Buffalo Chicken Meatballs

• For The Meatballs & Buffalo Sauce:
• 3/4 cup almond meal (or bread crumbs)
• 2/3 cup finely chopped celery
• 1/2 small onion, finely chopped
• 1 large egg
• 4 medium garlic cloves, minced
• 2 green onions, finely chopped
• 1 pound ground chicken
• 3 tablespoons parsley, finely chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon ground Cayenne pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1/3 cup Frank's Red Hot Sauce, or Tabasco Sauce for a spicier flavor
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon raw sugar (or 1 teaspoon regular white sugar)
• For The Blue Cheese Sauce:
• 1/4 cup fat free plain Greek yogurt
• 1/4 cup mayonnaise
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 3 ounces blue cheese, crumbled (melt 1 ounce in microwave)
• 1/3 cup fat free buttermilk
• 1/4 lemon, juiced - about 2 teaspoons or to your taste
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped parsley
• 1 tablespoon finely sliced green onion
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped celery

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
2. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat; set aside.
3. In a large bowl, combine ground chicken, almond meal, egg, garlic, onion powder, green onions, salt, pepper, and cayenne. With a wooden spoon or clean hands, stir until well combined.
4. Roll the mixture into 11/4-to-11/2-inch meatballs, forming about 21 meatballs.
5. Place meatballs onto prepared baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes, or until a meat thermometer inserted in the center of the meatball reads 165 degrees.
6. To make the Buffalo Sauce, add butter and sugar to a large pot over medium heat, and stir in Tabasco sauce. Allow the sauce to incorporate for 1-2 minutes, then turn off heat.
7. Add the cooked meatballs to the pot, and gently coat them in the sauce. As the sauce cools, it will form a nice coating that sticks to the meatballs.
8. Serve immediately, drizzled with blue cheese sauce, if desired
9. Combine the first seven ingredients in a small bowl
10. Smash some of the blue cheese crumbles with the back of a spoon and stir to incorporate.
11. Add parsley, onion, and celery.

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Taken from food52.com/recipes/41535-buffalo-chicken-meatballs (may not work)