There are so many recipes for buffalo chicken dip and today, you are about to get the best! How do I know it's the best? because I have been told over and over and over again. So lets stop wasting time and get right down to the Best Recipe For Buffalo Chicken Dip, because after all that's what your here for, right? Hold on first let me give you a tip on what not to put in your buffalo chicken dip and no I am not going to say buffalo!

Never ever ever put canned chicken in your Buffalo Chicken Dip. (Nasty)

OK lets get serious this stuff is good.

Ingredients: (what you will need for the best buffalo chicken dip recipe) This is for a single batch

• 1 pound of boneless skinless chicken breast (or approx 2-3 large chicken breasts)
• 1 cup of ranch dressing ( Hidden Valley, Kraft, or Wishbone)
• 1 cup of Franks Original Red Hot (do not substitute this please)
• 1 8 oz block of cream cheese (do not use fat free, 1/3rd less fat OK)
• 1 package of fancy shredded sharp cheddar cheese (2 cups)
• Green onions (optional)

you will also need the following items to dip into the best buffalo chicken dip... Bite size tortilla chips, celery, wheat thins, triscuits or a combination of all of them.

Here are your step by step instructions:

• Boil your chicken breasts on the stove in a medium to large sauce pan, on medium heat about 30 to 45 minutes or until cooked all the way through and pre heat your oven to 350 F
• While the chicken is boiling cut the cold cream cheese into cubes and place them into an 11.5" x 8" x 2" Pyrex style baking dish lightly misted with buttered flavor Pam.

• Evenly sprinkle the fancy shredded cheese on top of the cream cheese cubes.

• Pour the 1 cup of ranch and the 1 cup of Franks Red Hot on top of the cheesy mixture and place the dish into the oven uncovered for 7 to 10 minutes

You will want to stir the mixture after about 7 to 10 minutes and put it back in the oven and bake an additional 7 to 10 minutes and stir until mixture and cream cheese is well mixed together.

• While the mixture is baking and your chicken is done boiling you will want to shred your chicken. The best way to do this is by putting the pan into the sink and running cold water over the chicken to speed up the process, once cooled you may hand shred the chicken into a bowl

You are almost done

• After the cheesy mixture is done baking and mixed together well you may now add the chicken, simply pour the chicken on top of the mixture, carefully stir the mixture well and cover with aluminum foil and bake an additional 20 to 30 minutes.
• Once baked you can carefully pour into your serving bowl, garnish with green onion and celery and enjoy!

OK now that you have finished your masterpiece lets talk about what you have just created.

This buffalo chicken dip recipe is a single batch and it will fill the baking dish pretty full, it will be enough for about a gathering of 4 to 8 people if their is other food around.

What I have learned from taking this buffalo dip to parties or gatherings is that I never make a single batch anymore and here is why... first of all you will want to sit a bowl back for yourself to enjoy at another time, and second It just goes to darn fast!

At minimum I make a batch and a half or a double batch( Its not hard to do the math on the ingredients and use a larger Pyrex or Anchor style baking dish.

OK why not canned chicken? simply put it is just plain icky, don't get me wrong if you are using it for cold chicken salad (you can also add a splash of franks red hot for a zesty kick to your chicken salad) then its not to bad however for buffalo chicken dip it's unique canned flavor can over power the buffalo taste. If you are in a crunch and don't have time to boil the chicken then just don't make it! no I'm kidding you can still make it I suggest using the pre grilled chicken strips from your grocery store refrigerator section, I think they are made by Tyson, crumble them up and voila!

Now some tips and advice...

Meatless buffalo chicken dip recipe. OK sounds funny but it is good and not only for dipping but for other things as well like pouring over homemade macaroni and cheese, topping diced potatoes or spreading on toasted sliced asiago cheese bread or bagels, hello can you say yummy! (y-u-m-m-y) I thought you could

Now for the meatless buffalo chicken dip recipe: designed for my friend Sara.

Sara's meatless buffalo chicken dip recipe:

• do not add chicken
• add a little less franks red hot

Now how simple was that? OK we might have some blue cheese lovers in the house, if you love blue cheese raise your hand, Stop! put your hand down you look like a fool to the person on the couch behind you who has no idea why you just raised one hand. There is one simple reason why the best buffalo chicken dip recipe calls for ranch instead of blue cheese and that's because not everybody likes blue cheese but almost everybody loves ranch, simple as that.

If you love blue cheese, first put your hand down and second substitute the ranch dressing for blue cheese dressing, you can also add blue cheese crumbles. I myself can't stand blue cheese however there is a pre made buffalo blue cheese dip that I love made by a berry farm in Urbana Ohio called Robert Rothschild, this stuff is Great! Where can you get it well I buy it from my Fathers framing and gift store in Indian lake Ohio www.framingbyfuller.com other than that you may search for it online unless you live by Indian Lake or Urbana Ohio.

OK if you don't like your buffalo dip to spicy you can add less franks red hot, if you do not care for franks red hot then you should try a mixture of hooters hot and mild wing sauce even though I said not to substitute, it's your buffalo chicken dip recipe do what you want with it.

And finally last but not least and I tell you this for your own benefit, be ready to email this recipe to every one you know or print or hand write it and be prepared to give it to the people at the party you go to. I have been making this dip for years and taking it to parties and gatherings of all sizes I just assumed every one would know how to make it by now, but they don't so now you do and I can stop hand writing it on an envelope for people, not that I minded Enjoy your buffalo chicken dip!

Please Note: No buffalo's were harmed in the making of this dip

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