The Zany Good Finger Lickin' Nashville HOT Chicken Dip You Must Taste
If you are feeling adventurous, go ahead and bump up the amount of hot sauce and cayenne pepper in this Zany Good Finger Lickin' Nashville HOT Chicken Dip and buckle up!
Servings: 8 servings
Cost: $0.41 per serving
Ingredients
- 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese
- ¾ cup buttermilk
- 6 tablespoons hot sauce
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 ½ teaspoons cayenne pepper
- ¾ teaspoon garlic powder
- 4 scallions sliced
- cooked chicken wings any kind, for serving
Ingredients for Nashville HOT Chicken Dip to serve as a chip or crudité dip
- 6 to 8 prepared chicken tenders **see notes
- 3 tablespoons hot sauce
- 3 tablespoons half sour pickle chopped, may substitute dill; I am using Ba-Tampe exclusively **see notes
Instructions
to serve as a wing dip
- Melt the packages of cream cheese over medium heat, about 3 to 5 minutes, stirring often to avoid burning. Stir in the buttermilk, the hot sauce, the honey, the cayenne pepper, and the garlic powder. Use a wire whisk to continue to smooth out and continue heating until bubbly, 2 to 3 minutes.
- At this point, taste for heat. If you prefer additional, add cayenne and hot sauce in half-teaspoon increments until the desired heat is achieved.
- Stir in half of the sliced scallions and scrape into a serving bowl. Top with the remaining sliced scallions and serve hot, at room temperature, or chilled with your favorite cooked chicken wings.
to serve as a chip or crudité dip
- Prepare the recipe as instructed above, and taste for desired heat. Once adjusted, follow the steps below.
- Chop a half sour or dill pickle to where you have the equivalent of 3-ish tablespoons. Set aside.
- Chop the prepared chicken tenders into 1/2-inch chunks and add to a bowl. Add hot sauce and stir.
- Stir half the sliced scallions into the prepared dip. Stir the chopped chicken tenders and any sauce remaining in the bowl into the prepared dip. Scrape into a serving bowl and top with the remaining sliced scallions and the chopped pickle and serve hot, at room temperature, or chilled with your favorite scoopy corn chip, pita chip, or crudités.
Notes
When considering the dill pickle for method number two, your selection matters. While dill pickle relish is an option, it is far from the best choice. I purchase Ba-Tampte half-sour pickles in my grocers' refrigerated section. They are a 'no vinegar' Kirby cucumber that ferments naturally to become a pickle using salt, water, and spices. The flavor and distinctive crunch are familiar if you've ever eaten lunch at a TRUE Kosher deli.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 80kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 27mg | Sodium: 505mg | Potassium: 226mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 303IU | Vitamin C: 13mg | Calcium: 37mg | Iron: 1mg