As promised in my Snacks on Game Day post, here is the fabulous, frugal*, and fast hot dip to take to your next get together.
1/2 cup shredded cooked chicken (you can use 1 can of chicken)
1 Pkg of Cream Cheese
1/2 C Ranch Dressing (can sub homemade, or in a pinch could use mayo thinned w/ a little milk to dressing consistency)
1/4 to 1/2 C Hot Sauce (I usually use a scant 1/2 cup)
1/2 C Shredded Cheddar Cheese (or more. . . )-Soften Cream Cheese to room temperature.
-Mix Cream Cheese, Hot Sauce and Ranch Dressing.
-Spread into a greased/sprayed pan
-Layer chicken on top of cream cheese mixture.
-Sprinkle with shredded cheese.
-Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes**.
-Serve with something pretty firm for dipping-tortillas, “frito” style scoops, crackers, celery sticks. The dip is thick and will break your typical potato chip.
*Note: Of course how frugal this is depends on the price of your ingredients. I can get cream cheese pretty darn cheap at Aldi’s. Ditto for cheddar cheese. Even at a regular store, not on sale these are not exactly hugely expensive luxury items.
**Note: Some people prefer to cook about 15 min, then put the shredded cheese on and finish the last 15 minutes. It’s up to you.
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Oooooh, that sounds SO good! Thanks for sharing!
Boy that sounds good. Too bad my DH with not eat cheese or I’d be making this for dinner tonight!
wow…..that sounds good.
Carolyn
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I love this dip and recently lost my recipe. There are so many versions of it on the net but yours is the exact one I had. Thanks for the post!
This is a great dip, I just love it. We make it all the time, but I substitute Blue Cheese for Ranch dressing. yum!
Glad you all enjoyed this recipe! I’ve already got one rave review on it. . .
And the blue cheese substitution sound fabulous too. . .
This sounds good and I’m always one to have leftover chicken lying around.
I might have to restrict myself to how often I make it though, it sounds like the kind of thing I could happily get through an entire bowl of.
If you make this using canned chicken it’s so much easier than cooking and shredding your own! I work with Swanson’s and we use their white meat chicken breast product because it’s 100% all white meat. You can also sub in blue cheese crumbles for the cheddar is you’re a big fan of blue cheese!
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