No one can explain why, but for whatever reason, deep-fried chicken wings coated in hot sauce, taste really good dunked into creamy blue cheese dressing. However, despite this if-it’s-not-broke-don’t-fix-it dipping sauce, people started serving Buffalo wings with Ranch dressing. I’m not sure why, but assume it was some type of strong-arm tactics by the buttermilk industry. Those bastards.
As I joked about in the video (it wasn't a joke), you can’t keep showing up at these Super Bowl parties with a bag of chips every year. So, if you’re ready to go from snack scrub to appetizer all-star, then give this great baked dip a try. Enjoy!
Ingredients:
3 cups diced cooked chicken
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup Frank's Red Hot pepper sauce, or other Louisiana-style hot sauce
1/2 cup blue cheese dressing
1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese
1/2 cup shredded pepper Jack cheese, plus a little for the top
1/2 tsp Old Bay Seasoning (if you can’t find, here is what’s in it)
cayenne, to taste
82 comments:
I'm a CA native, who ended up in upsate NY for school. I never understood the damn ranch thing when I lived there! I generally went with my wings straight till I moved and discovered the joy of blue cheese dressing.
Is there any substitute possible for the blue cheese? It sure looks tasty except for it being loaded with blue cheese, and if there's one thing I hate it's blue cheese.
By the way, your Old Bay Seasoning link doesn't work.
Those vegans and their love of buffalo chicken dip... :P
lol @ chef john, vegans cant eat crackers but they can eat chicken dips? vegans can't eat chicken or crackers! lol. also i don't like chicken or hot sauce, what else can i used?
Mary F
LOL Mary F, chef John was joking...
Also if you dont like chicken and hot sauce, you might as well go bake a cake lol.
Peace.
Seriously people! It's a chicken and blue cheese dip! If you don't like blue cheese and chidden and hot sauce, then try another recipe (like the Hot Spinach Artichoke Dip), but don't ask for substitute... Com'on!
And by the way, I don't know what's funnier, Chef John's joke (which really cracked me up) or the massive amount of people on YoutUbe feeling the need to say that vegans can't eat chicken and blue cheese dip anyway! No you think?!
Thank you for solving the issue of blue cheese vs ranch. I'm about to make the dip - now using your version for sure - but couldn't decide which way to go. P.S. I couldn't get the link to work, either, but found what sounds like a decent recipe on Food.com
~Carol
Just a note: vegitariens DO NOT eat meat! No offense, but I just wanted you to know.
"i don't like chicken or hot sauce, what else can i used?"
Another recipe, Mary. That's what you can use.
cant use blue cheese, cant use chicken, cant use hot sauce.....uh, maybe you guys should just skip this dip. jeez.
buffalo chicken IS blue cheese, IS hot sauce and duh, IS chicken.
Everything is better with Franks and/or Crystal! Glad too see you made a low fat dip; lord have mercy! I have everything I need, so I'll give it a go tomorrow.
God Bless.
Chef John-I'm gonna make a compilation of 365 of your recipes where we should use full fat ingredients because we only eat them once a year.
Strong work, by the way.
Sorry to pile on, Mary, but I have to agree with the mob... this may not be the recipe for you! ;)
Chef John, I may be wrong but Freak Nasty was the one that said if you ain't dippin then you must be trippin. Did the 69 boys use that line as well?
Yes! http://www.lyricsbox.com/69-boyz-lyrics-when-i-dip-you-dip-k7135vx.html
Do vegans go to Super Bowl parties? Chef John you are a saint.
Oh ... I thought we were gonna dip chicken wings in the Baked Buffalo Blue Cheese Chicken Dip ... Doy!
Someone has the world hoodwinked with those 69 Boyz lyrics! That's a Freak Nasty song. If you Google "Da Dip" with 2 Live Crew, it comes up for them, too. Some people get their raunchy rap groups mixed up and then misinform others. But it's definitely a Freak Nasty original.
I saw this online before...It never baked right for me. But great recipe.
Wow!
Say, Chef John, will this be more of a spread when it thickens, like your famous Clams Casino Spread?
Thx for the recipe, I will definitely give it a try!
Delicious. That's just.. delicious.
huh?
well done on the camera work ^^
I don't know if you can get it on the left-coast, but Texas Pete's wing sauce is the best on the market!
Texas Pete has flavor in addition to fire. Frank's is just fire and vinegar. The only reason that Franks is in the Anchor Bar's original wing sauce recipe is they weren't able to get Texas Pete. The South wasn't exporting that to New York then. It's the world's loss.
