This buffalo chicken dip recipe is a classic that everyone will love! It’s perfect football food!
I may not know who is playing in the Superbowl this year (Does anyone? Have the teams been chosen? Do they even get chosen? How does this thing you call “football” even work?), but I know darn good and well that I’m going to be required to make thirty-seven different appetizers and dips for the game. Oh, yes. My husband had that written into our marriage vows.
“I promise to love you forever ’til death to us part so long as you make me snacks on Superbowl Sunday.”
The wedding guests had never seen a more ridiculous wedding before.
Back to the food! I really think that “dip” should be it’s own food group. Fruits, vegetables, dairy, protein, and dip. That’s the way the food pyramid would look if I were the President of Food. Five servings of dip per day. Ah, that’d be the life.
This Buffalo Chicken Dip (also known as “crack dip” because it’s addicting like crack!) is so good. It’s got a good bit of spice, but the cream cheese and the ranch dressing cools it off just enough. This one really is like crack. You won’t be able to stop dipping!
I would like to note real quick that the original recipe called for (gag) canned chunks (puke) of chicken (vomit). Personally, I think that canned meat (blech) is evil and wrong and terribly bad. I recommend buying a rotisserie chicken and shredding the meat with a fork, but if you are brave (and crazy) go ahead and use the (ewwww) canned chicken. I won’t judge you. At least, not out loud where you can hear me.
Also, while I’m being all picky about my ingredients, I should mention that I’m not a fan of blue cheese. I omitted the blue cheese salad dressing and used all ranch and I substituted the crumbled blue cheese for shredded mozzarella.
Finally, I like to serve this with sliced French bread, but it would also be yummy on chips or crackers.
If you’re hungry for more buffalo chicken, check out these Buffalo Chicken Taquitos! They’re very similar to the dip, but all rolled up in a tortilla and baked! Perfect for a quick game day lunch.
Buffalo Chicken Dip
Ingredients
- 1 rotisserie chicken meat shredded with a fork
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 1/4 cup blue cheese salad dressing omit and use 1/2 cup ranch dressing total, if you prefer
- 1/4 cup ranch salad dressing
- 1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese substitute shredded mozzarella if you prefer
- 1/2 cup Frank's Red Hot sauce any hot sauce will do
Instructions
- Mix together all ingredients until well combined. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 20 minutes. Serve with crackers, chips, or sliced bread.
Robbin Clark says
I stopped reading this recipe when the comments about puke, vomit and gagging. It’s probably a good dip, but I’d think about your description of canned chicken every time I’d serve it.
Billie says
We have been makin a dip like this for years… this is the way we do it.. We have gone so far as eating is as a dinner, LMAO
Buffalo Chicken Dip
Preheat oven 375
Using a tin pan (the cake one) or a 9 x 13 dish
(all amounts can be tweeked for more or less according to servings) but this is what I did yesterday
3 cans canned chicken – white meat – drained (12.5 oz)
1/2 cup Franks Hot Sauce
1/2 cup shredded cheese – I used Walmart brand – shredded Monterrey Jack/colby mixture
1/2 cup ranch dressing
2 – 8 oz cream cheese – softened
I drained chicken, put in bowl and with a fork chopped it til it was shredded well. Added, hot sauce, ranch, cream cheese and about 2 handfuls of the shredded cheese and mixed well. Spread in pan/baking dish and covered with more shredded cheese…baked 23 minutes or til a light golden brown..Voila Served best with the Town House Crackers by Keebler.
Loring says
I love this so much I make it and take it to work for lunch. Add some crackers or tortilla chips and you have a great meal. It is also good on a wrap!
Karly says
Great idea! It’s definitely hearty enough for a lunch. I just updated the post to link to this recipe for chicken buffalo taquitos, too! http://www.bunsinmyoven.com/2012/09/30/buffalo-chicken-taquitos/
Handful says
Thanks for the reminder. I used to make a variation of this and it was always a big hit. Guess what I’m serving @ Card Club tonight?? 😉
Matt says
no no no no no. substituting ranch for blue cheese is an absolute travesty.