A Vegetarian Buffalo Dip Recipe made without chicken or cream cheese that everyone will love. Made with white beans, gluten free, easy, healthy & tasty! A buffalo dip without chicken that high protein, gluten free perfect for chips or veggies.
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Buffalo Chicken Dip is my ALL time favorite snack/ party food. There’s seriously nothing better. It’s spicy, cheesy, salty.. you can eat it with chips or veggies.. SO good.
Our Healthy Buffalo Chicken Dip is one of the most popular recipes on our site (and rightfully so, it’s amazing!) but I know that not all of you eat chicken. This Vegetarian Buffalo Dip is for everyone – whether you’re a meat eater or not!
What makes this buffalo dip without chicken healthy?
- Low Fat: Buffalo chicken dip is usually made with tons of cheese, ranch or blue cheese dressing and cream cheese which makes it super high in fat. This only has 11g of fat per serving
- High in protein – Compared to many other apps/dips – this has significantly more protein! 11g of protein per serving
- Cream Cheese Free: I swapped out cream cheese/dressing for greek yogurt. Yes.. you read that right, there is NO cream cheese in this recipe!
- Satisfying: The greek yogurt/cheddar cheese mix still makes this rich and creamy, with way less fat and a whole lot more protein!
Ingredients for Vegetarian Buffalo Dip
To make this vegetarian buffalo dip you’ll need:
- water
- non fat greek yogurt
- olive oil
- buffalo sauce
- cheddar cheese
- cooked cannellini beans
There are some substitutions listed below for this vegetarian buffalo chicken dip. Look for the shaded green box!
How to make Buffalo Dip without Chicken
It’s super easy to make this buffalo dip without chicken. You’ll need a food processor or blender to get the right texture. You probably could also use a potato masher, but I haven’t tried it.
- Preheat the oven to 450.
- In a food processor, pulse beans until they are broken down a bit.
- Add olive oil, greek yogurt, water and buffalo sauce to beans. Process until the dip is a smooth consistency (it won’t be perfectly smooth, there can be some bean pieces. See above for photos.
- Add bean dip mixture to baking dish (I used a 9 inch oval dish). Top with cheese and bake the vegetarian buffalo chicken dip for 12-15 minutes until the cheese is bubbling.Â
- You can broil for 1-2 minutes to really melt the cheese!
SUBSTITUTIONS FOR VEGETARIAN BUFFALO DIP
This vegetarian buffalo chicken dip is great as is but there are a few ways you can customize it!
Blue cheese: Feel free to add in 1/4 cup blue cheese crumbles if you like them!
Cheese: You can also sub in more of whatever cheese you like (pepper jack, cheddar, mozzarella, etc.) Any + all cheese will be delicious!
Low fat cheese – I find that low fat cheese does not melt as well as regular cheeses, but they will work in this recipe if you like them. It may make the dip watery.
Jalapeños- If you want to make this dip spicier, add some diced deseeded jalapeños
Buffalo Bean Dip FAQ
This vegetarian buffalo chicken dip will last for up to 5 days in the refrigerator. We recommend storing it in an airtight glass container
You can make this ahead of time and store it in the refrigerator for up to 24 hours before baking it.
We don’t recommend freezing this vegetarian buffalo chicken dip. The texture of the cheese/beans gets funky when frozen.
You really don’t need to dirty your crockpot to make this healthy buffalo dip, but if you’d like to you can cook it on low for 2-3 hours in your slow cooker! We don’t recommend it.
If you love beans, you should also try this 15 Bean Soup Recipe or Vegan Orange Chickpeas
How to serve Vegetarian Bean Dip
There’s no wrong way to eat this healthy buffalo bean 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.
- A spoon… kidding? Not really. It’s that good.
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Vegetarian Buffalo Dip
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups cannellini beans 15 oz can- drained & rinsed
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/3 cup greek yogurt
- 1.5 tablespoon water
- 2 tablespoon buffalo sauce
- 3/4 cup cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 450.
- In a food processor, pulse beans until they are broken down a bit.
- Add olive oil, greek yogurt, water and buffalo sauce to beans. Process until the dip is a smooth consistency (it won’t be perfectly smooth, there can be some bean pieces. See above for photos.
- Add bean dip mixture to baking dish (I used a 9 inch oval dish). Top with cheese and bake the dip for 12-15 minutes until the cheese is bubbling.
- You can broil for 1-2 minutes to really melt the cheese!
Dana says
Hi! This looks so yummy and I’m thinking of making this for a potluck at work next week. Unfortunately we don’t have an oven or stove top at work, just a microwave. Do you think it would be okay to bake at home and just pop in the microwave at work? Or do you recommend not baking it at all beforehand?
The Clean Eating Couple says
Yes! You can totally bake ahead of time and just reheat!