Make this recipe but substitute Texas Pete Wing Sauce. This is the only way it could be any better.
Do vegans eat animal crackers?
I love you Chef but looks like you were trying to connect with your inner Paula Dean with this recipe :) . It looks delicious but I think I'll stick with hummus.
Say, when do we get a good hummus recipe from you?
Yes, exactly like a cheese spread when cool.
I popped out of Lurkerville to let you know how much I love your blog aaaand to let you know that it was indeed Freak Nasty who used that term. Take it from me...I know stuff.
Making it now! So excited. I never wanted to make any of your recipes until I seen the amount of sexy cheese you used. PLUS the 69 boyz reference officially made you BADa$$ ;)
One of our New Year's food resolutions was to learn how to debone a chicken. We prepped 4 chickens a couple of weeks ago, roasted them, portioned them, and froze them. Yesterday was a snow day (we don't get many of those around here), so we thawed one of our boneless roasted chickens and made this dip! The flavor was right on. The texture made it a perfect dip: creamy and luxurious, but held its own when eaten with crunchy celery. There are a lot of recipes for buffalo chicken dip out there, but Chef John's will make you look like a pro!
I'm one of those blue cheese haters. I'm sorry. I know. I'm a horrible person. I should be tarred and feathered, but!!! I LOVE buffalo chicken. I mean the kind of love that if I had to choose between my mother-in-law and buffalo-chicken-anything she would lose. No question. But I prefer my buffalo-chicken-anything straight up. Still, I WANT this dip to work for me. A local pub makes a buffalo burger and "they" say that the blue cheese takes on a different flavor, that it doesn't taste like the mold you pour on your salad. Can the same be said for this dip? (Fingers crossed.)
If you don't like blue cheese, you will not like this recipe! Make without blue, just use cheddar.
Yummmm! I am SO going to try this! Thanks for the recipe. =)
made it. had blue cheese for the 1st time in this recipe. It was outta dis world good! I will forever make it with blue cheese instead of the old way with the ranch. :) Thank u CHef John. I haven't made a single thing by you that has not turned out delicious. for real.
I finally decided to make this but I actually didn't like how it turned out. My mother liked it, however. Happy for her at least, but I feel so bummed out since I was really excited about this. I think what killed it was the TYPE of blue cheese dressing I used because I know I have had B.C Dressing with pizza before and I liked the flavor of it; but it was at a restaurant however.
I was curious as to what brand you may have used? Or which you would recommend? The one that I used was a chunky blue cheese dressing by Wishbone, since crumbled blue cheese was unavailable. I was originally going to go with Krafts Blue Cheese but now I'm just at a loss.
Chef John,
My husband dislikes Blue Cheese, if I were to substitute Cheddar in place of it, would I use 1 cup of cheese in place of the 1/2 cup of dressing and cheese as mentioned?
This was delicious and was devoured long before some of the other appetizers were even sampled. I used Ken's chunky blue cheese dressing, full fat, of course, and it was perfect. I also used a solid hunk of blue cheese and crumbled it into the chicken/cream cheese mixture. Thanks Chef John.
Made homemade Bleu Cheese dressing for this...
Was great, but during tasting and seasoning to personal taste I ended up using half again as much Frank's!
Also added double the Cayenne, and a bit of Onion Powder.
Turned out fantastic! Never be afraid to tweak a recipe!
I discovered your blog just 2 weeks ago, and by now my husband is sick of hearing, "Chef John this!", and, "Chef John that!" But one thing he isn't sick of is your recipes. So far, I've made Chicken Enchiladas Verde, Mexican Rice, Baked Buffalo Chicken Dip, and Spicy Peanut Butter & Pepper Jelly Chicken Wings (I used drumsticks, baked the same as the wings in the recipe - outstanding!) Thank you for these great recipes. I have ordered the 'American' cookbook, and am awaiting word of the Foodwishes cookbook. Your recipes are easy but flavorful, and your videos are so dang entertaining!
Chef John -
Made this for the superbowl, turned out great. I did use blue cheese dressing, but subbed out sharp cheddar cheese for blue cheese crumbles just because I was worried about having the blue cheese taste too overwhelming. Everyone loved the dip, and it tasted great with celery and carrots. My special contribution was a bit of paprika because I didn't have any old bay, and they are both red so that works right?
