Cottage Cheese Buffalo Chicken Dip

Published 2/5/2024 If you’re looking for a perfect game-day dip, this cottage cheese buffalo chicken dip is it! Thanks to the blended cottage cheese and hot sauce, this dip is super duper creamy with amazing buffalo flavor. Plus, we love that it’s an easy way to use leftover shredded chicken or even to double the recipe and use an entire rotisserie chicken! This recipe was a huge hit at the studio. We ate it for lunch with crackers, carrots, and celery and decided we needed to make it again and eat it as a wrap!

What You Need for Cottage Cheese Buffalo Chicken Dip

Chicken: We’re using shredded chicken breasts for this dip, but have tested it with leftover rotisserie chicken and boneless chicken thighs, which are also delicious. Cottage cheese and Greek yogurt: The creaminess of this dip comes from the blended cottage cheese and Greek yogurt, which both add another boost of protein. Hot sauce: We’re using a whopping 1/4 cup of Franks Hot Sauce in this buffalo chicken dip. Toppings: Don’t skip the toppings! Shredded mozzarella, blue cheese crumbles and sliced green onions are the perfect complement to the spicy buffalo flavor of this dip.

Food processor: Using a food processor makes this recipe so creamy! All you have to do is dump your cottage cheese, Greek yogurt and hot sauce, and blend. If you don’t have access to a food processor, try using a high-speed blender instead.

Variations and Substitutions

Chicken: Shredded rotisserie chicken, leftover chicken, or chicken thighs can be used instead of the chicken breasts. Reduce the spice: If you are sensitive to spice, add the honey to the cottage cheese when you add the hot sauce. It will balance out the spice. Amp up the spice: Like it extra spicy? Increase the hot sauce from 1/4 cup to 1/3 cup.

Top Tips

Don’t rush blending the cottage cheese: Be sure you blend the cottage cheese for 4-5 minutes; it helps to prevent curdling when heating the buffalo chicken dip. Blender No food processor, no problem: If you don’t have a food processor, a blender works great too! Just make sure you scrape the sides of the blender so everything blends nicely. Double or triple to serve a crowd: Because this cottage cheese buffalo chicken dip only calls for 1 lb. of shredded chicken, might we recommend doubling or tripling the batch to serve a crowd? Even if you only have 2 lbs. of chicken, you can easily double this dip.

Can I make this buffalo chicken dip recipe ahead of time?

Feel free to prep this dip the night before, baking it the next day. You’ll likely need to bake it a bit longer in order to get it fully warmed up. You could also transfer it to a slow cooker on low heat to keep it warm for a longer period of time.