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Cheese Stuffed Kentucky Chicken Ballies
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Cheese Stuffed Kentucky Chicken Ballies

Cheese stuffed chicken meatballs with Kentucky-style spices and a sugar-free BBQ sauce. Keto, freezer friendly and good for small meals or snacks.
Servings 24 Meatballs
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes

Equipment

Ingredients

Chicken Ballies

  • 500 g Chicken Mince
  • 2 tbsp Hemp Seeds
  • 1 tbsp Gourmet Spice Kits Kentucky Chicken Spice Kit or No Spoons Keto BBQ Spice Blend
  • ¼ cup Mozzarella (Grated) Grated
  • 200 g Cheddar Cheese Cubed
  • ½ tsp Baking Powder Bob's Red Mill Double Acting Baking Powder

Sauce

  • 2 tbsp Butter Melted
  • 4 tbsp BBQ Sauce (Sugar Free / Keto)
  • 1 tbsp Sriracha or hot sauce of choice

Instructions

Chicken Meatballs

  • Cut the cheddar cheese into cubes to stuff the meatballs with.
  • In a medium mixing bowl, combine all the meatball ingredients and mix well to combine.
  • Spoon the meatball mix in the mini muffin tin. It's about a heaped teaspoons per muffin cup.
  • Push a cheese cube into each meatball and smooth over mince to cover.
  • Bake on 200°℃ for 10 minutes.

Sauce

  • Add the butter to a small microwave proof jug and melt (about 30 seconds on high).
  • Add BBQ Sauce and Sriracha to melted butter and mix to combine.
  • In a clean bowl, add the cooked meatballs and cover in the sauce. If you're prepping for the freezer, let the meatball cool to room temperature and put the cooled meatballs and sauce straight into a zip lock bag to pop in the freezer.

Notes

While the baking powder overall is optional, it does give the meatballs a lighter texture. Double acting baking powder gives you a lovely light meatball because it activates when it's added to the mixture and again when it's cooked.
You can use any type of mince for this. I like using chicken because it's a change from beef or pork mince.
If you don't have the Gourmet Spice Kits Kentucky Chicken, you could substitute for our No Spoons Keto BBQ Spice Blend. 
If you're batching for the freezer, let the ballies cool off completely before bagging. If they get bagged while they're still warm they will sweat which will create ice crystals when you freeze them which can make them soggy when you defrost them. 
Calories: 1175kcal
Course: Lunch, Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cheese stuffed chicken meatballs, Kentucky-style chicken meatballs, keto chicken meatballs
Spoon Rating: No Spoons Day
Protein: Chicken & Poultry
Bonus Spoons: ❄️Freezer Friendly, ⏲Fast Feed, 🥘Batch Cook
Diet: Gluten Free, Keto, Low Carb, Nut Free, Sugar Free

Nutrition

Serving: 3Balls | Calories: 1175kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 17g | Fat: 23g