Mini Buffalo Chicken Balls

Name: Mini Buffalo Chicken Balls
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 40
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 177 milliliters bread crumbs; 1 celery stalk, minced; 1 large egg; 79 milliliters Franks RedHot Sauce or any other favorite hot sauce; 454 grams ground chicken, preferably thigh meat; 1 teaspoon salt; 4 Tbsps (1/2 stick) unsalted butter; 2 Tbsps vegetable oil

This recipe serves 40. One portion of this dish contains roughly 3g of protein, 3g of fat, and a total of 47 calories. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of frank's redhot sauce, butter, egg, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 450°F.

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Drizzle the vegetable oil into a 9×13-inch baking dish and use your hand to evenly coat the entire surface. Set aside.

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Vegetable Oil

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Baking Pan

Combine the butter and hot sauce in a small saucepan, and cook over low heat, whisking until the butter is melted and fully incorporated.

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Hot Sauce

Butter

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Whisk

Sauce Pan

Remove from the heat and allow the mixture to cool for 10 minutes.

Combine the hot sauce mixture, ground chicken, egg, celery, bread crumbs, and salt in a large mixing bowl and mix by hand until thoroughly incorporated.

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Ground Chicken

Breadcrumbs

Hot Sauce

Celery

Salt

Egg

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Roll the mixture into round, 3/4 -inch balls, making sure to pack the meat firmly.

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Meat

Roll

Place the balls in the prepared baking dish, being careful to line them up snugly and in even rows vertically and horizontally to form a grid. The meatballs should be touching one another.

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Meatballs

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Roast for 15 to 20 minutes, or until the meatballs are firm and cooked through. A meat thermometer inserted into the center of a meatball should read 165°F.

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Meatballs

Meat

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