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Baked Buffalo Chicken Dip

Shredded chicken and cream cheese baked hot with enough Frank's to bite back — the dip that empties fastest at any table with a game on.

Serves
8
Prep
15 min
Cook
25 min
Written
Baked Buffalo Chicken Dip

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 375°F.

  2. Beat the cream cheese in a bowl until smooth, then stir in the ranch dressing and hot sauce until no streaks of either remain.

  3. Fold in the shredded chicken along with half the cheddar and half the blue cheese.

  4. Spread the mixture into a small baking dish and scatter the remaining cheddar and blue cheese over the top.

  5. Bake until the edges bubble and the top has browned in spots, 20 to 25 minutes.

  6. Scatter the scallions over the dip and serve hot with celery sticks and tortilla chips.

Notes

Rotisserie chicken is the whole point here — shred it while it’s still warm and skip poaching a breast just for this. The ranch is doing real work, not just filler: it mellows the hot sauce enough that the dip stays spoonable instead of separating into an oil slick.

Assemble it a day ahead and hold it covered in the fridge; bake straight from cold, adding five minutes to the time. Leftovers reheat fine and make an unreasonably good grilled cheese.