Buffalo Chicken and Blue Cheese Stuffed Meatballs

Makes 22-24 meatballs

These blue cheese stuffed meatballs are a healthier alternative to buffalo chicken wings, the perfect bite sized appetizer!

Ingredients

Buffalo Chicken and Blue Cheese Stuffed Meatballs
1 pound lean ground chicken or turkey
2 green onions, thinly sliced
1/4 cup panko
3/4 t. onion powder
1/2 t. garlic powder
1/4 t. kosher salt
1/8 t. cayenne pepper
1 egg
3/4 cup buffalo wing sauce
4 ounces blue cheese or gorgonzola, cut into 1/2 inch pieces

Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce
1/2 cup plain non fat Greek yogurt
1 T. light mayonnaise
1 T. fresh lemon juice
1/4 t. onion powder
1/4 t. garlic powder
1/4 t. kosher salt
3-5 dashes of hot sauce
2 T. crumbled blue cheese or gorgonzola

Instructions

To Make the Meatballs
Preheat oven to 400 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper, set aside.
In a large bowl whisk together the panko, spices, green onions, and egg.
Add the ground chicken or turkey to the bowl and using your hands mix everything together.
Using a small cookie scoop or a tablespoon measure for the meatballs.
Stuff a piece of the blue cheese into the center of the meatball and cover it completely with the meat mixture.
Place the meatballs on the lined baking sheet and place them on the middle rack of the oven, baking for 10 minutes, until they are browned.
Remove the meatballs from the oven and put them in a slow cooker sprayed with cooking spray.
Pour the buffalo wing sauce over the meatballs and toss them until they are all coated in the sauce.
Set the slow cooker to low and heat them for an hour.
Serve them in the slow cooker or on a serving platter with toothpicks.
To Make the Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce
In a blender add all of the ingredients.
Blend until smooth.
Pour into a serving dish, top with more blue cheese if desired, and serve along side the meatballs.

From reciperunner.com