BUFFALO CHICKEN STUFFED FRENCH BREAD

Buffalo Chicken Stuffed French Bread

Flavorful Buffalo Chicken Stuffed French Bread is loaded with our favorite creamy, cheesy and spicy Buffalo Chicken Dip baked right in the loaf, and loaded up with three cheeses that melt into gooey deliciousness!  This crazy delicious and EASY appetizer is perfect for parties or game day – and is always the first thing to disappear.  Everyone will be begging you to make this!  ​

Buffalo Chicken Stuffed French Bread

There are so many variations of Buffalo Chicken Dip out there, but this is one of our favorites!  I start with a creamy Buffalo Chicken Dip, loaded up with spices and jam-packed with THREE different kinds of cheese.  If you love French-bread pizza or the cheesiest cheesy bread, you are going to smile when you taste this!

Cream cheese, sour cream, mayonnaise and ranch dressing are the perfect creamy base for this recipe.  I use a rainbow of spicy ranch seasoning, smoked paprika, chili powder, cumin, garlic and onion powder to add multi-dimensional flavor.  Frank's Original Hot Sauce adds the heat - start with 1/4 cup and add more heat to taste.  I add blue cheese crumbles right into the dip for tang, and freshly grated sharp cheddar and mozzarella for mega cheesiness.  You can substitute co-jack or pepper jack cheese for any of these - this is truly a recipe for Buffalo Chicken Dip filling that you can make your own!

Gather around for slices of decadent warm and spicy Buffalo Chicken dip, spicy and creamy, and melted cheeses just rolling off like lava.  This is so addictive that it flies off the table - the perfect party appetizer!

For something different you can also mound this Buffalo Chicken Dip on baguette slices or flat bread and pop in the oven until everything is golden and melted.  Or load into little slider buns for Buffalo Chicken Dip Sliders.  SO GOOD!

Buffalo Chicken Stuffed French Bread

BUFFALO CHICKEN STUFFED FRENCH BREAD

Flavorful Buffalo Chicken Stuffed French Bread is loaded with our favorite creamy, cheesy and spicy Buffalo Chicken Dip baked right in the loaf, and loaded up with three cheeses that melt into gooey deliciousness!  This crazy delicious and EASY appetizer is perfect for parties or game day – and is always the first thing to disappear.  Everyone will be begging you to make this!  

Buffalo Chicken Stuffed French Bread

INGREDIENTS:
1 large loaf French bread or 2 French Baguettes
3 cups cooked, shredded chicken (I recommend rotisserie chicken)
8 oz. cream cheese (softened to room temp)
½ cup ranch dressing (or 1-1/2 tablespoons dry spicy ranch dressing seasoning mix)
1/3 cup sour cream
1/3 cup mayonnaise
1/4 – ½ cup Frank’s Original Hot Sauce
½ teaspoon smoked paprika
½ teaspoon chili powder
½ teaspoon cumin
½ teaspoon garlic powder
½ teaspoon onion powder
salt to taste
¼ cup Blue cheese crumbles (up to 1/2 cup if you LOVE blue cheese)
2 cups freshly grated sharp cheddar cheese, divided
2 cups Mozzarella cheese, divided
 
Garnish (optional)

• Bacon crumbles
• Blue cheese crumbles
• Fresh cilantro
• Ranch dressing

 
HOW I MAKE THESE:

1. PREPARE BREAD: Slice about 2 inches deep through the top of the bread, and continue to cut a large rectangle, being careful not to cut through the bottom of the bread. Remove top of bread and hollow out middle to create a rectangular bread bowl; set aside.
2. PREPARE BUFFALO CHICKEN FILLING:  In a medium bowl, whisk together the cream cheese, ranch dressing, sour cream, mayonnaise and hot sauce and all spices until well combined.
3. Stir in shredded chicken, blue cheese, 1 cup cheddar and 1 cup mozzarella.
4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
5. Spoon Buffalo Chicken Dip into prepared French bread and top with remaining cheddar and mozzarella cheeses. Bake on a baking tray at 350 degrees F for 25-30 minutes or until cheese is melted and slightly golden.
6. Remove from oven and let bread sit approximately 10 minutes to set and slightly cool, then slice.
7. Garnish with fresh cilantro, more blue cheese crumbles or bacon crumbles, and drizzle with ranch dressing if desired.  Best served warm.

YIELD:  12-16 servings
 
NOTES: 

• BREAD TYPE:  You can make this in Italian bread too, which is good, but since Italian bread is typically bigger (and less turdy) than French, the filling-to-bread ratio is thrown off and it is harder to eat neatly – if you care!  The narrower French bread loaves hold together better once sliced.
• MAKE AHEAD: You can prepare Buffalo Chicken Dip in advance and store in the refrigerator separate from bread. When ready to bake, spoon into French bread and bake as directed

Originally posted November 2016; revised & reposted January 2020.
 
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