Nashville Hot Chicken Dip

🧂 Ingredients

• 3 8 oz pkgs cream cheese

  softened
• 3/4 cup buttermilk

  full fat, recommended, at room temperature
• scant 1/4 cup hot sauce

  recommend using a brand like Texas Peter or Crystal's
• 1 1/2 tbsp honey
• 1 tsp cayenne pepper
• 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
• 1 1/4 tsp garlic powder
• 3-4 baked, breaded chicken tenderloins

  cooked according to package instructions & chopped into 1/2" pieces
• 2 tbsp hot sauce

  for sauce
• 1 1/4 tbsp honey

  for sauce
• pinch garlic powder

  for sauce
• sliced dill pickles
• green onions

  thinly sliced

Instructions

• 1 Add the cream cheese & buttermilk to a microwave safe bowl. Cook for one minute
  on high heat. Stir.
• 2 Cook another minute and stir again. Microwave a final 30 seconds.
• 3 Using a hand mixer, whip the mixture until smooth & creamy.
• 4 To the whipped cream cheese add the hot sauce, honey, cayenne pepper, & garlic
  powder. Whip the mixture just until everything's evenly incorporated.
• 5 Transfer the mixture to a serving dish, and spread it out into a thick even
  layer.
• 6 Spread the cooked, chopped crispy chicken pieces out overtop of the spiced dip.
• 7 In a small mixing bowl, add the remaining sauce ingredients- hot sauce, honey,
  garlic powder. Whisk together to evenly combine. Slowly pour the sauce evenly
  out over the chicken topped dip.
• 8 Add sliced pickles to the top, as desired, and sprinkle liberally with green
  onions.
• 9 Serve with your choice of dipping options. Enjoy!

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