Chicken dip is great – except, it usually requires a lot of prep work and a lot of waiting around. Not anymore! Enjoy this dip for a quick lunch, easy snack, or even an easy dinner. Another perk to this recipe: everyone in the family will love it. And since it’s so versatile, you can eat it alone, on a taco, with chips, with celery, or even alongside a salad!
This chicken dip takes 15 minutes to make thanks to some ingredients and tools which shorten the cooking process. By using canned chicken, we save ourselves the time of cooking a chicken, or breaking down leftover chicken, which is always a chore. We also employ the use of an air fryer – which heats up faster as well as cooks food faster! Using such a gadget allows us to skip the long preheat times of a large oven, especially for a small dish!
Do You Need an Air Fryer Oven?
An air fryer oven is not required, but it speeds up the process! Their smaller footprint and ability to heat up quickly means that we don’t need to preheat it. You can use a conventional oven, but will have to let it preheat. If your oven has a convection setting, that will also help speed up the process. Honestly, you could probably use a microwave to make the dip, since everything is cooked. However, I like my food to get a nice crisp to them, which I find I never get with a microwave… plus, I don’t own a microwave… so there’s that.
However, if you don’t have an air fryer and are looking to purchase one, I’ve been using the Instapot Vortex Plus oven for some time now and really like it’s features!
Can I Use a Different Buffalo Sauce?
Although this recipe calls for Frank’s Red Hot Buffalo sauce, you can use any buffalo sauce you’d like! You can even use my very own buffalo sauce recipe! The nice thing about a prepackaged sauce is that it’s shelf stable and 0 calories (since they use butter flavoring instead of actual butter). However, you can use whatever hot sauce you’d like if you’re not a fan of Frank’s/
15 Minute Buffalo Chicken Dip, Low-Carb & Keto
This chicken dip is ready in just 15 minutes and is jam packed full of flavor!
Ingredients
- 1 can of cooked chicken in water
- 3 ounces low-fat Greek yogurt
- 1 oz cream cheese
- 1/4 cup (59ml) buffalo sauce
- 1-2 oz Mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 tsp Cayenne pepper
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp - 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp ranch powder (optional)
Instructions
- Remove the chicken from the can and place into a sieve. Wash with running water and break apart with your hand while doing so.
- Squeeze out as much water as possible from the chicken and set aside in the sieve to dry.
- In a bowl, add the buffalo sauce, cayenne pepper, garlic powder, black pepper, cream cheese, and Greek yogurt. Mix well to combine.
- Add the chicken to the bowl and mix well until it is an even mixture.
- Place the chicken mixture into an oven safe dish, such as a ramekin or Pyrex container.
- Place into an air fryer* oven at 425F/220C for 12 minutes. Then, set a timer for 6 minutes.
- When the six minute timer is up, add you rmozzarella cheese over top of the chicken dip and continue cooking for the remainder 6 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and let cool before attempting to eat. It WILL be hot, so it will be up to you to determine what level of heat you are willing to withstand!
Notes
- *A regular oven can be used to make this chicken dip as well, it will simply take longer to cook as it will need to preheat.
- You can add blue cheese in place of the ranch powder, just keep in mind that it will increase the caloric load.
- You can add as much cheese on top as you like.
- You can multiply this recipe to create a larger serving size
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Nutrition Information
Yield 1 Serving Size 1Amount Per Serving Calories 452Total Fat 21gSaturated Fat 10.6gCholesterol 190mgCarbohydrates 6gNet Carbohydrates 6gProtein 61g
