Buffalo Chicken Dip Recipe - with Rotisserie Chicken! (2024)

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ThisBuffalo Chicken Dip Recipeis rich, creamy, tangy, and perfectly spicy. Made with tender rotisserie chicken and served with crackers, veggies, or chips!

If you’ve spent any time browsing around Show Me the Yummy, you’ll notice that we have a strong love for all things buffalo chicken! We have a classic buffalo chicken recipe, a crockpot buffalo chicken, an instant pot buffalo chicken dip, and a slow cooker buffalo chicken dip…so I think it’s about time for today’s recipe: oven baked buffalo chicken dip!

Ingredients

My secret ingredients? Ranch dressing AND ranch seasoning mix for extra creaminess and flavor!

• Sour Cream and Cream Cheese– a rich, creamy, slightly tangy base for the dip.
• Hot Sauce– use Frank’s Red hot sauce for that classic “buffalo” flavor! I don’t recommend using another hot sauce as a substitute.
• Ranch Dressing and Ranch Seasoning Mix– provides additional creaminess and a sweetness to balance out the heat from the hot sauce.
• Monterey Jack Cheese, Cheddar Cheese, and Blue Cheese– melted in to the dip for ultra ooey-gooey, cheesy textures and flavors. Monterey jack adds creaminess, cheddar adds a sharp flavor, and blue cheese adds an earthy saltiness. If you’re not a fan of blue cheese — omit it!
• Chicken– I use store-bought rotisserie chicken for easy prep, but feel free to cook your own chicken if preferred.
• Salt– brings out other flavors in the dip.
• Sliced Green Onions– highly recommended for garnish! This dip is rich, so the fresh, bright flavors of green onions is nice.
• Crackers, Chips, Carrots, Celery, etc.– for serving.

How to make

This crowd pleasing appetizer only requires 15 minutes of prep!

1. In a large bowl, stir together hot sauce, ranch dressing, ranch mix, sour cream, cream cheese, Monterey jack, cheddar, blue cheese, and chicken until combined.
2. Spoon the mixture into a greased baking dish.
3. Bake at 350ºF for 45-60 minutes then top with green onions and serve as desired!

What chicken to use

Use already cooked rotisserie chicken to keep the prep of this recipe minimal. If using a store-bought rotisserie, simply remove the skin and bones while the chicken is still warm. Cube the meat, then proceed with the recipe!

Any leftover mildly seasoned cooked chicken will work — try my leftover shredded chicken.

How to serve buffalo chicken dip

Although serving this buffalo chicken dip as…well…a dip is classic, there are a number of ways you can use it!

• As an appetizer.Serve in a bowl alongside carrots, celery, crackers, toasted baguette slices, Frito scoops, pita chips, or tortilla chips for dipping.
• On a sandwich.Slather a spoonful between two slices of your favorite bread, toasted or not!
• In tacos.Scoop into hardshell or soft shell tacos and serve with fajita veggies, lettuce, etc.
• In a wrap.Wrap it up with veggies and lettuce in your favorite tortilla.
• On pizza.Use buffalo chicken in place of the BBQ chicken in my BBQ chicken pizza recipe!

Can buffalo chicken dip be made ahead of time?

It sure can! Assemble the dip as directed and spoon into the baking dish. Then, instead of baking, cover and store in the fridge for 1-2 days or in the freezer for 3-4 months.

When you’re ready to eat,thaw in the fridge if frozen then bake as directed!

How to store

Store leftover buffalo chicken dip in an airtight container in the fridge for 3-4 days or in the freezer for 2-3 months.

To reheat,thaw in the fridge if frozen then microwave or warm in the oven until heated through.

– Jennifer