These Buffalo Chicken Zucchini Boats are the perfect way to enjoy buffalo chicken dip without all the carbs! Tender zucchini is stuffed with a creamy buffalo chicken mixture, then drizzled with ranch!
If you love this chicken zucchini recipe, you’ll also like my tasty Barbeque Chicken Zucchini Boats!
Buffalo Chicken Zucchini Boats Recipe
This past weekend my heart was divided like it never had been before.
If you know me at all, you know I LOVE football season and love watching it with my husband. Well, last weekend we got to go to one of the playoff games. In my opinion THE playoff game.
Dallas Cowboys vs. Green Bay Packers!!!!!
I grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. My parents are hardcore Packer fans. Like HARDCORE. As in they bleed Green and Gold. We would go to games as frequently as we could. But I can remember one time we went to a playoff game at Lambeau Field against the Carolina Panthers. They had a couple of pre-game parties and we went into one held by a radio station, I think I was about 15-16 years old at the time.
So I was easily traumatized if my parents did something ridiculous … which happened frequently when it comes to my dad. He’s kinda a nut. (and I say that with love!)
But anyways, we were at the party and my dad decides (at the encouraging of a DJ announcer) to get on stage, and strip down to his snow pants, boots, and Packers hat. Mind you, it’s freakin cold outside, like 20 below zero cold. Then he proceeds to start flexing while on stage … shirtless with his snow pant suspenders on. The crowd was going crazy and then the DJ raised my dads hand and says …. THIS IS HOW WE RAISE THEM IN THE TUNDRA!
Hand to forehead! All I could do was laugh, put my head down and hope nobody saw him walk back to me.
I love the Packers, they are a part of my childhood I will never forget. Sundays were filled with church, ham sandwiches, and Packer games. I had a huge crush on Brett Favre … and still do. Fast forward 6 years and I got married …..
TO A COWBOYS FAN!
The struggle is real. My heart was torn in two this weekend. I wore my Packers shirt Sunday morning and my Dallas shirt to the game. As my husband likes to remind me … when you get married you leave and cleave. So go Cowboys it was. And honestly, I thought they were going to pull it out. So flipping close you could taste it. The feeling in the stadium was electric, the crowd was going crazy from the 3rd quarter on! But alas, the Cowboys lost and my hometown Packers pulled it out. Aaron Rodgers is ridiculous!
On a side note, the refs that game were crap!! With a capital C!
Since we’re on the topic of football why not share a little FOOTBALL FOOD! These Buffalo Chicken Enchilada Zucchini Boats will be a hit! They are perfect for Sunday afternoon game time dinner or basically any day of the week!
Why This is The Best Buffalo Chicken Dip Recipe
Who doesn’t like Buffalo Chicken? Crazy people, that’s who!
The Buffalo Chicken filling is basically like Buffalo Chicken Dip, but way healthier! Then it’s stuffed inside a zucchini boat and drizzled with ranch dressing! If you want a little more, top it with fresh cilantro, sliced red onions, and sliced avocado!
Muah! These Zucchini Boats are absolute perfection and definitely a crowd pleaser!
Bon Appetit friends!
Buffalo Chicken Zucchini Boats
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Description
These Buffalo Chicken Zucchini Boats are the perfect way to enjoy buffalo chicken dip without all the carbs! Tender zucchini is stuffed with a creamy buffalo chicken mixture, then drizzled with ranch!
Ingredients
- 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts, cooked and shredded
- 2 oz. cream cheese, softened
- 3/4 cup franks original red hot sauce
- 3–4 zucchini, cut in half lengthwise and seeds scooped out
- 1/2 cup shredded Monterey jack cheese
- 2–3 tablespoons ranch dressing for drizzle
- optional garnish: sliced red onion, fresh cilantro, avocado slices
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Add prepared zucchini boats flesh side up to a 13×9″ baking dish.
- To a small bowl, add shredded chicken, cream cheese, and franks red hot sauce. Using a fork, mix everything together so chicken is coated.
- Fill the zucchini boats with the buffalo chicken mixture.
- Sprinkle Monterey Jack cheese over the top.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until the zucchini starts to get a little tender but still has a bite to it.
- Remove from oven. Drizzle with ranch dressing.
- Optional: garnish with red onion, avocado slices, and fresh cilantro.
- Serve!
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 boats
- Calories: 219
- Sugar: 7 g
- Sodium: 1888 mg
- Fat: 17 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Carbohydrates: 10 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 7 g
- Cholesterol: 32 mg
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12 comments on “Buffalo Chicken Zucchini Boats”
It says…Husbands leave your father and mother and cleave to your wife! 😉 PACKERS ALL THE WAY!!!!
hahaha…. so true!!!!
Ha! Your dad sounds like a party! (I would totally have been mortified as a teen as well.) These look like the perfect Super Bowl snacks!
haha.. he is a woot that is for sure! This are perfect for super bowl sunday!
Oh, I feel your teenage pain. My dad still does his best to embarrass me, but now I take on that role for my two boys. 🙂 These stuffed zucchini looked awesome – they’d be perfect for a healthy Super Bowl option.
haha… well I’m glad I’m not the only one! And I LOVE that you do that to your boys now haha!
I absolutely love this idea! I seriously cannot wait to make it. Buffalo chicken is like a weakness for me, but I love this healthy alternative! And so sorry your Cowboys weren’t able to pull through. My Falcons are still in the running at this point so we are holding out hope for them!
Oh thanks Ashyln! You’re gonna love this buffalo chicken dish, it still tastes like buffalo chicken but with a unique twist! 🙂
Good luck to the Falcons, I want them to win. NOT the patriots!
I am obsessed with buffalo chicken dip! Can’t wait to try this twist!
woohoo! These are a must try if you like buffalo dip Dorothy
LOL! Ugh Krista, your husband’s a cowboy fan?! We really are HARDCORE Packer fans in WI. Bring him back to WI for this Sunday’s game ok? 😀
haha… I know. My parents died a little inside when they found out he was a cowboys fan. 🙂