Buffalo Style Chicken Meatballs

My family and I were invited to a Christmas party this past weekend and needed to take a dish to share.  Early in the week I started looking at the recipes I have began to accumulate for clean eating and decided while they would all be great, I was looking for something more along the lines of an appetizer sort of thing.  So, my search began.  I happened across this recipe and decided, what the heck let's give it a try.  I though worse case if there were a bunch left over, at least my husband likes buffalo chicken wings and pretty much anything so I figured they would get eaten one way or another.

Needless to say, no worries there!  I made a triple batch and had only 3 left!  They were delicious!  I will say I was a bit concerned when I was mixing them up.  The recipe does not call for an egg or any type of grain to bind them together so I was keeping my fingers crossed they would stay together.  They did and they turned out great.

Give these a try for your next football party, friends and family get together or just for a different spin on other meatballs.  ENJOY!

Buffalo Style Chicken Meatballs

Ingredients:
1 pound Ground White Meat Chicken

1/2 small Onion, grated
Garlic Powder to your preference (I used about 1/2-1 tsp. per pound)
1/2 cp. Fresh Parsley, chopped (I also used dried parsley and used about 1-2 tbsp. per pound)
1 tsp. smoked Paprika
1/4 tsp. Cayenne Pepper
Salt, to taste
Fresh Ground Black Pepper, to taste
1/2 cp. Hot Sauce (I used Frank's Red Hot Original Hot Sauce)

Garnishes:  Blue Cheese Dressing
Carrot & Celery Sticks

Directions:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- In a large bowl, mix the ground chicken, onion, garlic, parsley, paprika, and cayenne.  Season with salt and black pepper.
- Take about 2 tablespoons of meat mixture and roll between the palms of your hand to form a meatball about the size of a golf ball.
- Place the meatballs on a rimmed baking sheet lined with parchment paper.  Place them in the oven and cook for about 20-30 minutes or until they are cooked through.
- As the meatballs cook, heat the hot sauce in a large skillet.  Once the meatballs are cooked in the oven, place them in the pan of hot sauce and give them a hot sauce bath, turning them until they are all coated with the hot sauce and let cook for a few mintues.
- Serve the meatballs with celery and carrot sticks as well as blue cheese dressing on the side if you so wish!

*Makes about 15 meatballs.