D.C. Area Nesties
Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Crack Dip Recipe
In preparation for the Super Bowl, what is the favored crack dip recipe. I know it has been posted a zillion times but I have failed to find it in my Nest searching attempts (why oh why can't the Nest Gods fix this).
 |
| From December 29, 2011 |
Re: Crack Dip Recipe
There's lots of different varieties here's mine:
1 pack Cream Cheese
Franks Red Hot Sauce - the more the spicier - we do a lot since DH likes it
Shredded Chicken
Ranch Dressing - DH would rather have spice so there's not much
Shredded cheddar - I only add a little bit of this
Combine on the stove. I have a "mini crock pot" which can hold 3 cups so I put it in there after to keep warm and prevent it from turning into a glob of cheese
This is mine, which I claim to be the absolute best:
16 oz cream cheese, room temperature
12 oz Frank's Red Hot Buffalo sauce
8 oz blue cheese dressing
4 cups cooked, shredded chicken (I poach it first)
8 oz shredded Cheddar cheese
(I also sometimes add a container of crumbled blue cheese at the end)
Directions:
1. In mixer bowl, mix together the cream cheese, dressing, and Buffalo wing sauce until well blended. Add shredded chicken and mix well.
2. Can make ahead--if serving right away, pour into slow cooker and heat on low.
3. Cook on low in slow cooker (needs about 20 minutes to warm up). Serve warm with Tostitos Scoops.
TTC #2: BFP 12/17/11, m/c 1/7/12 and D&C 1/12/12
baby blog/cooking blog
I use the one right from the Frank's Red Hot website.
ETA: I don't use canned chicken though, I poach 1 breast and shred it.
We make the rockin' world go 'round.
This is how I do it:
2-3 lbs chicken
1 bottle wing sauce (whatever heat level you like)
2 (8 oz) blocks cream cheese (softened)
1 cup ranch dressing, or blue cheese dressing, or a combo (use the refrigerated kind, like Marie's)
1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
Directions
Poach the chicken in seasoned water (use Mrs. Dash, Lowery's seasoned salt or whatever seasoning blend you like). Put the chicken in the water, bring to a boil and then simmer for 20-30 minutes after it comes to a boil. Shred the chicken with two forks (or your fingers, after it's cooled). Transfer the chicken to the crock pot and mix in the wing sauce, cream cheese, ranch dressing and cheese. Cook on low until heated through. You can leave the crock pot on low, or on warm if you have that setting, for serving.
I recently saw on Pinterest that you can shred chicken in a KA Mixer. I tried that when I made it for our holiday party. It worked like a dream! I used the paddle attachment, and basically beat the chicken breasts (after poaching) until they were shredded. Then I added in the rest of the ingredients and mixed it all together before transferring it to the crock pot.
Here's my tweaks...
Buffalo Chicken Dip
? 2 lbs raw chicken
? 8 oz. bottle of Franks Red Hot
? 16 oz. of cream cheese
? 8 oz. of ranch or bleu cheese dressing (if I use Ranch, I add bleu cheese crumbles)
? Shredded cheddar cheese (optional)
o Boil and shred the chicken and set aside. Can shred cooked chicken in the food processor with the normal blade (not the cheese shredder blade)
o Combine the Red Hot, cream cheese and ranch or bleu cheese and stir over heat until combined.
o Add with chicken and put in crockpot and top with cheddar cheese, if desired.
o Serve with chips