Saturday, September 4, 2010

Funky BCD

Ever heard of this BCD craze that's sweeping the nation? Until recently I had never heard of such a thing as Buffalo Chicken Dip. Boy, was I excited when I uncovered this little gem of creamy, cheesy, chicken-y goodness! I decided to make something fun (and incredibly HORRIBLE for us) since this is the first weekend of college football - basically Michael's favorite holiday other than Christmas! All you ladies out there, if you really want to please your man, don't hesitate to make this recipe.
Funky BCD

-1 8oz package of softened cream cheese (I use the reduced fat because you can't taste the difference and I try to spare calories where possible)
-1 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese
-1/2 cup of blue cheese crumbles
-1/2 cup of your favorite blue cheese salad dressing
-1/2 cup of your favorite hot sauce (for this particular recipe, I really like Franks Red Hot)
-2-3 cups of shredded chicken (I just buy a whole, plain roasted chicken from the grocery store and shred it myself. Or, you can boil and shred a breast of plain chicken)

Spread the entire 8oz package of softened cream cheese into a 9inch pie pan. In a bowl, mix together the remaining cheeses, blue cheese dressing, and hot sauce. Pour the mixture over top of the cream cheese. Carefully mix in the shredded chicken. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes until hot and bubbly. I recommend serving this with tortilla chips, veggies, crackers, bagel chips, or almost anything you like!

If you aren't a big blue cheese fan, try either substituting more mozzarella for less of the blue cheese crumbles OR substitute the blue cheese crumbles and blue cheese dressing for your favorite brand of ranch dressing. This will create a much less "funky" but still very delicious alternative.

While football is not always something Michael and I agree on since, after all, we are a House Divided, we definitely agree that this recipe is a repeat for any football party. Enjoy!