
How To Make Firecracker Chicken Meatballs
Spice up family dinner with these firecracker chicken meatballs! Juicy ground chicken meatballs are seared in a spicy and tangy sauce for a 35-minute dish.
Serves:
Ingredients
For Meatballs:
- 1lbground chicken
- ½cuppanko bread crumbs
- ¼cupchopped chives,divided
- 2clovesgarlic,minced
- 1egg
- kosher salt,to taste
- 1pinchcayenne pepper
- 1tbspvegetable oil,for frying
For Sauce:
- ½cuphot sauce,such as Frank’s
- ¼cupbrown sugar,lightly packed
- 2tbspapple cider vinegar
- kosher salt,to taste
- red pepper flakes,to tatse
Instructions
Meatballs:
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In a large bowl, mix together ground chicken, panko bread crumbs, 2 tablespoons of chives, garlic, and egg. Season mixture with salt and pepper, then form into small balls about the size of golf balls.
Sauce:
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In a medium bowl, whisk together hot sauce, brown sugar, and apple cider vinegar. Season with salt and red pepper flakes.
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In a large skillet over medium heat, heat vegetable oil. Add meatballs in a single layer and cook for 3 to 4 minutes per side until seared all over.
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Add sauce and bring to simmer. Simmer for about 10 minutes until the sauce has thickened slightly and meatballs are cooked through.
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Garnish with the remaining chives and serve warm. Enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 184.70kcal
- Fat:Â 9.39g
- Saturated Fat:Â 2.13g
- Trans Fat:Â 0.07g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 4.68g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 1.72g
- Carbohydrates:Â 10.31g
- Fiber:Â 0.29g
- Sugar:Â 6.35g
- Protein:Â 14.79g
- Cholesterol:Â 91.67mg
- Sodium:Â 561.75mg
- Calcium:Â 28.65mg
- Potassium:Â 453.55mg
- Iron:Â 0.99mg
- Vitamin A: 17.71µg
- Vitamin C:Â 15.55mg
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