Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Meatballs

With homemade meatballs and a spicy sauce, these Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Meatballs are a fun and tasty appetizer for any gathering.

Are you a meatball fan? I am, they are one of those things that go over really well at parties and get togethers.

I also love my slow cooker and appetizers, so you know I’m all about these Buffalo Chicken Meatballs.

With an easy to throw together meatball mixture, and them simmering in the slow cooker in the sauce, you really can’t get much better or easier than that!

I love easy recipes and I will consider this one of those. Although you are making homemade meatballs, they are not much work at all.

Plus sometimes, you just want to make something homemade and these Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Meatballs are it.

If you’ve been looking for a great party appetizer for football games, holidays, or whenever – then you 100% need to add this recipe to your menu.

Some of our other favorite “buffalo” flavored appetizers that we have on our site include: Buffalo Shrimp, Buffalo Chicken Pinwheels and Baked Buffalo Wings.

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS:

• With minimal and easy to find ingredients, these are a breeze to make.
• Double the batch to serve more people.
• Make it as spicy as you’d like!

INGREDIENTS NEEDED (FULL RECIPE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST):

Ground chicken
Plain breadcrumbs
Celery
Green onions
Eggs
Garlic
Salt
Pepper
Buffalo wing sauce (any brand, I used Frank’s Red Hot Wing Sauce)
Unsalted butter

HOW TO MAKE SLOW COOKER BUFFALO CHICKEN MEATBALLS, STEP BY STEP:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
2. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
3. Add ground chicken, breadcrumbs, celery, green onions, eggs, garlic, salt, and pepper to a large mixing bowl.
4. Using a wooden spoon or your hands, work ingredients together until well-mixed.
5. Using your hands or cookie scoop, form chicken mixture into 1-inch balls, place on baking sheet.
6. Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes, or until just beginning to brown.
7. Remove from the oven and place the meatballs in the slow cooker, pour sauce over top, add the cubed butter.
8. Cook on low heat for 2-3 hours, stirring halfway through.
9. Stir again to coat with sauce and serve warm. Garnish with optional diced green onion.

CAN I USE FROZEN MEATBALLS?

If you would rather not make your own homemade meatballs, then yes you can use frozen meatballs as well.

They do have frozen chicken meatballs at most grocery stores, but turkey meatballs will also work well.

Cook the same time, but put the meatballs in the slow cooker while they are still frozen.

CAN I MAKE THESE AHEAD OF TIME?

If you are planning on going somewhere or want these to be ready a little ahead of when you need to use them you can make them ahead of time.

These can be kept on the warm setting for up to 2 hours, so that is the max time I would make these ahead of time for parties or travel.

WHAT IS THE BEST SAUCE TO USE?

This is a personal preference on what you like to use, we used Franks Red Hot Wing Sauce (buffalo). Some other options that you can use include:

1. Buffalo Wild Wings Sauce
2. Sweet Baby Ray’s Buffalo Wing Wing Sauce
3. Kinder’s Buttery Buffalo
4. Louisiana Wing Sauce
5. Texas Pete Buffalo Wing Sauce

WHAT DIPPING SAUCE SHOULD I SERVE WITH THESE BUFFALO CHICKEN MEATBALLS?

Just like anything buffalo chicken flavored, I would tend to recommend either ranch or bleu cheese.

Obviously this is a personal choice and you can absolutely use any of your favorite dipping sauces or none at all.

HOW TO STORE:

These can be stored in airtight container in the refrigerator where they will keep for up to 4-5 days. 

You can also freeze these, place in a freezer container with sauce and they will keep for up to 3 months.

To defrost, place in the refrigerator overnight until thawed. To reheat, place in the microwave until heated through.

TIPS AND TRICKS:

• If you want these saucier, add some more sauce before serving.
• These are great dipped in ranch or bleu cheese.
• You can use frozen meatballs, see above on how to do that.
• Use your favorite buffalo wing sauce, we listed a variety above that you may like.
• Easily double this batch to have more on hand.
• These can be frozen, see above on how to do that.

Love a deliciously good appetizer, especially one that is easy to make? Then you need to add these Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Meatballs to your menu.

If you like this recipe you might also like:

• Sweet & Spicy Slow Cooker Meatballs
• Homemade Slow Cooker Grape Jelly Meatballs
• Asian Crockpot Meatballs
• Slow Cooker Cranberry Meatballs

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