Snacks are a girl’s best friend, am I right? Chicken doused in buffalo sauce and ranch reigns supreme as the greatest appetizer of all time in my mind. Fiesta Buffalo Chicken Enchilada Dip is my creative twist on a classic dish that elevates the flavor and leaves you licking your fingers!
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Buffalo Chicken appetizers = love
Buffalo chicken dip is a staple gameday food and that status is well-deserved. Whenever it’s present at a party I graze on it relentlessly. So good.
You can always find me with a chip in hand, nibbling on a full plate, or standing by the cheese platters. I love me some appetizers.
I also have a very special place in my heart for all things Mexican food, from savory street corn salsa to a lighter blueberry salsa. So why not combine these two culinary loves into a dish that can best be described as buffalo chicken infused with a little fiesta!
How to: Prep the ingredients
One of my favorite things about this recipe (besides its deliciousness), is how little prep is involved.
It’s like a dump cake but for buffalo chicken dip! It could not be easier to grab your ingredients, pour in the pan, and go.
The only prep required is dicing the poblano pepper and shredding the cheese if needed. That’s all!
Now that you have your ingredients let’s get started.
How to: make buffalo chicken enchilada dip
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Start by sauteing a diced poblano in a cast iron pan over medium heat. Poblanos can have tough skins so it’s important for it to soften a little.
Mix in corn and diced green chilies and cook for about 10 minutes. The corn and green chilies have been sitting in lots of liquid in their cans and that needs to cook off.
Mix in the heaping pile of shredded chicken, enchilada sauce, hot sauce, and dressing.
Add the cream cheese and shredded cheese and stir until mixed thoroughly.
Top with extra shredded cheese for even more gooey goodness!
Transfer the pan to oven and bake for 15-20 minutes or until the cheese has melted. Top with fresh cilantro leaves and serve hot with tortilla chips!
Ingredients Needed
Materials Needed
Fiesta Buffalo Chicken Enchilada Dip
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 poblano diced
- 15 oz corn
- 8 oz diced green chilies
- 4 chicken breasts cooked and shredded
- 10 oz green enchilada sauce
- 1/2 cup hot sauce
- 1/4 cup ranch or blue cheese dressing
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- 8 oz shredded cheddar cheese more to top
- cilantro to garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Pour olive oil into a cast iron skillet and heat over medium. Add the poblano and saute until softened, about 5 minutes.
- Add the corn and dried chilies to the pan and continue cooking about 10 minutes until most of the liquid is cooked out.
- Mix in the shredded chicken, enchilada sauce, hot sauce, and dressing. Stir in the cream cheese and cheddar cheese until softened and mixed thoroughly. Top with extra cheese if desired.
- Transfer the pan into the oven and bake for 15-20 minutes or until the cheese is melted. Top with cilantro and enjoy!
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Wow this looks like such a delicious recipe, I love the sound of this and I love enchiladas! Thank you for sharing this great suggestion x
I need this in my life, it looks so yummy!! I always love your recipes xx
This looks absolutely amazing 😉
Thanks for sharing
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This looks delicious and easy to make! I love enchiladas dips but never make them. Thanks for sharing x
Your Enchilada dip seems very simple to make and looks delicious!
Always good to snack on chips with some dip!
Thanks for sharing the recipe.
I’m drooling!! Buffalo chicken dip is one of my all-time favs! Xx
Erm, hellooooo *swoons* This looks bloody DELICIOUS! I’d love to try this. This looks like the perfect snack for a sporting event!
This is the perfect super bowl dish! Thank you for sharing! Looks so yummy
Oh yummy-licious!!!!!!!!! You make me wanna eat nachos now. Thank you for sharing your recipe.
I’ve been looking for an easy and different recipe! thanks for sharing.
OMG! This looks amazing! I have been looking for some new recipes for dinners and I will definitely be making this one day this week.
Perfect for the big game although it will be just me eating it in lockdown. Thanks for this,
Buffalo chicken dip is a staple in our house during our summers at the cottage. I love this tex mex version!
I am a Mexican food lover and give it a go every chance I have. Definitely looking to make this recipe!
Yum! This looks delicious. I can’t wait to try making it 🙂
I showed this to my boyfriend and now I have to make it…LOL! This has everything we love in this house in one delicious dip. YUM!
Oh perfect, I was looking for something different to make for game day and here it is! So glad I found this!
How had I never heard of a recipe like this before? It looks absolutely delicious! Thank you for sharing this, I might try it this week after work when I need a treat 😊
I’m vegetarian and I can see this being super yummy with an Impossible ground “beef” substitute or something similar.
I enjoy trying out all types of recipes so thank you so much for sharing, this is definitely on my To-Do list!
I enjoy trying out all types of recipes so thank you so much for sharing!
Hi Kalin. This sounds delicious – although I am a bit of a lightweight when it comes to chillies so I may modify it slightly 🙂
I’m from Buffalo and love Buffalo chicken. While I have eaten Buffalo Chicken dip many times, I have never seen one that combine it with some Mexican zing! Very interesting. Would love to give it a try.. Thanks!
I wish I could reach in and have some right now. Absolutely delicious recipe.
This looks Delicious!!! I wish I would’ve seen this yesterday for the Superbowl! I am going to have to try this out, my husband is going to love it!
Ingredients are mostly very common, I love this recipe! Really love your food blog, Kalin! It looks mouth-wateringly delicious. Thanks for sharing! Will pin! 😄 xx
What a fun twist on the typical chicken dip! I made buffalo chicken dip for the Super Bowl the other night because it’s one of my family’s favorites! A fiesta version would be really neat to try next time. I’d swap Frank’s Red for Tabasco or Texas Pete.
Oh my God I could totally do this with jackfruit and vegan cheese. I love how it has minimal ingredients but yet looks so delicious. And that char on the side of the cast iron pan. Delish!
Yum! This looks amazing. Perfect for a night in. Thanks for sharing x
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Yum! This looks amazing. Perfect for a night in. Thanks for sharing x
This looks so delicious yummm! I hope someday you can add a story about your experience in cooking this. Perfect recipe for the Chinese New Year. Thanks for sharing!
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Oh my gosh, YUM!
Thanks for sharing this mexican meal, I love mexican food and this looks like I can meal prep in advance and bring to work 🙂
Yummy! I love this recipe. A definite recipe I’m going to try.
I love a simple recipe like this that doesn’t require so much prep work but so delicious! It is so affordable to make too. Thanks for sharing your recipe.
This looks delicious! I’ve actually never cooked with poblano before, although I’ve enjoyed them at restaurants. Looks like it’s time for me to expand my horizons!
Yum! This dish sounds so amazing. I love having dips like this as a snack!
This looks absolutely incredible! It would have been perfect for the super bowl, and I might try it for the finals of the Aussie Open!
I loved the spicy twist on this dip, so delicious!
this sounds delicious, love how easily comes together
Delicious! I love Mexican food and this dish really hit the spot. Easy to make and lots of flavour!