Buffalo Chicken Dip
Much better than buffalo wings! Best served with Fritos, but also good with chips, pretzels, crispy pita, celery and carrots. Prep time assumes you already have cooked chicken.
Servings: 8 -12 servings
Ingredients
- 20 oz chicken about 3 boneless, skinless breasts, cooked and shredded into bite-sized pieces*
- ¾ cup Frank's RedHot Sauce
- 8 oz (1 package) Neufchâtel cream cheese cut into 1-inch pieces, room temperature
- 1 cup (227 grams) nonfat Greek yogurt**
- 1 cup (8 oz bottle) Lite ranch dressing (regular or nonfat will also work)
- 1 ½ cups cheddar cheese regular or reduced fat***, shredded
- for serving: Fritos, celery, bread rolls, or some other serving vehicle
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F.
- In a large skillet, gently stir the chicken and hot sauce together over medium heat until warmed through, about 3-5 minutes.
- Add the cream cheese pieces, yogurt, and ranch. Continue cooking, stirring occasionally, another 3-5 minutes or until cream cheese is pretty well melted in and the sauce is warmed through.
- Stir in half the shredded cheese (¾ cup), then transfer to an oven-proof casserole dish. Sprinkle with the remaining cheese and bake 20-25 minutes, until bubbly and browned on top.
- Serve. Be warned, this dip is very hot when it first comes out of the oven.
Notes
*Rotisserie chicken meat works here as long as it's not strongly spiced. Ensure you cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces - bigger pieces could burn the roof of someone's mouth.
**This recipes also works with all cream cheese or all Greek yogurt. It holds up best as it cools/is reheated and has the best nutrition counts using a combination of the two.
***Fat free cheese doesn't melt very satisfyingly and it also tastes a little plastic, so recommend against using it. If you're worried about cheese, just don't use any of the top.
**This recipes also works with all cream cheese or all Greek yogurt. It holds up best as it cools/is reheated and has the best nutrition counts using a combination of the two.
***Fat free cheese doesn't melt very satisfyingly and it also tastes a little plastic, so recommend against using it. If you're worried about cheese, just don't use any of the top.