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½
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¹⁄ ³
cup fank’s Do sauc o any ofavoi o sauc1 pounD gounD cickn, pfablyig Ma1 lag gg
½
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Preheat the oven to 450
°
F. Drizzle the vegetable oilinto a 9
×
13-inch baking dish and use your hand toevenly coat the entire surface. Set aside.
o
Combine the butter and hot sauce in a smallsaucepan, and cook over low heat, whisking until thebutter is melted and fully incorporated. Remove fromthe heat and allow the mixture to cool for 10 minutes.
o
Combine the hot sauce mixture, ground chicken,egg, celery, bread crumbs, and salt in a large mixingbowl and mix by hand until thoroughly incorporated.
o
Roll the mixture into round, ¾-inch balls, makingsure to pack the meat rmly. Place the balls in theprepared baking dish, being careful to line them upsnugly and in even rows vertically and horizontally toform a grid. The meatballs should be touching oneanother.
o
Roast for 15 to 20 minutes, or until the meatballsare rm and cooked through. A meat thermometerinserted into the center of a meatball should read165
°
F.
o
Allow the meatballs to cool for 5 minutes in thebaking dish before serving.
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Makes about forty ¾-inch meatballs
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