Buffalo Chicken Dip
How did Buffalo Chicken Dip get it's name?
Buffalo chicken dip is so named from buffalo-style chicken wings. Typical Buffalo wings are tossed in a spicy sauce made with hot pepper sauce and butter. This dip takes those same flavors of chicken, Buffalo wing sauce, and the creaminess of the cheeses and ranch dressing and turns it into an irristible dip.
No actual buffaloes involved 😉- “Buffalo” refers to the Buffalo, New York style of hot sauce and chicken wings. This flavor profile is essentially Buffalo wings turned into a creamy appetizer.
What is Buffalo Chicken Dip?
Buffalo Chicken Dip is a creamy, cheesy appetizer that combines shredded chicken with cream cheese, Buffalo sauce, ranch dressing, and cheddar cheese. It has all the spicy, tangy flavor you love from Buffalo-style chicken wings, but in a warm, scoopable dip that’s perfect for sharing.
The cream cheese makes it rich and creamy, while Buffalo sauce adds just the right amount of heat and tang. Ranch dressing brings a cool, savory flavor, and melted cheddar cheese makes the whole thing wonderfully cheesy and irresistible.
It’s an easy five-ingredient appetizer that comes together quickly and is always a hit at tailgates, game-day gatherings, potlucks, parties, and holiday get-togethers. Serve it hot and bubbly with Fritos, tortilla chips, crackers, celery, carrots, or your favorite dippers.
If you love Buffalo chicken wings, you’re going to love this easy dip!
5 ingredients:
- Cheddar cheese or cheese of your choice – freshly grated is best to give it a better texture.
- Ranch dressing or bleu cheese dressing – ranch it gives it a creaminess and the bleu cheese will be more tangy.
- Frank’s Red Hot Wing Sauce. Wing sauce is not as spicy as hot sauce, so it is more universally liked.
- Cream Cheese – be sure to soften the cream cheese so that it can combine easily.
I used a rotisserie chicken and chopped it. But you can use any cooked chicken.
What to serve with buffalo Chicken Dip
Buffalo Chicken Dip is made for dipping! Serve it hot and bubbly with Fritos Scoops, tortilla chips, crackers, or pretzel crisps. For a fresh and crunchy option, add celery, carrots, cucumber slices, or bell pepper strips. You can also serve it with toasted baguette slices, pita chips, or other sturdy dippers that can handle all that creamy, cheesy goodness.
Buffalo Chicken Dip
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 2 cups 1x
Description
Made with Frank’s Buffalo Wing Hot Sauce, this dip is addictive and disappears fast. It is creamy, cheesy, and flavorful. The combination of the cream cheese, the ranch dressing, the wing sauce and the chopped chicken make this a crowd pleaser.
Ingredients
- 8 ozs. cream cheese
- 1/2 cup ranch dressing
- 1/2 cup Frank's wing sauce
- 2 cups chopped or shredded cooked chicken
- 1/2 cup cheddar cheese, grated
- For serving: Tortilla chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- To a mixing bowl, add softened cream cheese, wing sauce, ranch dressing, chopped, cooked chicken, and shredded cheese.
- Stir until well blended.
- Transfer the mixture into an oven safe dish.
- Bake until the cheese is melted and bubbly, about 20 minutes.
- Serve with tortilla chips, crackers, Frito scoops, pretzels, celery, carrot sticks, cucumber slices, or bell pepper strips.
Notes
Use any cooked chicken. I used Rotisserie chicken to make it easy.
Best served warm with tortilla chips, crackers, Frito scoops, pretzels, celery, carrot sticks, cucumber slices, or bell pepper strips.
To make the dip cheesier, add another 1/2 cup of shredded cheese to the top before baking.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Appetizer
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American