recipe: bleu cheese stuffed buffalo chicken meatballs

i had to make an app for a party, and actually got the idea for these walking past the prepared apps in BJs. i used the Cheesy Chicken Meatballs recipe from allrecipes.com as the base, stuffing them with a small ball of blue cheese and covering them in wing sauce.

ingredients list:

- 1 lb ground chicken

- 1 egg

- 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese

- 1/4 cup bread crumbs

- 1 tsp red pepper flakes

- 1 tbsp parsley

- 3 cloves garlic, minced

- 1/4 cup onion, finely diced

- 1 tsp salt

- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 tsp white pepper
- 4 oz bleu cheese
- 1/2 cup buffalo sauce / hot sauce

to make: preheat oven to 400 degrees. line baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside. combine all ingredients EXCEPT bleu cheese and buffalo sauce. mixture will be a bit wet... if it's too wet to work with (that's what she said...), add a little more breadcrumbs. form into about 25-27 balls and place on the prepared pan (i ran out of space and ended up using 2 pans).

roll 27-27 balls of blue cheese out into about 1cm-wide balls. using your thumb, poke a small hole into each meatball, place bleu cheese ball inside, and reroll until the bleu cheese is completely hidden in the meatball.

bake in oven for about 20 minutes, turning once (they will be done when center is at least 165 degrees). add to oven-safe serving dish, and mix with buffalo sauce. return to oven until sauce is fully heated (about 2-3 minutes), and serve!
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as far as ratings... i actually never even tried em! i ate a healthy sandwich before leaving so i didn't pig out, but then wasn't hungry at all and only had room for booze. people who liked bleu cheese loved these, people who are into into bleu... well HATED them haha. the glory of these lil effers is that the cheese is a little surprise - so hence the love or hate based on the bleu pop.  i like the idea of them since they're easy & a lil meatball with a twist... next time i'll actually try one so i can review it. and i will definitely be stashing some provalone into my next regular batch of meatballs... mmmmm.