Baked buffalo meatballs with dill sauce are perfect finger food for a party and they are a recipe that can be made in advance. Serve buffalo meatballs with the creamy dill sauce on the side for dippin'.

Baked Meatballs elevated on a wire rack above an aluminum lined baking sheet.

Make Buffalo Meatballs Gluten Free

Need gluten free meatballs? No problem - pulverize instant oats in a food processor and substitute them for the panko breadcrumbs. Or buy gluten free panko breadcrumbs.

Buffalo Meatballs Dinner Ideas:

This buffalo meatballs recipe can be served as an appetizer or us the meatballs and make:

a green salad with meatballs and a creamy dill dressing
add pasta and your favorite marinara and skip the dill sauce
add it to orzo and broth for a meatball soup
make a quinoa, vegetable, and meatball bowl

2 sheet pans of beef meatballs on two racks in the oven cooking. — *If you use two sheet pans, change their position halfway through so that the bottom pan is on the top and the top is on the bottom during the second half of cooking.*

Things In My Kitchen:

Toothpicks - These are affordable plus got a little ornamental bling to 'em.
Kitchen Tongs - Ultimate Favorite Kitchen Tool Ever. Don't burn your fingertips removing the meatballs - use tongs!
Baking Sheets - 13 x 18 and two of them to boot. Perfect for baking/roasting any vegetable or meat.

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Buffalo Meatballs with Dill Sauce

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Little baked beef or buffalo meatballs are perfect finger food for any party and they are a recipe that can be made in advance. Serve creamy dill sauce on the side.

Author: beckie
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
Yield: 6 (3 each)
Category: Appetizer
Method: Oven
Cuisine: International
Diet: Low Calorie

Ingredients

Ingredient List Meatballs:

1 lb ground buffalo (or beef)
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon black pepper
2 teaspoon mixed dry herbs or 2 tablespoon fresh herbs - whatever you got on hand!
1 egg
½ cup panko breadcrumbs
toothpicks

Ingredient List Dill Sauce:

¾ cup sour cream
⅓ cup mayonnaise
2 teaspoon sugar
¼ teaspoon salt
⅓ cup fresh dill, chopped

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375F.

Make Dill Sauce:

In a small bowl mix together all dill sauce ingredients.

Make Meatballs:

Mix all meatball ingredients in a large bowl and roll into 1" balls.
Place on a baking sheet lined with foil or parchment (no oil is necessary).
Bake ~ 10-12 minutes or until internal temperature of meatballs reaches 155F.
Poke a toothpick in each meatball and serve dill sauce in a small bowl on the side.