Buffalo Chicken Dip
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This is based on the recipe from Frank’s Red Hot Sauce, with a few added twists. This is a popular dip at a Bowl Game party, or any get together with friends and family. It’s not that hot, with just enough kick.
If you don’t like blue cheese, you can make this with Monterey Jack, Queso or Feta cheese. If you use a Buffalo Chicken sauce instead of Frank’s Red Hot, the dip will be less hot – or you can use a combination of the two. You can make this in a crock pot, or in the oven.
I like to serve this with Frito’s Scoops, since this dip is so hearty it will break typical potato or nacho chips. I also serve it with celery sticks for another traditional Buffalo Chicken side.
Buffalo Chicken Dip
Category
Appetizers
Persons
16
Prep Time
30 minutes
Cook Time
4 hours
Total Time
4 hours, 30 minutes
Ingredients
- 2-3 slices of bacon
- 4 Boneless Skinless Chicken Thighs
- 3-4 green onions, sliced thin with the whites and greens separated.
- 1 8 oz packages of cream cheese, softened at room temperature
- 1 cup of Franks Red Hot Sauce, or Buffalo Chicken Sauce
- 1 cup of dressing: bleu cheese or Ranch
- 1 cup of cheese: bleu cheese, Monterey Jack, Queso or Feta
- Additional cheese and onion greens for garnish.
Instructions
- Cook the bacon in a skillet until crispy. Remove to a paper towel on a plate, and then cut into small pieces.
- Season the boneless thighs (I like to use Creole seasoning) and then brown in the bacon grease.
- Allow the thighs to cool and then shred them into small pieces.
- Brown the onion whites in the bacon grease, and then remove to paper towel on a plate.
- Put the dressing and the hot sauce in the crock pot and set on low.
- Add the rest of the ingredients and crock pot and cook for 3-4 hours, stirring every 30-40 minutes.
- If you would prefer to cook this in the oven, mix the ingredients together in a bowl and then put into a shallow casserole dish, baking at 350 degrees F for 20-30 minutes.
- When finished, move to a serving dish and garish with some more of the cheese and the onion greens.