Score a touchdown on game day with these Buffalo Meatballs! Make ahead and reheat in Buffalo sauce for a crowd-pleasing kick off or a half time snack.
Buffalo Meatballs are the perfect appetizer in your line up of game day or Super Bowl party snacks!
We enjoyed these meatballs this past Sunday while watching the Carolina Panthers play and lose to the San Francisco 49ers. . .*sniff*. . .but the Buffalo Meatballs are definitely Super Bowl worthy!
Buffalo Meatballs, adapted from Food Network
Total Time: 45 minutes
Yield: 6 to 8 servings
Ingredients
Vegetable oil, for brushing
1 cup sour cream
3/4 cup panko breadcrumbs
1 large egg
3 carrots
3 stalks celery plus 1 tablespoon chopped celery leaves
1 pound ground meatloaf mix (a blend of ground pork, beef and veal).
4 scallions, finely chopped
1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
1 clove garlic, grated
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
Kosher salt
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1 cup low-sodium chicken broth
3/4 cup Buffalo hot sauce (I used Frank’s RedHot Buffalo Sauce)
1/2 cup ketchup
1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese (2 ounces)
Directions
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Mix 2 tablespoons sour cream, the panko and egg in a large bowl; let sit 5 minutes.
Grate 1 carrot and 1 celery stalk into the bowl with the panko mixture. Add the meat, celery leaves, half of the scallions, the parsley, garlic, cayenne and 1/2 teaspoon salt and mix with your hands until combined. Dampen your hands and shape the mixture into 36 mini meatballs (about 1 inch each); arrange on the prepared baking sheet. Bake until browned and cooked through, about 12 minutes.
Meanwhile, melt the butter in a Dutch oven or large pot over medium-high heat. Add the remaining scallions and cook until wilted, 1 minute. Add the chicken broth, hot sauce and ketchup; bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to medium low. Simmer until the sauce thickens slightly, about 8 minutes. Add the meatballs; simmer until tender, about 8 more minutes.
Mix the blue cheese and 3/4 cup sour cream in a medium bowl. Cut the remaining 2 carrots and 2 celery stalks into sticks. Transfer the meatballs to a bowl and serve with the vegetable sticks and blue cheese dip.
You can make these meatballs in advance and reheat in the buffalo sauce for kick off or a half time snack!
Touchdown Buffalo Meatballs
Ingredients
- Vegetable oil for brushing
- 1 cup sour cream
- 3/4 cup panko breadcrumbs
- 1 large egg
- 3 carrots
- 3 stalks celery plus 1 tablespoon chopped celery leaves
- 1 pound ground meatloaf mix or blend of ground pork, beef and / or veal
- 4 scallions finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
- 1 clove garlic grated
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- Kosher salt
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 cup low-sodium chicken broth
- 3/4 cup Buffalo hot sauce I used Frank’s RedHot Buffalo Sauce
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese (2 ounces)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F and line baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Mix 2 tablespoons sour cream, the panko and egg in a large bowl; let sit 5 minutes.
- Grate 1 carrot and 1 celery stalk into the bowl with the panko mixture. Add the meat, celery leaves, half of the scallions, the parsley, garlic, cayenne and 1/2 teaspoon salt and mix with your hands until combined.
- Dampen your hands and shape the mixture into 36 mini meatballs (about 1 inch each); arrange on the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake until browned and cooked through, about 12 minutes.
- Meanwhile, melt the butter in a Dutch oven or large pot over medium-high heat. Add the remaining scallions and cook until wilted, 1 minute.
- Add the chicken broth, hot sauce and ketchup; bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to medium low. Simmer until the sauce thickens slightly, about 8 minutes.
- Add the meatballs; simmer until tender, about 8 more minutes.
- Mix the blue cheese and 3/4 cup sour cream in a medium bowl.
- Transfer the meatballs to serving bowl and serve with blue cheese dip, cut carrots and celery.
Notes
For a tasty alternative, enjoy as Buffalo Meatball Sliders with Blue Cheese Cole Slaw
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Hey, these sound really good…even at 6 am in the morning! LOL
They even have veggies in them, so can we call them healthy? *wink*
My gang would love them…thanks for sharing how you made them.
