Easy Buffalo Chicken Dip
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This easy Buffalo chicken dip is better than chicken wings! There’s heat from hot sauce, creaminess from cream cheese, and plenty of shredded chicken and blue cheese crumbles. This is one of my favorite easy dip recipes! Another favorite is this white pizza dip that’s inspired by a local pizzeria white pizza.
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This Easy Buffalo Chicken Dip is so good with the bits of blue cheese sprinkled on top. I love to eat it with celery or this Pane Guttiau (crispbread). The crispbread is really good with my pizza dip too.
My son and I could eat this entire dish of baked buffalo chicken dip. He’s my little mini me when it comes to things he really enjoys. Spicy, cheesy, and oh so creamy. We will try anything with that descritpion like my Jalapeno Popper Cheesecake.
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Ingredients
See the recipe card at the bottom of the post for all ingredients and quantities.
- chicken breast – This will need to be fully cooked.
- cream cheese – I use full-fat cream cheese and make sure it’s at room temperature.
- celery seed – This can be omitted, but it goes so well with the buffalo flavor.
- ranch – Use your favorite full-fat ranch dressing.
- hot sauce – Use your favorite hot sauce, ours is Frank’s Red Hot.
- mozzarella – I diced mine up in cubes, but shredded works great as well. This can be left out if you don’t love the stringy cheese in dips.
- blue cheese – I know not everyone loves blue cheese, so it can be left out if you aren’t a fan. It does add a nice tang to the dip though.
- cheddar cheese – Cheddar is a must in this recipe! It adds so much flavor.
- celery sticks – I like to dip with celery sticks, but of course you can use corn chips, crackers, crispbread, etc.
Substitutions and Variations
- The chicken done in the pressure cooker can be substituted out by a rotisserie chicken, two chicken breasts done in a slow cooker, or the canned chicken.
- The mozzarella cheese can be omitted or substituted with more cheddar cheese or blue cheese.
- The blue cheese can be omitted entirely if you don’t love blue cheese.
- You can swap out the celery seed for your desired seasnonings.
NOTE: This recipe has not been tested with other substitutions or variations
How to Make this Easy Buffalo Chicken Dip Recipe
This buffalo wing dip is easy to make! You need to have shredded chicken all ready to use, though. I pressure cooked 2 chicken breasts with my pressure cooker. They fell right apart afterward. You can also use rotisserie chicken if you don’t have time to cook the chicken.
Step 1: Add the cream cheese, celery seed, and 1/3 of the ranch in the bowl. Beat until smooth. I like to use a hand mixer to beat my ingredients together to have the perfect creamy consistency. The cream cheese doesn’t end up in little chunks and not mixing with the ranch and hot sauce which can happen if you pop everything in a slow cooker to cook.
I’m a huge fan of celery/celery seeds and a lot of cheese. I bet you could tell that. If you aren’t interested in having that little bit of stringy cheese in your dip, you can leave out the mozzarella cheese.
Add the remaining ranch dressing in two more additions until fully combined. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and add half of the hot sauce. Beat until combined before mixing in the remaining hot sauce.
Step 2: Stir in 1/4 cup of blue cheese, mozzarella cheese, and 3/4 cup of the cheddar cheese. Fold in the cooled and shredded or cubed cooked chicken.
Step 3: Place the dip in a baking dish. Add the remaining cheddar cheese and blue cheese crumbles.
Step 4: Bake until the cheese is melted and bubbly. Let cool slightly before digging in.
How To Store
Let the dip cool completely before covering it with plastic wrap or putting it in an airtight bowl. Place in the fridge up to 5 days.
Reheat in the microwave in a microwave-safe container for 2 to 3 minutes depending on how much you’re reheating. Stir after about 1 to 1 1/2 minutes. If it’s still cold after 3 minutes. continue to heat in 1 minute intervals until hot.
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Buffalo Wing Dip
Ingredients
- 2 chicken breasts cooked and shredded
- 12 oz. cream cheese room temperature
- 1/4 tsp. celery seed
- 1 cup ranch
- 1/2 cup hot sauce
- 1/4 cup mozzarella shredded or cubed
- 1/2 cup blue cheese divided
- 1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar or Colby-Jack cheese divided
- celery sticks (3 – 4 inches long)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large mixing bowl, add in the cream cheese, celery seed, and about one-third of the ranch. Beat with a hand mixer on medium until smooth.
- Add in another one-third of the ranch and beat until smooth. Repeat with the last third of the ranch.
- Add in half of the hot sauce and beat until smooth. Repeat with the remaining hot sauce. Adding small amounts of liquid at a time will ensure that you won’t have cream cheese lumps.
- Stir in 1/4 cup of blue cheese, mozzarella cheese, and 3/4 cup of the cheddar cheese or Colby-Jack.
- Stir in the shredded chicken. You can also cube your chicken.
- Spread out into a 8×8 baking dish. Sprinkle the top the dip with the remaining 3/4 cup of cheddar cheese or Colby-Jack.
- Add the remaining 1/4 cup of blue cheese on top.
- Place into the preheated oven and bake for 20 – 25 minutes until bubbly.
- Serve hot! Use the celery sticks and dip into the hot buffalo wing sauce.
Notes
Nutrition
(Nutrition facts are an estimate and not guaranteed to be accurate. Please see a registered dietitian for special diet advice.)
My husband would love this! Pinned! Also sharing that amazing caprese salsa! Thank you for sharing on Merry Monday! Hope to see ya next week!
Kim
Oh, my! This is the perfect dip for Pizza night! We love buffalo chicken paired with pizza. And this is a fun new way to enjoy the pairing! #client