Buffalo Chicken Dip is a sinfully creamy and mouthwatering appetiser infused with hot wing flavours! Perfect comfort food for any occasion.
With a hint of butter and garlic, our creamy Buffalo chicken dip recipe is a hit wherever you serve it. Using rotisserie chicken to avoid lengthy cooking times, it doesn’t get any easier than this!
If you thought our Spinach Artichoke Dip, Satay Dipping Sauce and even our reader favourite Guacamole were good, wait until you’ve wrapped your lips around this gem!
BUFFALO CHICKEN DIP
With the growing popularity of our Crispy Buffalo Wings, we thought you might be keen for another Buffalo dish. This drool-worthy Buffalo chicken dip recipe was actually created especially for one of our favourite and most beloved readers, Lorelai… Buffalo Wing fan numero UNO! I hope you LOVE IT Lorelai! An American classic made with love just for you.
WHAT IS IN BUFFALO CHICKEN DIP?
This Buffalo chicken dip only requires a handful of tasty ingredients:
- Frank’s Original Red Hot Sauce
- Sour cream. You can also use Ranch dressing
- Block of cream cheese: use Philly (not spreadable)
- Cheddar cheese: I love a white cheddar and American cheddar combination. You can use sharp cheddar, Colby-Jack cheese or a Tex-Mex blend.
- Blue cheese is OPTIONAL for serving. If you’re not a fan, you can leave it out.
- Sliced green onions (or you can substitute with chives).
HOW TO MAKE BUFFALO CHICKEN DIP
SOFTEN CREAM CHEESE close to room temperature. Take it out of the refrigerator for a good 20-30 minutes before cooking. It will continue to soften once added to the hot skillet.
USE PRECOOKED (ROTISSERIE) CHICKEN. Shred and pull apart with two forks or cut into cubes.
CAST-IRON SKILLET. This recipe prepares and bakes your dip in a cast-iron skillet or oven-proof pan. If you don’t have either of those, prepare all ingredients as per recipe instructions in a regular pan on the stove, then transfer buffalo dip mixture into a 1-quart (1-litre) baking dish and continue from there.
ADJUST SPICE LEVEL. Our Buffalo dip recipe is not too spicy and kids love it. However, you can HALVE the hot sauce amount for a milder dip or ADD MORE for a hotter dip. You choose!
WHAT TO SERVE WITH BUFFALO CHICKEN DIP
Such a versatile dip it can pretty much be served with anything! Our favourite snacks include celery sticks, carrot sticks, red bell pepper sticks (capsicum sticks), sliced cucumber, Artisan Bread pieces and of course, Fried Tortilla Chips or potato chips.
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Buffalo Chicken Dip Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 2 teaspoons garlic minced
- 2 cups cooked chicken shredded
- ½ cup Frank's Original Red Hot Sauce
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- ½ cup sour cream
- ½ cup white cheddar cheese freshly shredded
- ¼ cup American cheddar freshly shredded
- ¼ cup crumbled blue cheese optional to serve
- 2 teaspoons green onions sliced, or chives
- 10 celery sticks carrot sticks, tortilla chips, crusty bread pieces, potato chips, for serving
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C). Arrange oven rack to the middle of your oven.
- In an 8-inch cast-iron skillet (or an ovenproof pan), melt the butter over medium-high heat. Sauté garlic until fragrant (30 seconds). Add the chicken and hot sauce and simmer until sauce has thickened and reduced by half (about 2 minutes).
- Reduce heat to low and stir in cream cheese; mix until combined. Take off heat, stir through sour cream and top with both cheddar cheese(s) over the top.
- Bake until bubbling around the edges and the cheese has melted (about 10 minutes). Broil (or grill) for a further minute to brown on top.
- Immediately garnish with blue cheese and green onions. Serve with vegetable sticks, chips, crusty bread pieces for dipping.
Notes
- If you don't have a cast-iron skillet or oven-proof pan: prepare all ingredients as per recipe instructions above in a regular pan on the stove. Then transfer buffalo dip to a 1-quart (1-litre) baking dish.
- You can use rotisserie chicken.
- Don't like blue cheese? Feel free to omit it.
- Halve the hot sauce amount for a milder dip.
- Add more hot sauce for spicier dip.
Rheanne Howard says
I love this dip! It is my absolute favorite! Quick question, how much is one serving? Thank you for such a delicious recipe!
Holly says
Best buffalo chicken dip I have ever had!
Tracey says
Made it per the recipe. Delicious!
Mary Ann says
Made in cast iron skillet. Cooked the chicken to 160 & then chilled in frig.
Shredded wt mixer! Great idea. Chicken was moist, tender & shredded.
This is more than a keeper it is outstanding. Also used Greek yogurt! Thank you for heaven on a Super Bowl Sunday!
Amy says
I made this for a gathering, and I made the mistake of using the pre-cooked Rotisserie chicken DARK meat. Word of advice, always use white meat chicken or it changes the whole flavor. I had to throw it out it was so bad. I tried it again using only chicken breast, added 1/2 yellow onion to the garlic when I Sauteed and some hidden valley ranch mix to the chicken to add flavor- turned out incredible.
Tori says
So. Good. I ended up adding a little bit of a ranch packet to the sour cream + topping it with some fresh jalapeños… DELICIOUS
Jp says
I added panko bread crumbs and then broiled
S cooper says
I use canned chicken or broasted chicken to save time. I double the cream cheese. If you want an extra kick, use one tub of the jalapeño cream cheese spread.
Marcy Christner says
Family favorite! Everyone enjoyed this!!
Alison says
This is my favorite Buffalo chicken dip recipe. It was perfectly creamy and not too cheesy. I ended up adding closer to probably 3/4 to 1 cup Buffalo sauce though. It was a big hit!