Buffalo Chicken Bacon Bites

These easy to make appetizers are as delicious as they are simple, and offer all the flavors of your favorite chicken wings with less mess. I start with a basic meatball recipe made with ground chicken, bleu cheese crumbles, and hot sauce. Then scoop the mixture onto bacon strips, wrap and bake. I like to prepare the mixture and wrap them the day before, then the day of I can pop them in a hot oven and they are ready in no time. I like to keep them on the mild side, but you can increase the heat with some red pepper flakes, or a different type of hot sauce. If you want to make these with ground beef, I recommend using 90% lean. This recipe idea is really very flexible, I am already thinking about a goat cheese and caramelized onion version. I wonder what sauce I could make with that…

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Buffalo Chicken Bacon Bites

Courses: appetizers

Difficulty: Beginner Prep Time 20 mins Cook Time 40 mins Total Time 1 hr

Servings: 8

All ingredients

Servings

• 8 oz ground chicken (or turkey)
• 2 tbsp crumbled bleu cheese
• 1 tsp chopped garlic
• 2 tbsp Franks hot sauce
• 1 tbsp chopped parsley
• ¹⁄₈ tsp ground black pepper
• ¹⁄₂ tsp salt
• 12 Strip bacon
• 2 tbsp melted butter
• 2 tbsp Franks hot sauce
• 2 tbsp bleu cheese crumbles

Instructions

1. Combine ground chicken with 2 Tablespoons bleu cheese, 2 Tablespoons hot sauce, and garlic, chopped parsley, salt and pepper and mix well.

2. Cut bacon strips in half and lay out in a row.

   Using a 1/2 ounce portion scoop, place a scoop of the mixture on the end of each strip of bacon.

    

   

3. Roll bacon around meat mixture and place seam side down on a rack placed inside a sheet pan.  If you do not have a rack, line your sheet pan with parchment paper.

   Bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes, or until the bacon is crisp.

    

    

   

4. Combine melted butter, 2 Tablespoons hot sauce, and crumbled bleu cheese and stir until combined.

   When buffalo bites have finished cooking, place on serving platter, and spoon sauce over each bite.

   Serve immediately.

   

Keywords: Buffalo chicken, bacon, bleu cheese, spicy appetizers