Made it for the super bowl...crack in a pie dish. Mmm. Thanks for the recipe and the amusing commentary...this weekend I'm going to try the cabbage rolls. Hope you don't let me down!
Chef John, new to your blog. Enjoying some of the recipes and like your style in video production.
One suggestion, how's about having a print recipe format for us to print?
Just a thought.
Great idea! But, who cam we get to type them? I can't, since I'm already so busy making videos.
Made this just as written and it was a huge hit at the Super Bowl Party. I'm making it again for supper tonight as requested by my low carb hubby (minus those pesky vegan crackers of course ;O). Thanks SOO much for this great recipe!
will do this in my next game night :)
This is a great dip! I've made it for several parties and it is always a hit!
I have had it twice. The first time a friend made it and it blew my mind so I got the recipe and tried to make it myself. When I made it all I tasted was blue cheese. I followed the instructions and everything. I want to make it again but all I can think of doing is adding less blue cheese. Is this my best option?
I have had this dip twice. The first time a friend made it and it was awesome. I got the recipe, made it myself and all I tasted was blue cheese. I followed the directions exactly and want to know how to correct this. I'm making it again this weekend. Any suggestions?
If u used the same amounts, then your blue cheese was obviously much stronger than his. It's either the amount or type.
I've made this numerous times since the 2012 Superbowl. It is one of the most simple & delicious recipes that gets rave reviews from family friends. There is NEVER a drop left! I actually just made it again to bring to a party. And, I too do not comprehend the ranch thing. Bleu cheese all the way baby!! Thank you Chef John! xo
OMG This looks like a total tongue-gasm recipe to me. MUST_TRY_SOON! Being that I can eat blue cheese like a mad woman, I am pretty sure that I will find this to be a winner ;) And, the beautiful thing is, I have a HUGE bottle of the Frank's sauce from Costco (HUGE!)just looking for a reason to come out and play ;)
Yum yum TY!
I made this with cheddar jack cheese and ranch dip-i'm somehow allergic to bleu cheese and love it. In fact, I'm making for a BBQ tomorrow
Can I make the dip tonight (skipping the oven step and refrigerating it) then pop it in the oven tomorrow when guests start arriving? Would an overnight marination ruin anything?
Should be fine.
I had extra blue cheese after making this for a party (where it was a huge hit!), so I made it a second time. Of course, the time for when it's just us enjoying it comes out perfectly browned.
For everyone having troubles, set the broiler to low. 2-3 minutes should do it.
I substitute blue cheese with a package of Boursin cheese. works well.
Hi Chef John,
I'd love to make this dip but here in Venezuela we have farmer cheese - the crumbly stuff, queso blanco, mozzarella, and that's about it. Basically just fresh cheeses. Is there any kind of substitute for the aged cheeses? Some way to get that sour aged taste through lime juice/vinegar etc? BTW, I'm cooking your no-knead pizza in a pan on the stove - currently I'm without oven - and it turns out awesome. I'm also making your pizza sauce and sausage from scratch. Prices are strange in Venezuela, good tomatoes cost a nickle each, gasoline is $0.17 a gallon, but a small can of skinless tomatoes is $4.00. Go figure,
Thanks! And great work. I've been in South America for 6 months and am thinking about starting my own cooking show - on what you can do with a good knife, skillet, pressure cooker and a two-burner gas stove connected to a 100 lb cylinder sitting next to me. Besides blowing yourself up, possibilities are endless.
Sorry, don't know any aged cheese tricks! There is really no cheddar in the whole country? Are there no cheese shops in the cities? I guess I take it for granted here! Good luck!
Hello!
I am writing from Brazil! Why don`t you post a blue cheese dressing recipe? We don`t have here already made one!
Thanks
Si
Hi Chef John,
You asked me if there are any hard cheeses in Venezuela - yes there are, but difficult to find and cost 3 times more than in US - so not really economical - and by the way, thanks for such a rapid response. Here it is difficult and expensive to get pepperoni so I am making my own. If you can, I would love to see a recipe for bread sticks so I can make pepperoni bread sticks aka boscoe sticks back home - i think the people would love them. Going to start a restaurant here called Chef John's. :) JK I saw you have 1/4 million subscribers - awesome - but 37 negatives, probably from Mr. Bean. He's crazy and weird. :)
Look i live in germany and i can't find any proper hot sauce, any my sister wouldn't eat that, any way i can use a spicy BBQ sauce?
Please don't kill me! ta
Nikki
For all u blue cheese haters just leave it out of the recipe .
