Recipe of the Month: Buffalo Chicken Meatballs

on September 13, 2018

Yield: 18 meatballs.

Ingredients:

  • 1lb ground chicken
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 2 sprigs of green onion, finely chopped
  • 1 celery stalk, trimmed and finely diced
  • 1 tablespoon almond or coconut flour
  • 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
  • 1 tsp onion powder
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp pink sea salt
  • 1 tsp ground black pepper
  • 1 cup of buffalo wing sauce

Instructions:

  1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
  2. Spray a sheet pan with non-stick cooking spray or grease with olive oil, coconut oil or butter.
  3. In a large bowl, combine all ingredients, minus the buffalo sauce.  Mix well.
  4. Use your hands to form 2″ balls, the mixture will be sticky.
  5. Place meatballs on a sheet pan. Bake for 15 minutes or until the center has reached 160º.
  6. Remove meatballs from the oven.  Place in a skillet or pot over medium low heat. Coat with buffalo sauce.  Continue to cook just until sauce is warmed.
  7. Serve over pureed celery root or cauliflower that has been mixed with a ranch seasoning packet, or eat as is.

Nutrition per 3 meatballs – 176 calories; 7.7 g fat; 2.4 g carbohydrates; 23.3 g protein

Recipe adapted from: https://howtothisandthat.com/keto-buffalo-chicken-meatballs/?utm_content=buffer73ff3&utm_medium=social&utm_source=pinterest.com&utm_campaign=buffer

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