If you’re prepared to bring more than just a bag of chips to these game-watching gatherings every year, try this baked Buffalo chicken dip. You’ll go from being a snack slob to an appetizer all-star with this daring recipe.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 25 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
Ingredients
- 3 cups diced cooked rotisserie chicken
- 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
- ¾ cup hot pepper sauce (such as Frank’s RedHot®)
- ½ cup shredded pepper Jack cheese
- ½ cup blue cheese dressing
- ½ cup crumbled blue cheese
- ½ teaspoon seafood seasoning (such as Old Bay®)
- 2 pinches cayenne pepper, divided
- 2 tablespoons shredded pepper Jack cheese
- 1 tablespoon thinly sliced green onions (Optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- Stir chicken, cream cheese, hot pepper sauce, 1/2 cup pepper Jack, blue cheese dressing, blue cheese, seafood seasoning, and a pinch cayenne pepper together in a large bowl until well combined. Transfer to a 9-inch round baking dish and smooth into an even layer. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons pepper Jack over top.
- Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned on top, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from the oven, add another pinch cayenne pepper, and sprinkle green onions over top.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 407 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 3 g |
| Cholesterol | 107 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 17 g |
| Saturated Fat | 18 g |
| Sodium | 1093 mg |
| Sugars | 2 g |
| Fat | 36 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Sooooo good!! Not a drop left by the guests!!! Was the rave of the party!! Followed the directions by Chef John exactly!
I have made this a couple times now with a few changes. I don’t use the full amount of cream cheese but use half the amount with sour cream. I also do not like bleu cheese at all and just use ranch instead with Mexican melting cheese to sub the crumbles. I have been using the different flavors of Cholula hot sauce for this and so far the green pepper was my favorite. I’m going to use the chili lime one this weekend. I also end up adding some spices & herbs for more flavor- oregano, cumin, chili powder, fresh chives, etc. I like the suggestion of using a BBQ rotisserie instead of a plain one. Overall, a good recipe.
Great recipe. Easy, tasty, and worth putting in your food rotation.
A party favorite at my house! I am asked to make this all the time
The whole family loves this dish. It’s always a big hit.
I live in Buffalo, and everyone here makes chicken wing dip . Unfortunately, this recipe uses too much bleu cheese, and it is very overpowering. I know it sounds weird, but try substituting the bleu cheese crumbles with ranch instead. So it’s half bleu cheese and half ranch. You won’t be disappointed. A nice spin on the recipe is using a BBQ rotisserie chicken. It tastes like hot BBQ chicken wings!
Very good balance of flavor. Will make again!
I made this for my dad since I had leftover chicken breast and he loves blue cheese. He is enjoying it very much even though I didn’t use blue cheese crumbles.
Thanks came out great
made this for my family and it was a big hit!! super quick and easy recipe to follow and I already want to make another batch!
This is recipe is always a hit with my friends. It’s very simple to make and seems to be the first thing gone at gatherings. I’ve even made it up the night before and put it in the fridge to save time before a get together!
This turned out amazing. My boyfriend and his family devoured it. I don’t think I’ll ever use a different recipe.
Hey Chef John
This was the hit of the potluck! Even kids who would never consider touching blue cheese went mad for this. Based on other reviews, I used home-made ranch instead of blue cheese dressing, but threw in just a little extra blue cheese to keep the bite. I was also concerned that this could be quite salty, so I cooked my own chicken, taking care not to use too much salt.
Loved this dip! I used homemade ranch instead of blue cheese dressing but still used the blue cheese crumbles! Just didn’t want the blue cheese to be too over powering. But this will be a forever favorite going forward !
Delish! I added 1/4 cup sour cream for a more softer consistency. And added 1/2 tsp. more of Old Bay.
This dip was good, had a lot grease. My husband even commented on it. Not sure why, I made it just as the recipe said. If it wasn’t for the grease I would have given it 4 stars. Good taste to it.
Absolutely FANTASTIC! Tastes exactly like buffalo wings. I only used half the hot sauce that the recipe called for and that was PLENTY of kick!
Best buffalo chicken dip recipe. My go-to
My husband loved it. I thought the crumbled blue cheese was too strong since I’m not a big fan of blue cheese. When I made it the 2nd time, I removed that ingredient and it was perfect for the both of us. I also add a 1/4 cup of diced, fresh green onion…half mixed in the dip and the other half as garnish as soon as it comes out of the oven.
decided to make buffalo dip for the first time ever. I used this recipie and everyone loved it!