I’m sorry your team lost. I was rooting for the 49’s though…I knew the former owner, Eddie D. YEARS ago!!!
Perfect football food Mary! I love the idea of bison for “real” Buffalo Meatballs, not that I’d use it though… You have lots of good company sitting with you on the sidelines rooting for teams other than our own this year:@)
I’m sad….the Saints got slaughtered by the Seahawks last week….Boo!
I’m with Rettabug…. your meatballs sound good even early in the morning. I’ve bought bison one time and plan to buy some more. I will be glad when grass fed beef goes down in price. It is catching on.
Have a great day.
~Mary~
These look wonderful, and would have helped with the pain last week when the Indianapolis Colts were slaughtered too :(
Paula
In.
This recipe sounds like a Super Bowl winner! I can’t help but wonder if it’s the good luck charm the Browns need for a winning season next year (or is that called a miracle?), and can’t wait to try this!
Looks delicious! Great for the Super Bowl. Thank you for sharing.
Right now my tummy isn’t feeling so good, but on another day I’m sure these would be a big hit at our house.
When I read the title I feared chicken balls. I know it’s probably just me, but I can’t wrap my head around ground chicken in any type of shaped form. These I will definitely try! I’ll have to digitally check out the latest issue of this magazine from the library and see what else is in store.
Mary, I’m on a diet and right now I want to reach into the screen and eat the entire bowl of these meatballs! We’re doing low carb so I think I can modify this recipe so we can eat some. Perfect football food. My cousin is the punter for SF (Andy Lee) so we were pulling for the 49ers! (Don’t hate me!)
Really nice recipe and just in time for Super Bowl coming up. Beautiful photos to. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Mary,
These meatballs look and sound delicious! Definitely some good, hearty fare for Superbowl night! That Panthers/49ers game just made me sick; I so wanted the Panthers to win. :( But my other team, the Denver Broncos won, and I just hope they beat the Pats this coming weekend. Peyton Manning is my favorite quarterback ever.
Thanks for sharing your recipe and have a wonderful week!
Hugs,
Denise
My group would love these! I like the meat mix you used, I don’t think I could do buffalo buffalo! Sorry the Panthers lost~
Jenna
This recipe is perfect for this household!..I am always on the lookout for appetizers that do not require bread or crackers as my hubby does not eat bread (yes, I know, he has great will power)…so this is fantastic as I love anything that has the word “buffalo” in it!…Hate that the Panthers lost…oh well, there is always next year…Thanks Mary!!
Oh, I love the sound and looks of these meatballs, Mary! I like Frank’s Hot sauce, too. Thanks for giving us ideas for Super Bowl parties. My family will love these!! Sorry about your team losing. xo
I feel your pain! San Francisco beat our Green Bay Packers in the first round of the play offs too :( Your meatballs sound spicy and so delicious!
I think I want to try these… Yum…
Mary between all the beautiful tablescapes you create and setting up your shed so delightfully when do you have time to do all these recipes too? I love your blogs so much especially when the girls are involved.thank you so much .susie
You have created the perfect appetizer. FFers will love this recipe, especially with the Super Bowl coming up. Have a great weekend. I still haven’t started on nb, and I’m in a panic. No sun, yet we still have patches of snow on the hill. xxoo
My brother would love these. I think i’ll take these to his super bowl party. I’m stopping by from the Monday blog hop. I hope you had a great weekend.
Sounds delicious!
I like this idea…something a little different. Looks good! I will be trying this soon.
Our team (the Redskins) never seems to make it to the Super Bowl, but we like to take the excuse to have friends and their dogs over to share halftime critiques and fun finger foods. These will fit right in. Thank you for sharing this idea! We’ll be cheering for the Broncos. My husband likes football and I love to watch Peyton Manning at work. It’s just fun to watch the great QB’s!
I just made these meatballs for dinner. They were excellent!! I wanted to do a trial run before the Super Bowl. I will definitely be making these for the game!!
So glad you liked them! :)