Spicy sausage filling made with minced chicken, cream cheese sauce, spices, bacon, and cheese. Air fry’d until golden brown.
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(Sch)Spicy Balls
20
servings10
10
minutesSpicy, smoky, creamy, cheesy chicken balls, rolled in panko and air fryed until golden brown.
Ingredients
1 Cup cooked chicken, minced
1 Tablespoon butter
1 Tablespoon flour
1/2 Cup milk (2% or whole)
1 Teaspoon Red Hot Seasoning Blend
1/4 Teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 Teaspoon celery salt
1/4 Teaspoon onion powder
Salt/pepper, to taste
1/4 Teaspoon Cayenne pepper (more or less, to taste)
1-2 Tablespoons Red Hot Buffalo Wing Sauce
3 Slices cooked bacon, finely chopped
1/2 Cup shredded cheddar cheese
1/4-1/3 Cup Pickled jalapeños, chopped
1-1 1/2 Cup Panko breadcrumbs
1 egg, whisked with a Tablespoon water
1/2 Cup flour
Directions
- Place cooked chicken in a food processor and pulse until minced.
- Place in a bowl and set aside.
- Melt butter in pot and whisk in flour.
- Pour in milk, whisking until thickened.
- Remove from heat.
- Add in all spices and hot sauce. Whisk until combined.
- Pour over chicken and add in the bacon, cheese and jalapeños.
- Mix well.
- Shape into 1 inch balls.
- Place in the freezer for 30 minutes.
- Place flour in 1 dish, egg wash in another, and breadcrumbs in the last dish.
- Remove balls from freezer.
- Coat balls in flour, then egg wash, then breadcrumbs.
- Repeat until all balls are coated.
- Spray balls with PAM and place in the AirFryer, PAM side down.
- Spray the thorp of the balls with PAM.
- Air fry at 350, for 10 minutes shaking rack several times during the cooking process to ensure even browning on all sides.
- If needed, add on a couple of minutes for browning.
- Let cool for 10 minutes.
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