Buffalo Chicken Meatballs

 So I really love meatballs. Like a lot. And unapologetically. Because they are just so gosh darn delicious....if you make them correctly. Though, that pretty much sums up my feelings about most foods. There is very little that cannot be extremely tasty if prepared correctly. And buffalo chicken meatballs just might be the most correctly way to ball some meat. 

These were also quite easy to make, and it doesn't hurt that I love hot sauce and blue cheese a lot, as well. 

I rarely go on and on about food stuffs for more than a few days after I make it, because there are so many new ideas to explore, but I seriously couldn't stop thinking about these for weeks afterwards. Oh god. Now I want some more.

Buffalo chicken meat balls:

2 ribs celery, cut into ½-1 inch chunks

1 small onion, ditto

1 medium poblano or anaheim

6 cloves garlic, cut in half

*opt. add in ¼ cup of desired extra veg such as carrots, spinach, or bell peppers

1 tsp worcestershire

1 TB hot sauce of choice (I used sambal and sriracha because I hate Frank’s, sorry)

1 lb ground chicken or turkey meat

1 egg

¾ cup panko or other bread crumbs

*hot sauce/butter mixture prepared to your liking, see mine below

Preheat oven to 375.

Blend everything up to the ground meat in a food processor, blender or magic bullet. Mix with chicken, an egg, and bread crumbs until evenly distributed.

Roll into 1 inch balls and place on a cookie sheet (or any flat casserole type thing, really) and pop into the oven for 25 minutes. Let cool for a few minutes and then toss with hot sauce mixture.

*Optionally, you could glaze meatballs after they have been in for 15 minutes, and return to oven.

Blue cheese dipping sauce:

¼ cup sour cream

¼ cup mayo

6 green onions, chopped

4 cloves garlic, minced

2 TB (or more!) blue cheese

opt: swirl of hot sauce to garnish

Stir together, salt and pepper to taste.

Sriracha butter to baste meatballs, or toss in once finished cooking!

*Standard buffalo sauce ratio is 2 parts hot sauce to 1 part butter.

2 TB butter

4 TB sriracha

                                                I ate some nachos with them as well.