Vegetarian Buffalo Dip
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A Vegetarian Buffalo Chicken Dip Recipe made without chicken or cream cheese that everyone will love. Made with white beans, gluten free, easy, healthy & tasty! A buffalo dip without chicken that high protein, gluten free perfect for chips or veggies.
Buffalo Chicken Dip is my ALL time favorite snack/ party food. There’s seriously nothing better. It’s spicy, cheesy, salty.. you can eat it with chips or veggies.. SO good.
Our Healthy Buffalo Chicken Dip is one of the most popular recipes on our site (and rightfully so, it’s amazing!); however, I know that not all of you eat chicken. This Vegetarian Buffalo Dip is for everyone – whether you’re a meat eater or not!
I swapped out cream cheese/dressing for greek yogurt. Yes.. you read that right, there is NO cream cheese in this recipe! The greek yogurt/cheddar cheese mix still makes this rich and creamy, with way less fat and a whole lot more protein!
It’s a healthier option with only 11g of fat and 11g of protein per serving. You’ll love it!
liz’s tip for vegetarian buffalo chicken dip
- You can prepare this dip in advance and store it in the fridge until you’re ready to bake. Just be sure to let it sit at room temperature for a bit before baking to avoid the dish cracking from the temperature change. You can also bake it ahead of time and simply reheat when you’re ready to serve!
Ingredients
You’ll also need a food processor or blender to get the right texture. You probably could also use a potato masher, but I haven’t tried it.
SUBSTITUTIONS
Beans: We prefer cannellini beans in this recipe, but any bean could work! We also like this Healthy Black Bean Dip.
If you love beans, you should also try this 15 Bean Soup Recipe or Vegan Orange Chickpeas.
Buffalo Sauce: This is our favorite buffalo sauce. It’s made with great ingredients and it tastes delicious!
Blue cheese: Feel free to add in 1/4 cup blue cheese crumbles if you like them!
Cheese: You can also sub in more of whatever cheese you like (pepper jack, cheddar, mozzarella, etc.) Any + all cheese will be delicious!
Low fat cheese: I find that low fat cheese does not melt as well as regular cheeses, but they will work in this recipe if you like them. It may make the dip watery.
Jalapeños: If you want to make this dip spicier, add some diced deseeded jalapeños.
How to make Vegetarian Buffalo Dip
- In a food processor, pulse beans until they are broken down a bit.
- Add olive oil, greek yogurt, water and buffalo sauce to beans.
- Process until the dip is a smooth consistency (it won’t be perfectly smooth, there can be some bean pieces).
- Add bean dip mixture to baking dish (I used a 9 inch oval dish). Top with shredded cheese and bake at 450° for 12-15 minutes until the cheese is bubbling.
- You can broil for 1-2 minutes to really melt the cheese!
Can you make bean dip in the crockpot?
You really don’t need to dirty your crockpot to make this healthy buffalo dip, but if you’d like to you can cook it on low for 2-3 hours in your slow cooker! We don’t recommend it.
storage
Storing: This vegetarian buffalo chicken dip will last for up to 5 days in the refrigerator. We recommend storing the leftovers in an airtight glass container.
Can you make this dip ahead of time? You can make this ahead of time and store it in the refrigerator for up to 24 hours before baking it.
Can you freeze buffalo dip? We don’t recommend freezing this vegetarian buffalo chicken dip. The texture of the cheese/beans gets funky when frozen.
How to serve Vegetarian Bean Dip
There’s no wrong way to eat this veggie buffalo dip, but here are a few ideas
- Chips – these tortilla chips are yummy!
- Pretzels – (I love these flat ones for dipping!)
- Veggies – Celery sticks, peppers, and carrot sticks go well with this.
- A spoon… kidding? Not really. It’s that good.
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Vegetarian Buffalo Dip
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups cannellini beans 15 oz can- drained & rinsed
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/3 cup greek yogurt
- 1.5 tablespoon water
- 2 tablespoon buffalo sauce
- 3/4 cup cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 450.
- In a food processor, pulse beans until they are broken down a bit.
- Add olive oil, greek yogurt, water and buffalo sauce to beans. Process until the dip is a smooth consistency (it won’t be perfectly smooth, there can be some bean pieces. See above for photos.
- Add bean dip mixture to baking dish (I used a 9 inch oval dish). Top with cheese and bake the dip for 12-15 minutes until the cheese is bubbling.
- You can broil for 1-2 minutes to really melt the cheese!
This is confusing, I was on this site for whole 30 but got a link for vegetarian buffalo dip with Cheese! I don’t think that is whole 30!
