By Ali Slagle
- Total Time
- 20 minutes
- Rating
- 4(4,230)
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Sour cream and onion, spinach-artichoke, queso and fondue are warm dips you know and love, but we'd urge you to get to know Buffalo chicken dip a little better. It’s a quick, one-pan snack, spicy from a heavy pour of hot sauce, luscious from sour cream and cream cheese and a little funky from the blue cheese. With just the right amount of acid and salt, it'll keep people coming back for more. It also plays well with beer, but that you already knew.
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Ingredients
Yield:6 to 8 servings
- 1tablespoon unsalted butter
- 2cups shredded, cooked chicken
- ½cup Buffalo-style hot sauce
- ½teaspoon fresh lemon juice
- ¼cup sour cream
- 4ounces cream cheese, cut into pieces and softened
- ½cup freshly shredded white Cheddar cheese
- ¼cup crumbled blue cheese
- 1½teaspoons finely chopped chives, or to taste
- Celery sticks, carrot sticks, bread, potato chips, and-or tortilla chips, for serving
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Nutritional analysis per serving (8 servings)
181 calories; 14 grams fat; 7 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 4 grams monounsaturated fat; 1 gram polyunsaturated fat; 2 grams carbohydrates; 0 grams dietary fiber; 1 gram sugars; 13 grams protein; 559 milligrams sodium
Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
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Step
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Heat the oven to 375 degrees. In an 8-inch cast-iron or ovenproof skillet, melt the butter over medium-high heat. Add the chicken and hot sauce and simmer until the sauce has thickened and reduced by half, 2 to 3 minutes.
Step
2
Turn off the heat, then stir in the lemon juice, sour cream and cream cheese until combined. Sprinkle the Cheddar cheese over the top.
Step
3
Bake until bubbling around the edges and the cheese has melted, about 10 minutes. If you’d like the top to get browned, run it under the broiler for a minute or two.
Step
4
Immediately garnish with blue cheese and chives. Serve with chips, bread or vegetables for dipping.
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andra
Is it bad if two people eat the whole thing in an hour? Asking for a friend.
Angus
A classic. I missed this so much when I moved abroad. Now that I can finally get Frank’s hot sauce here, I make it for parties and it’s always a hit. Some variations that work well - 1/2 red onion diced and added to the mixture before baking softens up nicely and adds a touch of oniony sweetness. Scallions scattered over the top before serving if you like a tiny bit of crunch. Chickpeas make a good vegetarian substitute. Lime juice for a bit more of a Mexican touch.
Betsey
It's a dip, not a health food.
CoryWrites
Made two versions of this for Super Bowl Sunday - one with shredded chicken and one with roasted cauliflower (roasted at 425 for 20 mins with salt/pep/oo before adding to recipe), and the cauliflower version was the winner - preferred by NON-vegetarians which I think is saying something...Brought me back to my upstate NY roots. Delish
brad
My wife and I made this for 4/20 tonight and we ate the whole thing
Jessica
I’ve made this with white beans in place of chicken for a vegetarian version which is very good. Delicious served with celery, carrots and cauliflower. It’s on every table in Buffalo during football season!
Monica Chernow
Franks Red Hot
Dr Pangloss
We doubled the recipe and used a combination of shredded breast and thigh meat. Some ideas/variation: Some bleu cheese was added on top before baking, instead of after. Next time I would mix it IN with the cream cheese. ALSO, this is a form of death by cheese (for those who enjoy that, go to!) but I would LEAVE OUT the cheddar cheese on top. It's not really necessary, and brings the dish closer to the actual item it emulates (there is no cheddar cheese in Buffalo Wings).
Meribeth
You can buy bottled Buffalo sauce or make your own using equal parts Frank’s hot sauce and butter with a dash of vinegar, Worcestershire and granulated garlic.
Mhairi
I serve this in a little heated pot - you can buy them very cheaply. This dip is like crack cocaine.
Brian
That makes this a perfect Keto recipe!
Lauren
Cauliflower works great.
Clayton
I like to add fresh jalapenos for texture and flavor
MES
This was easy and it was the fan favorite! I doubled the recipe, cooked in a skillet ahead of time and dumped in a baking dish and refrigerated. Then heated up at the start of the co*cktail party. Th dish was scraped clean.
philosophymom
Used Frank's Buffalo Wing Sauce rather than Original, substituted feta crumbles for the blue (sorry not sorry), and stirred most of the cheese into the dip rather than making a top cheese layer. Served with naan dippers. Outstanding.
njfj
Increase chicken/meat to cheese ratio. Try ground meet with spicy seasoning instead of buffalo sauce. Use no sour cream. Add sliced jalapeño onion spinach.
Dawn
Too rich. Cut cheddar and cream cheese. Increase acid
Jen
Can this be made in a crockpot instead of baking it?
Fran
Sure, but then you won't get that nice brown bubbly top/edges.
Meg
Made this with cauliflower instead of chicken, added pickled jalapeños and put the blue cheese on before baking and was quite pleased with the results. Also, agree that Frank's Red Hot is for sure the proper sauce choice.
Timayyyy
Made this for a bigger football party…so I had to double up on ingredients. Added sautéed garlic, yellow onion and red peppers diced and stirred into the creamy chicken mixture…the carrots, blue corn tortilla and home made style potato chips were also a huge hit…a great appetizer! Thank you NYT cooking app.
Ben
I added 8 oz extra of the shredded chicken, and a bit more franks red hot -- was delicious
katie
Added more cream cheese and some ranch dressing, keep things easy and use a rotisserie chicken. Wow it’s good!
Marguerite
I made a pot of chicken stock from 4 pounds of whole chicken thighs, and now I have something to make with that overcooked chicken meat!
Mike in CT
I’ve made this many times as it’s a great appetizer for a crowd. One day during a snowstorm I made this for a party we were going to go to ,and we ended up staying in. I had the idea to make a meal out of it.Mixed cooked elbow, macaroni with it, put it in a casserole dish, covered it with cheese it baked it until the cheese was golden brown.Buffalo chicken, macaroni and cheese, it’s amazing!Now this is whatever everybody wants me to bring to their parties !!
kellyckpdx
Doubled it for a party and the dish was wiped clean. So so good! Next time I’d increase cheddar and mix some into the dip before baking.
John R
Rich beyond the wildest dreams of Avarice. Yum.
Chris
As my daughter (who loves chicken wings) said: "gross". This is a heavy, gross, fake-tasting dip.
Elizabeth
This is always in the repertoire of app favorites for parties at my house. I usually make three or four skillets of this for the holidays!
Kristin aus Kanada
With chicken, as written: 5/5. With cauliflower: 2/5. An easy, less-expensive-than-chicken version: white beans in place of chicken, skip the blue cheese, blend into a silky smooth dippity-dip, keep warm in a tiny slow cooker. Double it, serve with baguette. Party favourite. All the stars!
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