Buffalo Chicken Meatballs - Madness Style

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 celery stalk, chopped
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1 jalapeno pepper, chopped
• 1 serrano pepper, chopped (optional)
• 3 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 teaspoon taco seasonings (Cajus is GREAT here as well)
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1-1/4 pound ground chicken
• 1 cup panko
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Crumbled blue cheese for serving
• Chopped scallions for serving
• FOR THE SAUCE
• 1 cup hot pepper sauce (see notes abovee)
• 4 teaspoons butter
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• Salt and pepper to taste

Cooking Directions

1. Heat a large pan to medium heat. Add 1 tablespoon olive oil and heat.
2. Add celery, onion and chili peppers. Cook about 5 minutes to soften.
3. Add garlic and cook 1 minute, stirring.
4. Remove from heat and add contents to a mixing bowl. Cool slightly.
5. Add taco seasonings, egg, chicken and panko. Salt and pepper to your tastes.
6. Form the mixture into 1-inch meatballs. You should get about 20 meatballs.
7. Heat the pan again to medium heat and add remaining olive oil. Cook the meatballs 2-3 minutes per side, roughly 10 minutes total, until they are cooked through. Remove from heat.
8. While chicken is cooking, add pepper sauce, butter, garlic powder and salt and pepper to a small pot. Heat gently, stirring, until butter is melted.
9. Pour Buffalo sauce over the chicken meatballs and serve topped with crumbled blue cheese and scallions.

This recipe was originally posted at Chili Pepper Madness:
http://www.chilipeppermadness.com/chili-pepper-recipes/chicken/buffalo-chicken-meatballs