If you love Buffalo chicken wings, but don’t love the mess of eating them with your hands, try this easy and mess-free meatball version. Using the slow cooker makes this recipe great for entertaining; you can make the meatballs hours ahead and let them cook, leaving time to enjoy your own party.
Slow-Cooker Buffalo Chicken Meatballs
- Prep Time 45 min
- Total 3 hr 45 min
- Servings 36
- Ingredients 12
Ingredients
- 2 lb ground chicken
- 1 cup Progresso™ panko crispy bread crumbs
- 3/4 cup finely chopped celery
- 3/4 cup Frank's™ Red Hot™ Buffalo wings sauce
- 1/2 cup finely chopped onion
- 2 eggs
- 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 1 cup blue cheese dressing
Make With
Progresso Breadcrumbs
Instructions
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Step1In large bowl, mix chicken, bread crumbs, celery, 1/4 cup of the sauce, the onion, eggs, garlic, salt and pepper; gently mix to combine. Using wet hands, shape mixture into 1 1/2-inch meatballs (about 36 total).
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Step2In 12-inch nonstick skillet, heat 1 tablespoon of the vegetable oil over medium-high heat. Add half of the meatballs; cook about 5 minutes or until golden brown on all sides. Repeat with remaining oil and meatballs. Transfer browned meatballs to 4-quart slow cooker. Pour 1/4 cup of the sauce over meatballs. Cover; cook on Low heat setting about 3 hours or until thermometer inserted in center of meatballs reads at least 165°F.
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Step3In small bowl, beat melted butter and remaining 1/4 cup sauce with whisk. Drizzle over meatballs; gently toss to coat.
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Step4Serve with blue cheese dressing as a dip.
Nutrition
100
Calories
7g
Total Fat
4g
Protein
4g
Total Carbohydrate
1g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Meatball
- Calories
- 100
- Calories from Fat
- 70
- Total Fat
- 7g
- 11%
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- 9%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 30mg
- 10%
- Sodium
- 330mg
- 14%
- Potassium
- 105mg
- 3%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 4g
- 1%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 1g
- Protein
- 4g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 1/2 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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