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BBQ Chicken Dip, made with cream cheese, is an easy appetizer recipe. Pair it with tortilla chips for a delicious snack your friends and family will love!
BBQ Chicken Dip is one of my family’s favorite snacks for holidays, movie night, Game Day, and more. It makes a great party appetizer too and disappears rather quickly.
There’s just something about cream cheese, BBQ sauce, and Ranch dressing mixed together. The ingredients come together to form a layered dip that’s absolutely delicious and pairs well with crackers, tortilla chips, even raw veggies.
While you can make this in a pie plate, cutting the ingredients by half (and we’ve done this plenty of times), you can also make it, as is, in a 13×9 inch pan… I prefer to layer the ingredients, as listed, in about a 10-inch iron skillet.
It’s a little thicker this way, which is how I prefer this dip to be, with a good, solid layer of cream cheese on the bottom.
If your chicken is already cooked, you can mix this dip up in about 10 minutes. Pop it in the oven for about 20 minutes, and you’re all set.
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Tips for how to make Creamy BBQ Chicken Dip
First of all, gather your ingredients… You’ll need about a pound of cooked chicken, cream cheese, BBQ sauce, Ranch dressing, and Mozzarella cheese.
- Pre-heat the oven to 350°F.
- Shred the cooked chicken with forks.
- Spread the cream cheese on the bottom of an iron skillet (or deep dish pie plate, etc.).
- In a separate mixing bowl, mix the BBQ sauce with the shredded chicken.
- Spread the BBQ chicken mixture on top of the cream cheese.
- Pour the Ranch dressing on top of the BBQ chicken mixture.
- Sprinkle the entire skillet with grated Mozzarella cheese.
- Bake for about 20 minutes at 350°F, or until the cheese melts and is bubbly.
- Serve warm with tortilla chips, crackers, raw vegetables, or whatever snack food you prefer.
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I’m definitely adding this recipe to my list of favorite Christmas Recipes.
Kitchen tools you may need to make BBQ Chicken Dip
Shredding Forks – You can use something like this or just regular table forks.
Iron Skillet – I love making this dip in an iron skillet, which makes for a thicker dip. You could also use a 13×9 inch baking dish and spread the mixture out more, or you can use a deep dish pie plate.
Mixing Bowl – I love my mixing bowl with a handle for mixing up the chicken with the BBQ sauce.
Spatula – I use a spatula with just about every recipe I make.
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Creamy BBQ Chicken Dip
BBQ Chicken Dip, made with cream cheese, is an easy appetizer recipe. Pair it with tortilla chips for a delicious snack your friends and family will love!
Ingredients
- 2 8- ounce packages cream cheese softened
- 1 pound chicken cooked & shredded
- 1 cup BBQ sauce
- 2/3 cup Ranch dressing
- 8 ounces grated mozzarella
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 350°F.
- Shred the cooked chicken with forks.
- Spread the cream cheese on the bottom of an iron skillet (or deep dish pie plate, etc.).
- In a separate mixing bowl, mix the BBQ sauce with the shredded chicken.
- Spread the BBQ chicken mixture on top of the cream cheese.
- Pour the Ranch dressing on top of the BBQ chicken mixture.
- Sprinkle the entire skillet with grated Mozzarella cheese.
- Bake for about 20 minutes at 350°F, or until the cheese melts and is bubbly.
- Serve warm with tortilla chips, crackers, raw vegetables, or whatever snack food you prefer.
Recipe Notes
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This sounds like a great way to prepare this dip! I mean I love the Buffalo style version, BUT I love bbq sauce as well. I will definitely have to add this to the “try-this-soon” list!
Thanks for the mention!
Thank YOU, Ruth, for giving me the original Buffalo style recipe. We’ve loved making it ever since.:)
I want to make this soon! I’m thinking this weekend and I’m thinking my husband would love it!
Mariah, you’ll have to let me know how it turns out.:)
This looks so good! I would have never thought to put those together in a dip. Thanks for the idea!
Thank you, Rachel! It’s so yummy. I’m thinking about making some this weekend; writing up the recipe made me crave it.:)
This looks really amazing. I can see myself eating way too much of it!
Ellen, it’s really hard not to. We make it in a pie plate and split it up, so we’re limited on how much we eat. LOL
oh yummy love the idea of having a great dip instead of a main entree meat my teens would be surprised for sure
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It’s really yummy and a little addicting, I have to admit. We don’t make it too often because it’s gone in a flash when we do.:) Thanks so much, Angie!
This looks delicious! Definitely adding this to my list of recipes to try!
Thanks Linette! You’ll have to let me know how you like it if you make it.:)
This looks awesome! Pinned.
Thanks so much, Kristen!
I just read this to my husband…I have a feeling I’ll be making a trip to the store here really soon! :) Thanks for linking up..pinning!
Thank you for hosting, Sarah!
That looks so yummy! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
You’re so welcome, Theresa! Thank YOU for reading!:)
I doubled this tonight for dinner and everyone loved it—thank you!
Sarah, I’m so glad you all enjoyed it! It’s a favorite around here, for sure.
I made this for a book club gathering and the ladies loved it! I used the precooked shredded chicken in a can from Costco and it worked wonderfully and made the recipe even easier to prepare. This is something you could put together the night before then just pop in the oven before a gathering. Definitely a keeper for the future :)
Thanks so much for sharing, Lyndi. I’ve been kinda hungry for this lately; may have to make a quick batch.:)