Franks Red Hot Buffalo Chicken Dip

This easy buffalo chicken dip is an all time favorite game day appetizer. With homemade buffalo sauce and ranch dressing, it’s a must for any party. Use rotisserie chicken and a quick and easy Buffalo sauce for that “hot wing” taste.

 

If you love buffalo chicken wings, then you’ll love Frank’s Red Hot Buffalo chicken dip. It has all the flavor without the messy wings. You can adjust the heat by increasing or decreasing the hot sauce.

Don’t you just love a warm dip while watching an exciting game, or just chilling with your favorite movie, warm dips are the best comfort food.

Since my Buffalo chicken wings are such a big hit every time I make them, I thought, I’ld try my homemade Buffalo sauce in a baked Buffalo chicken dip. While you can make this chicken dip with just Frank’s RedHot sauce, it will be even better if you take an extra five minutes and make the homemade sauce.

Easy Buffalo Chicken Dip Recipe

• It’s easy to fix with just a few ingredients
• It tastes great even when it cools to room temperature
• You can easily adjust how spicy to make it
• With cream cheese and two types of cheese, it’s both creamy and cheesy
• It’s great with crackers and chips or carrots and celery
• I’ve never met anyone who doesn’t love it

Franks Buffalo Chicken Dip Ingredients

Homemade Buffalo Sauce

• Frank’s Red Hot and Texas Pete -adding 2 different types of hot sauce gives it a more complex flavor.
• Butter, brown sugar and vinegar – added to the hot sauce for the best Buffalo wing sauce around.

Along with Buffalo sauce, you just need a few ingredients

• Rotisserie chicken – shredded, you can also use cooked chicken breasts.
• Cream cheese – this makes it creamy
• White cheddar and American cheese – adding American cheese will help keep it smooth and creamy as it cools. Get the American cheese from the deli in your grocery
• Ranch dressing – bottled not powder or you can make homemade ranch
• Garlic and green onions.

How to make Frank’s Buffalo Chicken Dip Recipe

Step 1 – make the sauce

Check out the post on homemade Buffalo Sauce for detailed directions.

Step 2 – start with cooked shredded chicken

Start with an oven poof skillet, or you can use a regular skillet and transfer it to an oven proof baking dish. Saute the garlic and add the shredded chicken.

Step 3 – make it gooey

Once the chicken is warm, add the cream cheese and simmer until it’s melted, add ranch dressing and combine.

Step 4 – add some cheese

Top with cheese and bake in an oven proof skillet or pour into a glass baking dish and cover with cheese and bake.

Step 5 – bake

Once it’s bubbly, place under the broiler for a minute to brown. Top with green onions and serve with your favorite dippers.

Pro tip: Transfer your dip to a slow cooker, set it on warm and you’ll find that your dip is easy peasy, never gets cold!

If you want something a little lighter but with the same flavor, try making quick and easy Buffalo chicken bites, no need to dip, the filling is baked inside a scoop!

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