Move over pigs-in-a-blanket: buffalo chicken dip finds a cozy home in crescent dough, too. This shareable ring is perfect for a big crowd — be sure to serve with extra blue cheese dressing on the side.
| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 1 hr 15 min |
| Active: | 35 min |
| Yield: | 8 to 10 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 2 large breasts)
- 1/2 cup hot sauce, plus more for serving, such as Frank’s
- Kosher salt
- 1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese
- 4 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
- 2 tablespoons blue cheese dressing, plus more for serving
- Nonstick cooking spray, for the baking sheet
- Two 8-ounce tubes refrigerated crescent roll dough
- 2 tablespoons crumbled blue cheese
- Carrot and celery sticks, for serving
Instructions
- Preheat the broiler. Line a baking sheet with foil.
- Toss the chicken with 1/4 cup hot sauce and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a medium bowl. Transfer to the prepared baking sheet and broil, turning halfway though, until cooked through, about 20 minutes. Reduce the oven to 375 degrees F.
- Meanwhile, mix the Monterey Jack, cream cheese, blue cheese dressing and remaining 1/4 cup hot sauce in a large bowl to combined. Chop the chicken into 1/2-inch cubes and fold into the cheese mixture.
- Remove the foil from the baking sheet, turn the sheet over and spray the back with nonstick cooking spray. Unroll both cans of dough and separate into 16 triangles. Place a 5-inch ramekin in the center of the prepared baking sheet. Arrange the triangles in a ring around the ramekin so the short sides of the dough are touching the ramekin, overlapping slightly, and the most pointed ends are facing outward; your dough should look like a giant sun.
- Spoon the chicken mixture over the short ends of the triangles closest to the ramekin. Sprinkle the blue cheese on top and remove the ramekin. Take hold of the pointed end of one of the triangles and fold it up and over the filling, tucking the tip under the bottom layer of dough to secure (the dough will not cover the filling completely). Repeat with the remaining triangles; there will be some gaps where you can see the chicken mixture.
- Bake until the dough is golden brown and the cheese is melted, about 25 minutes. Let cool for 15 minutes. Use a spatula to slide the ring off the baking sheet onto a platter. Serve with more hot sauce, blue cheese dressing, carrots and celery.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 10 servings |
| Calories | 307 |
| Total Fat | 15 g |
| Saturated Fat | 6 g |
| Carbohydrates | 25 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Sugar | 1 g |
| Protein | 18 g |
| Cholesterol | 59 mg |
| Sodium | 776 mg |
Reviews
I have not made yet but it sure looks simple enough. You can watch the video over & over until you get it !
Easy, quick and fun to make. Perfect for game day, pool day etc.
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Really good and easy to make, these comments are pretty funny.
I am going to use this as holiday appetizer I can make ahead and just warm in toaster oven. I usually have a varied crowd so this will put variety out there. I ‘m breaking with only traditional away. keeps the crowd happy. EASY and love semi homemade w/ pop open crescent.
Like so many of the more recent recipes, this is from Food Network Kitchen. Many of these have poorly written directions and have low ratings, or no ratings at all, which provides no guidance about whether you might want to make or not. In other words, absolutely worthless as far as I’m concerned. I miss getting recipes from network chefs who actually know what they are doing and have had the recipes proofread/tested. This was labor intensive and not worth making again.
Shredding the chicken makes it easier to eat and less prone to “lose” the filling – bleu cheese crumbles can be omitted and ranch dressing used instead if family members or guests do not like bleu cheese and dressing served on the side. Recipe is excellent exactly as is also. Have made both ways.
Ummmm, the sauce is in the ramekin lol
The recipe calls for Mozzarella cheese………the video says Monterey Jack. Interchangeable????
I tried to watch the video but it’s so fast I really didn’t get much from it. I didn’t see the use of a ramekin. When is that needed? Video is much too quick.