs, and cooled hot sauce mixture
- With your hands, mix until completely combined
- Roll the mixture into small balls, packing meat firmly
- Place balls evenly in rows in the 9×13 pan
- Bake until the meatballs are firm and cooked through, about 20 minutes
- Cool for about 5 minutes
- Make the dressing: Combine all ingredients in a bowl and whisk until completely blended
- If desired, drizzle the meatballs with extra hot sauce and serve with the blue cheese dressing
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These look great! I bet they’re nice and spicy and delicious paired with that blue cheese dip. Thanks for linking up to Simple Supper Tuesday!
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Thank you Cindy! We really love them!
I love buffalo chicken wings and these look so much easier to eat! I know these will be great on the weekends, while watching a movie or playing a game!
Thank you for sharing this recipe on the In and Out of the Kitchen link party. I look forward to seeing what you bring next week!
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Thank you Cynthia! They are super yummy and much easier to eat than wings! Enjoy!!!
I have to try this recipe, I just need to find ground chicken. I have never bought it before. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Thank you Rhonda! I hope you are able to find ground chicken because these are amazing! If not, I am sure ground turkey would give a very similar result!
Love Spicy Chicken! Thanks for sharing at Two Cup Tuesday at Pint Sized Baker . I hope to see you again there tomorrow night!
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Love anything buffalo! These look delicious and I’m pinning to try soon. Thanks so much for linking to the Weekend Potluck. Have a great week!
~Kim
Thank you very much Kim! We love them! Let us know what you think when you try them!
What a great appetizer idea. I love how you combined all the flavors into a ball. Thanks for sharing on Thursdays Treasures.
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Thank you Christie! We love them!
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These look delicious! And I love that they’re in a ball….
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I saw this recipe featured on What’s Cookin’ Wednesday. My husband and I LOVE anything buffalo flavored. We’re totally making these this weekend while cheering on Hoosiers Basketball. (Pinning, too!!)
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Thank you so much Meghan! They are delicious and you and your husband will love them! Enjoy!!!
We love all things buffalo in our house– yum! We order wings with pizza all the time too! This would be a GREAT appetizer! Thanks for sharing at Pin It Thursday!
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Such a yummy recipe! (It’s being featured today over on Inspiration in Progress!
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I have one question. I want to make these tomorrow but I don’t see anywhere what size meatball to make or about how many it makes. Can you give me a ballpark as to how large they should be?
Susan, you will love them! You can do about a tablespoon, maybe a little more, for each meatball and you should get about 20-24 balls. I hope that helps! Enjoy them!!!