Selena

Munchie Monday challenge:  Crock Pot Chicken Wing Dip

I don't find cooking relaxing.  Cleaning is more my Zen.  So when another Munchie Monday recipe called for cooking up raw chicken, I scoffed at it .... then procrastinated like any normal chicken-cookin CHICKEN (!)  I didn't even buy the ingredients until 6pm Sunday night.  There HAD to be an EVEN easier method for this already easy crock pot dip! (pathetic, I know)

Now, my husband Ethan was appalled when I returned from the grocery store with my creative substitution -- CHICKEN PATTIES!!!
(Seriously, I was looking for the fastest - & cheapest - fix).  He thought the dip would be ruined (Eric made the same face when I told him what my secret ingredient would be!).  But think about it -- it's a wing dip.  What wouldn't taste awesome in a chicken wing dip but breaded chicken to pull in the Frank's Hot Awesomeness!! 

For someone that doesn't cook, I thought this was an enlightening discovery ;-p

...and believe it or not, the office LOVED it! 
The Crock Pot returned home, without a drop of leftover dip
... what a successful downer (would have loved some leftovers to avoid cooking another night!)


Enjoy for yourself, and let me know if you take the bold chicken patty route ... I have paved the path for you, my raw chicken fearing friends!!!!  

(you can also use precooked chicken strips, like Tyson's; a listener also suggested canned chicken.  The Patties were just the easiest and least expensive substitute that lazy day I tried it)

Here's this week's Munchie Monday recipe, courtesy of Brenda Pytlik who writes on FB:

Love Love Love this recipe!!

And Thank you Selena & Eric for the $25 Gift Card to the Giant Market for submitting this recipe!!!

You Guys are the BEST!!!

RECIPE: CROCK POT CHICKEN WING DIP
Servings: 12
Ingredients:
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese
3 -4 boneless chicken breasts, cooked and diced (Selena used chicken patties! The breading made it work!)
1 cup frank's hot sauce

1 cup ranch salad dressing

1 cup blue cheese dressing
1 cup sour cream
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
3 -4 stalks of chopped celery (add to dip or serve on the side)

Directions: Combine all ingredients into crock pot. Reserve some cheddar cheese for the top. Cook on low for 2 hours. Just before serving, add the reserved cheese to the top and allow to melt.