Healthy Buffalo Chicken Dip
December 26, 2016 4 Comments
Buffalo chicken wings are usually served with a few sad sticks of celery but you can make a healthy buffalo chicken dip and serve happy celery.
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What is the celery for exactly? To assuage our guilt from indulging in deep-fried wings smothered in flaming hot sauce and dipping them in blue cheese?
I happen to love buffalo chicken wings so I have come up with buffalo chicken meatballs and a baked buffalo chicken wings recipe. These attempts keep me satisfied and away from the real thing.
I have decided to turn the buffalo wing appetizer on its head. Instead of a plate piled with wings, I am going to serve a plate piled high with celery. No, I am not kidding.
The celery is to be dipped in creamy buffalo chicken dip that will hit that deep craving for spicy chicken AND you won’t be inhaling all those calories.
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This dip is GOOD. Like scoop it and eat celery without noticing you are eating celery gooooood.
For the chicken, I used a frozen boneless chicken breast that I had banging around my freezer. I thawed it and cooked it in the microwave and then I chopped it into small pieces and shredded it with two forks.
This would be great at a game day party – you could keep it warm in a small slow cooker or a fondue pot. I have a CrockPot “Little Dipper” which I found at a garage sale. It is perfect for this dip (and any other hot dip you like to serve). See it below on Amazon – it is pretty cheap (I also melt chocolate in it).
Do not (I repeat) DO NOT serve it with chips (okay, you can if you really want to – I can’t stop you as I don’t know where you live).
What do you serve on game day?
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Healthy Buffalo Chicken Dip Recipe
Makes 6 servings, ½ cup per serving
Ingredients
1 boneless chicken breast (about 10 ounces), cooked and shredded
5.3 ounces (one small container) non-fat plain Greek yogurt
4 ounces Neufchatel cheese (reduced fat cream cheese)
½ cup grated cheddar
1/3 cup buffalo sauce such as Frank’s red hot
Instructions
Mix chicken breast, Greek yogurt, Neufchatel cheese, cheddar, and buffalo sauce in a sauce pan. Heat until cheese is melted and mixture is hot. Serve immediately.
Serve with celery sticks.
Nutrition Facts
For one half cup serving = 156 calories, 7.2 g fat, 3.6 g saturated fat, 1.8 g carbohydrates, 1.7 g sugar, 20.5 g protein, 0 g fiber, 271 mg sodium, 4 SmartPts
Points values are calculated by Snack Girl and are provided for information only. See all Snack Girl Recipes
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