Instant Pot Buffalo Chicken Dip: A Fantastic Family Recipe

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Get ready for some fiery fun with this creamy and spicy appetizer that is perfect for your summer BBQs and game day parties. This Instant Pot Buffalo Chicken Dip is like a wild-west rodeo of flavors in your mouth.

It has just the right balance of flavors and textures from the juicy shredded chicken, the tangy hot sauce, the cream cheese, cheddar cheese, and ranch dressing, all rodeo-ing together in a creamy, dreamy and spicy dip.

You can team this delicious dip with some corn chips, veggie sticks or any of your fried, savory appetizers.

Instant Pot Buffalo Chicken Dip Recipe Cooking Time

Prep Time-5 minutes

Cook time – 30 minutes

Total Time- 35 minutes

Servings-4

Ingredients For the Instant Pot Buffalo Chicken Dip

To make the Instant Pot buffalo chicken dip, here’s all you’ll need.

• 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1 cup hot buffalo sauce + ½ cup water 
• ½ cup cream cheese
• 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
• ½ cup ranch dressing
• 2 tablespoons crumbled blue cheese (OPTIONAL)
• 2 tablespoons chopped green onion (OPTIONAL) 

How to Make the Instant Pot Buffalo Chicken Dip

Once you have your ingredients ready, here’s the step by step process you’ll need to follow to make this fantastic dip.

Step 1: Prep your Instant Pot

Turn on the Instant pot and select the Sauté button.

Step 2: Combine the Chicken Breasts and Water

Place frozen chicken breast in the pot, add hot sauce and water, and give it a mix.

Step 3: Put the Electric Pressure Cooker to Use

Cancel the sauté button. Select the PRESSURE COOK button on HIGH PRESSURE for 15 minutes. (Make sure the valve is in the SEALING position).

Step 4: Release Pressure After the Cooking Time is Over

Once the pressure-cooking cycle is over. Allow pressure to release naturally for 10 minutes then quick release pressure by manually moving the valve from the SEALING to the VENTING position.

Step 5: Shred Chicken

Select the CANCEL button and take the lid off carefully. Remove chicken pieces, shred and set aside.

Step 6: Add the Cheese

Select the sauté button, and add cream cheese, shredded cheddar, and ranch dressing.

Step 7: Combine and Let Simmer

Return the shredded chicken back to the pot and stir to mix well, Let the mixture simmer for a few minutes (until the cream cheese melts completely)

Step 8: Top with Some more Cheese

Top it with crumbled blue cheese and chopped or sliced green onions and serve with crackers, tortilla chips, or veggie sticks. You can also top this with an extra layer of buffalo sauce and some ranch dressing if you want to enjoy some extra flavor.

How to Store the Leftover Buffalo Chicken Dip

When it comes to storing leftovers, this Instant Pot buffalo chicken dip actually makes it super easy.

All you need to do is allow it to cool down completely, transfer it to an airtight container or cover the baking dish with cling wrap, and then refrigerate it for 2-3 days.

How to Reheat Buffalo Chicken Dip

Reheating this Buffalo Ranch chicken dip is actually super easy. All you need to do is pop the refrigerated dip in the microwave and heat it for 2 minutes, stirring it at every 30 second mark.

You can then serve this warm dip with celery sticks, fried chicken or any other appetizers of your choice.

Tips and Tricks to Make the Instant Pot Buffalo Chicken Dip Recipe

Ready to give this Instant Pot buffalo chicken dip recipe a shot? Here are some more tips and tricks you need to have handy.

• If your Buffalo chicken dip seems too thick for your liking, and you want to loosen it up, you can add a bit of milk or some chicken broth. This will add a ton of extra flavor
• While you can always use low fat cream cheese for this recipe, I would highly recommend using full fat cream cheese instead, since it lends this buffalo chicken dip a ridiculously creamy texture.
• The blue cheese isn’t a must for the recipe, but if you have it at hand, getting some of that over it wouldn’t hurt. Top the baking dish with some blue cheese crumbles towards the end for some more deliciousness.
• If you don’t have the time to cook chicken breasts, you can also just use rotisserie shredded chicken.
• Any kind of hot sauce can work for this recipe- it is all a matter of personal choice. I absolutely love using Frank’s red hot sauce, because it has the perfect balance of heat and tanginess.
• Don’t forget to top the buffalo chicken dip with a generous sprinkle of green onions and some of that shredded cheddar cheese.
• I also like to pop the baking dish in the oven for a few minutes after I’ve finished topping it with the shredded cheese. This really gets the top layer of the dip to have that bubbly cheese texture which tastes insanely delicious.

How to Serve the Instant Pot Buffalo Chicken Dip

This buffalo chicken dip can be served in a ton of different ways. I personally love serving them with some veggie sticks like celery sticks, carrot sticks and sliced bell peppers.

Considering how this dip packs in so much flavor, I think it can really be a great chicken wing dip too- perfect for the whole family to enjoy.

When I’m in the mood for something spicy, I usually team this dip up with some buffalo wings.

And if you’ve got nothing else to prep and make, this easy recipe tastes amazing when you serve hot with some tortilla chips or nachos.

More Buffalo Chicken Recipes

Enjoyed trying this Instant Pot buffalo chicken dip recipe? Inspired to try out some more such delicious recipes? Here are a few good ones you might want to check out.

• Instant Pot Buffalo Chicken Soup
• Air Fryer Buffalo Chicken Pizza Rolls
• Wild Buffalo Chicken Pasta Instant Pot Recipe
• Instant Pot Frozen Meatballs In Buffalo Sauce
• Instant Pot BBQ Recipes For Your Family BBQ