No where on this blog post does it claim this recipe is Whole30 🙂 This is not a strictly Whole30 website. We share easy healthy recipes, many of which happen to be Whole30. You can see all of our Whole30 recipes here: https://thecleaneatingcouple.com/category/whole30/
The recipe was a huge hit for the super bowl! My husband was a little scared that it wouldn’t be as tasty as a normal Buffalo chicken dip… even better!!! We all loved it & was super easy.
You mention using à combination of greek yogurt and cottage cheese but I don’t see cottage cheese in the ingredients list. What am I missing?
There is no cottage cheese in this recipe. follow the recipe as is! 🙂
Wow, this was better than I expected! I was craving buffalo chicken dip (I love your recipe for that too) but didn’t want to take the time to cook chicken and didn’t have any precooked on hand, so I decided to try this out since I had all the ingredients. I highly recommend it!
So happy you liked it! I love buffalo chicken dip and totally agree- this is even quicker and easier!
As a vegetarian who loves buffalo, it’s tough finding good recipes with it. This is DELISH and I don’t even have to feel bad when I go for seconds (or thirds!).
Woo! This makes me so happy to hear!
I made the healthy Buffalo chicken dip recipe and LOVED it. So, I decided to give this one a try and love it as well. Definitely recommend this recipe!
Yay! That makes me so happy to hear! They’re both great 🙂
Made this for the superbowl, with chips and veggies. SO good and satisfying! I’ll definitely be making it again.
Thank you so much!
Perfect Superbowl snack recipe! Didn’t feel like I was missing out on good snacking all while having a great protein fueled treat! Will be making again.
So happy you liked it, thanks Alicia!
Super easy and delish!!
Thanks, Chelsea!
Yummmm!! Being lactose intolerant I subbed out Greek yogurt for dairy free yogurt and cheddar cheddar cheese for dairy free jalapeño cheddar! Delicious! My fiancé cannot tell there is not cheese in it. So tasty!
So happy that worked for you, Amy! Glad you liked it!!
Wow! Delicious! I used daiya dairy free cheddar shreds to be more plant based
Yum! glad you liked it, Emily!
This recipe was so easy, very flavourful, and guilt free.
I will be making this again soon!
So happy you liked it, Terralynne!
Made this tonight and it turned out really good! Only thing I would add is a dash of garlic salt! Delish!
Glad you liked it! This is already pretty high in sodium from the buffalo sauce & cheese so we skipped any additional salt but you could totally add it!
I’ve been thinking about this since you first posted it. I finally made it tonight. Delish! So simple and I had all ingredients on hand.
So glad you liked it, Margaret!
So easy and really delicious!
Thank you so much! Glad you liked it!
Most amazing appetizer!!!! I can’t make this enough!
Yay! So happy to hear you’re enjoying it!
Absolutely delicious!! Easy to make. Whole family loved it. Will definitely be making again!
So happy you liked it, Christine! Thank you!
This dip is amazing! We are not vegetarian, but it was so good. You honestly do not miss the chicken. We will definitely be making this again!
So happy you liked it, Karin! Thank you!
Made this last weekend at it was AMAZING!!!!!
So glad you liked it, Christina!! Thank you!!
Delicious!! Made this for my recently turned vegetarian husband who LOVES Buffalo chicken. Its one of the things he misses most. He LOVED this. I swapped out the beans for chick peas because it was all I had and it was still great! He even used the leftovers as a sandwich the next day. We will be making this often!
So happy you both liked it!! And that the chickpeas worked 🙂 Great idea to use the leftovers as a sandwich!
Definitely a dip we would enjoy again. Great flavor and goes well with chips or veggies!
So glad you liked it, Heidi! Thank you!
This was so good! It’s a must have on our superbowl menu!
So glad you liked it, Keeley! Thank you!
I love this recipe. It’s so easy to make and customize. You still get the Buffalo flavor. Took no time to prepare. The longest time was waiting for it to cool and not burn my mouth. Thank you Liz .
Thank you so much, Jessica! So glad you liked it 🙂
Made this for football last week and it was delicious! Super easy and everyone loved it! Tastes like buffalo chicken dip
So glad you liked it, Joanne! Thank you!!
10/10 recommend this dip!!! It’s SO good. And healthy! Can’t beat that!! Definitely adding this to my rotation of party foods! Make this; you won’t regret it. In fact, double the recipe it’s THAT good! (Chips or veggies would work great with this).
So happy you liked it, Corey! Thank you!!