For all u blue cheese haters just leave it out .
Can you make a dinner casserole out of this dip?
Al asked if you could make this into a dinner casserole, maybe you were joking...but I was enjoying a leftovers platter and did not have any dip left for my chips by the time I was done with my mom's homemade stuffing, they were great together!
didn't read all the comments but real ranch dressing costs lees to prepare than real bleu cheese. So that's why so many restaurants opted for ranch. What a waste.
@Al and Kelly
We mix in cooked macaroni before baking. BOOM. Buffalo Chicken Mac and Cheese.
Made this yesterday for a get together. We had kids and adults but most impressive is the people that don't like blue cheese who went back for multiple "seconds". I let them know it had a lot of blue cheese but maybe the buffalo flavor dumbed down the strong blue cheese taste enough that they didn't notice. I also worried about the spice level for the kids and they didn't seem to mind either. Another good one Chef John!
I made this yesterday for our Fourth of July celebration.
I made it the night before (I just didn't bake it) and not wanting to use my guests as guinea pigs, I baked a little ramekin of it to test (that's my story and I'm sticking to it).
This recipe is so incredibly awesome! I roughly followed Chef John's recipe for blue cheese dressing (i.e., I used mayo, sour cream, a splash of lemon, and a bit extra blue cheese as opposed to store-bought dressing) and used a whole 5oz bottle of Frank's (which is just shy of the amount called for) but otherwise stuck to the recipe.
Totally delicious! I think I prefer it over actual wings (which I guess shouldn't be surprising). The whole recipe was perhaps a bit too much for the six people I was entertaining -- I'd probably halve the recipe next time for a party that small -- but this is definitely a great appetizer for a party.
Thanks Chef John for another great one!
I've made this dip numerous times since I found it last year on Allrecipes. I just LOVE it. It is my favorite and my recipe I bring to gatherings and serve up every weekend for football Sunday... thank you for such a great, easy, delicous recipe!
Chef John... You are my culinary hero. I just made Buffalo Chicken Dip for a birthday party. And it was a huge hit. I got a couple of "Holy cow! This is insanely good!" and an actual "Get it away from me, I am going to eat the whole thing!" Success!!!
I want to make this for thanksgiving but of course the oven will be a hot commodity on Turkey day. So my question is do you think this recipe can be done using a crock-pot?
Well, it would be all the ingredients and it would be hot, so in that way it would work, but not sure how well!
I want to make this before hand for nye. Do you think would be okay to reheat or is it better to just make it on the day off?
Chef John,
I am an effete, food-snob, vegan democrat. Could I substitute marshmallows for the chicken, distilled water for the French's hot sauce and, shredded iceberg lettuce for the cheese? Also, my new health insurance plan prohibits ingestion of Old Bay Seasoning upon penalty of cancellation. (Apparently, the word "Old" is now as verboten as the words "freedom and responsibility") Any substitute for this evil spice mixture? Thanks
Chef John,
My family loves this dip, however we were wondering what spices would you recommend if we made our own chicken. ( we make a lot of dip at one time.. and boneless chicken seems like a wonderful substitution.)
Chef John, you are the best! A dozen of your recipes are becoming menu staples at my house since I found your channel on YouTube.
I don't like Blue Cheese, but in this recipe it just works!! Don't let the Blue Cheese scare you away from trying this one folks. Try it!
Chef John thx for the recipe!!! I live in Mexico since the past 9yrs and just started trying your recipees and I must say I really feel like I'm back in Texas!!!! you're awesome!!!
I used ranch dip in mine and it turned out great. I personally can't eat blue cheese anymore since I got to high school because it gives me severe migraines. I've made this multiple times for three Super Bowls and two New Year's Eve parties. Thanks Chef John
Some people like my wife can't have Bleu cheese unless they have a death wish. It will cause her to go into anaphylactic shock. So for here ranch is what she can do. To try to get some of the tang we substitute feta for Bleu.
Can I have a layer of bleu cheese instead of mixing it in?
Hello chef, can I bake this is a crock pot? Thanks
So it's kinda disappointing that I can't order buffalo chicken dip when I go out anymore...because this recipe is just so amazing!!! I've made this recipe multiple times, brought it to a superbowl party and my friends devoured it so fast and were calling me 'mom' after haha. Don't skimp on the old bay and cayenne, they are what make this dish so different from the rest. Oh and BLUE CHEESE ALWAYS for the win!
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