Healthy Buffalo Chicken Dip
Healthy Buffalo Chicken Dip is a delicious, lighter version of your favorite appetizer! Easy, gluten free, keto & loaded with flavor - you'll love it!
Servings: 6 people
Calories: 208kcal
Ingredients
- 2 cups cooked, shredded chicken
- ½ cup buffalo sauce
- 1 cup nonfat greek yogurt
- ½ cup small curd cottage cheese
- 1.5 cups cheddar cheese (can also sub half crumbled blue cheese)
Instructions
Oven Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350.
- In a bowl mix all ingredients besides 1/2 cup of cheddar cheese until thoroughly combined.
- Pour dip into a glass 8x8 pan. Top with remaining 1/2 cup of chese + bake at 350 for 25 mins.
- Serve with chips or veggies or choice.
Instant Pot Instructions
- Place chicken breasts in instant pot base. Add 1/4 cup water.
- Set to pressure cook for 14 minutes. Make sure your pot is set to sealing, not venting. The pot will take 3-4 minutes to come to pressure. Allow it to cook and naturally release for 10 minutes. (You can also quick release if you're in a hurry!)
- Shred chicken with a hand mixer in the pot, or remove from the pot, shred with forks, and return back to the pot. Make sure to drain excess water from the pot/chicken to avoid a watery dip.
- Stir in buffalo sauce, cheese, yogurt, and cottage cheese, tossing until warm.
- Bake in a 400 degree oven for 10 minutes until cheese has melted.
Crockpot Instructions
- In a bowl mix all ingredients until thoroughly combined.
- Pour dip batter into crockpot (top with extra cheese if desired!). Cover and cook for low 4-6 hours or high 2-3 hours.
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Notes
How to serve healthy buffalo chicken dip:
There's no wrong way to eat this healthy buffalo chicken dip.. but here are a few ideas
- Chips - these chips are yummy!
- Pretzels ( i love these flat ones for dipping!)
- Veggies - Celery, peppers and carrots go well with this.
- Instant Pot: You can make my Easy Instant Pot Shredded Chicken
- Crockpot: You can cook the chicken in the crockpot (you'd have to do it the day before or in the morning)
- Rotisserie Chicken: You can buy a rotisserie chicken and shred it up (Save the bones and make easy crockpot bone broth !)
- Boiled chicken: You can boil chicken for about 15 minutes until it is entirely cooked and then shred.
Nutrition
Serving: 0.3cup | Calories: 208kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 23g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 66mg | Sodium: 922mg | Potassium: 278mg | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 324IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 257mg | Iron: 1mg