Bacon & Blue Cheese Buffalo Chicken Dip

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by 365daysofbacon

It’s almost time for the S(t)uperbowl. So I hear, anyway. I don’t even know who’s playing. Yawn.

I’d rather be eating bacon.

Still, I know the S(t)uperbowl is practically an American holiday, so I bacon-fied the best part about it: Buffalo Chicken Dip.

Just remember, Team Bacon always wins.

Bacon & Blue Cheese Buffalo Chicken Dip

INGREDIENTS

• 1 pkg bacon
• 2 tbsp bacon grease
• 8 oz pkg cream cheese, room temp
• 1 cup blue cheese
• 3 tbsp quality mayo
• 1/2 cup hot sauce (like Frank’s)
• 1/8 cup green onions / scallions, chopped
• 2-4 cloves of garlic
• 1 jalapeño (with seeds or without)
• (optional) parsley, chopped
• salt & pepper, to taste
• celery (or other dippers)  🙂

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Cook the bacon, drain, set aside. Reserve grease.
2. Puree jalapeño, chop green onions and parsley, press the garlic.
3. With a hand mixer, beat together cream cheese, mayo, and blue cheese.
4. Slowly mix in hot sauce and bacon grease.
5. Mix in jalapeño, green onions, parsley & garlic.
6. Crumble in 3/4 of the bacon (save 1/4 for the top).
7. Add salt and pepper, to taste.
8. Pour mixture in 8×8 square pan.
9. Crumble remaining bacon on top.
10. Bake in oven at 250 for approx 10-20 minutes, just until cheese is warm and melty.

Serve with celery or other dippers!