Hot Cheesy Buffalo Chicken Dip (Printable)

Spicy, creamy buffalo chicken dip with melted cheese and tangy sauce. Perfect for game day entertaining.

# What You Need:

→ Proteins

01 - 2 cups cooked chicken breast, shredded

→ Dairy

02 - 8 oz cream cheese, softened
03 - 1/2 cup ranch dressing
04 - 1/2 cup blue cheese dressing
05 - 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
06 - 1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese, optional

→ Sauces

07 - 1/2 cup buffalo hot sauce

→ Vegetables and Aromatics

08 - 2 tablespoons chopped green onions, plus more for garnish

# Directions:

01 - Preheat oven to 350°F
02 - In a large mixing bowl, combine cream cheese, ranch dressing, blue cheese dressing, and buffalo sauce. Mix until smooth
03 - Stir in shredded chicken, half of the cheddar cheese, and half of the blue cheese if using
04 - Spread mixture evenly into a 1-quart baking dish
05 - Sprinkle remaining cheddar and blue cheese over the top
06 - Bake for 20 to 25 minutes until bubbly and golden brown
07 - Remove from oven and let cool for 5 minutes. Garnish with chopped green onions
08 - Transfer to serving dish and serve hot with tortilla chips, celery sticks, or carrot sticks

# Helpful Tips:

01 -
  • It comes together faster than most people can decide what to watch on TV, and it tastes like you labored over it for hours.
  • The creamy base cools the heat just enough to keep you reaching for one more chip, then another, until the dish is scraped clean.
  • Leftovers reheat beautifully, and somehow taste even better the next day when the flavors have had time to settle into each other.
02 -
  • Cold cream cheese will not blend smoothly no matter how hard you stir, and you'll end up with sad little white clumps floating in your dip.
  • If you skip the resting time after baking, the first bite will be molten lava hot and you'll lose all feeling in your tongue for an hour.
  • Using preshredded cheese is tempting, but the anticaking agents prevent that gooey, stretchy melt you're really after.
03 -
  • Reserve a few tablespoons of buffalo sauce to drizzle over the top right before serving for an extra hit of tang and a pop of color.
  • Mix in a handful of crispy bacon bits or diced jalapeños if you want to make it feel more loaded and indulgent.
  • Use a shallow, wide baking dish instead of a deep one to maximize the golden, crispy cheese surface area everyone fights over.
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