Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups cooked, shredded chicken
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 3/4 cup hot sauce
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup Ranch dressing (or blue cheese dressing)
- 1/2 cup shredded white cheddar cheese
- 1/2 cup shredded mild yellow cheddar cheese
- 1/4 cup blue cheese crumbles
- 3 green onions, chopped and separated into whites and greens
- Chips, celery sticks, crusty bread, or crackers for dipping
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Cook the chicken and shred it.
- Chop the green onions, separating the whites and greens.
- In an 8-inch oven-safe pan or cast iron skillet, saute butter and onion whites until the onions have softened, about 2 minutes.
- Add the garlic to the pan and saute until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
- Add the shredded chicken and hot sauce to the pan and simmer for 2 minutes, until the sauce is reduced a little bit.
- Reduce the heat to medium-low and add the cream cheese. Stir until the cheese is melted.
- Remove from heat and stir in the Ranch or blue cheese dressing until well combined.
- Sprinkle both of the cheddar cheeses on top.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 10-15 minutes, until the cheese has melted and the dip is bubbling.
- Broil for 1-2 minutes to brown and top
- Remove from the oven and sprinkle blue cheese crumbled and green onions on top as a garnish.
- Serve warm with tortilla chips, crackers, bread, or celery sticks.
Notes
- Rotisserie Chicken can be used instead of baked chicken.
- Use 2 oz. of block cheese to get a 1/2 cup of shredded cheese. Shredded block cheese will melt better than pre-shredded bagged cheese.
- If you don’t own a cast iron skillet or oven-safe pan, you can use a regular pan on the stove, then transfer the ingredients to an 8 x 8 baking dish before sprinkling the cheddar cheese on top.
- If you don’t like onions, you can omit them and use chives as a garnish.
- Use more hot sauce for a spicier dip, or less for a more mild flavor.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 18 minutes
- Category: appetizers
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/4 cup
- Calories: 263
- Sugar: 5 g
- Sodium: 684 mg
- Fat: 19 g
- Saturated Fat: 9 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 8 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 13 g
- Cholesterol: 63 g