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barbecue chicken meatballs
Demetra Overton SweetSavant.com

The most delicious BBQ Chicken Meatballs #recipe

These are the most delicious barbecue chicken meatballs. Your guests will devour these and beg for more. You will need 2 sheet pans to roast the meatballs and a sauce pan to make the glaze
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Prep Time 45 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings: 46 mini meatballs
Course: Appetizer
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 egg
  • 2 shallots
  • 3 scallions
  • 1 inch of ginger
  • 2 pounds ground chicken
  • 2 tablespoons barbecue sauce I used Sweet Baby Ray's or make your own
  • 1 teaspoon soy sauce
  • canola oil
  • FOR THE GLAZE
  • 1/2 cup barbecue sauce
  • 1/4 cup soy sauce
  • 1 teaspoon grated ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon grated garlic
  • sriracha or hot sauce to taste
  • scallions and sesame seeds to garnish

Method
 

  1. Beat the egg in a bowl large enough to mix all of the ingredients.
  2. Mince the shallots, chop the scallions and grate the ginger, add these to the beaten eggs along with the ground chicken, barbecue sauce and soy sauce.
  3. Oil the sheet pans with about a tablespoon of canola oil on each pan
  4. Use a 1/4 scoop to form appetizer sized meatballs, scoop the meatballs onto the sheet pans ( you can make the meatballs larger, just increase the cooking time accordingly)
  5. Chill the meatballs for about 30 minutes.
  6. Roast the meatballs in a 425 degree oven for 15-18 minutes or until done.
  7. MAKE THE GLAZE
  8. Combine the glaze ingredients in a sauce pan and simmer for 5 minutes.
  9. Coat the meatballs in the glaze and garnish with scallions and sesame seeds.
  10. AND
  11. Serve on wonton chips (just cut wonton wrappers in half diagonally and fry them)
  12. OR
  13. Serve on a sandwich with slaw
  14. OR
  15. Serve in a bowl with toothpicks