Buffalo Chicken Dip

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 2 lbs chicken breasts (boneless, skinless and about 4-5 breasts)
• 12 ounces buffalo wing sauce (i use 1 bottle of frank's buffalo wing sauce)
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese
• 1 (16 ounce) bottle bleu cheese salad dressing (or ranch if you prefer)
• 8 -10 ounces sharp cheddar cheese, grated

Recipe

• 1 in large saucepan, boil chicken in water until cooked through (about 17-20 minutes).
• 2 drain chicken well and shred thoroughly with two forks.
• 3 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 4 combine chicken & wing sauce and spread evenly into a 9 x 13 baking dish.
• 5 in large saucepan over medium heat, combine cream cheese and dressing, stirring until smooth and hot.
• 6 pour this mixture evenly over the chicken.
• 7 bake uncovered for 20 minutes.
• 8 remove from oven and evenly spinkly the grated cheese over the top.
• 9 return dip to oven and back uncovered for an additional 10-12 minutes.
• 10 let stand 10 minutes before serving.
• 11 serve with celery, carrots and bagel chips.
• 12 *tip-marinade chicken overnight in buffalo style marinade. shred chicken with two forks only -- don't attempt to shred by hand. when dip is removed from oven at the 20 minute mark and when ready to serve, take a large spoon and skim off the excess oil from the surface of the dip. if using bleu cheese dressing, sprinkle some bleu cheese crumbles on top of the chicken layer prior to pouring on the cream cheese/dressing mixture.