Smoky Homemade Ranch Dip served with all your game day favorites: hot wings, chicken strips & more! Wow the crowd with this savory game day snack tray that’s delicious & easy to put together.
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Game Day is pretty important at our house and we take our snacks seriously! I try and serve protein snacks that fill everyone up and taste great too. Everyone has their favorites and I do my best to accommodate with a fantastic finger food spread.
Game Day Snack Prep
To prep, I head to my local Kroger store with my list in hand, so I don’t forget anything. Here are a few things I like to get, in addition to my Ranch dip ingredients:
- Tyson Any’tizers Hot Wings Bone-in Wings Buffalo Style: Made with all white meat chicken, these hot wings are easy to make and have fantastic flavor.
- Tyson Crispy Chicken Strips: My kids devour these in minutes! They are made with 100% All-Natural Ingredients and are perfectly crispy and tender.
- State Fair Classic Corn Dog: These are my boy’s favorites! They’re not only tasty, but a good source of protein, made with no by-products and real honey!
Tyson products are so easy to prepare, they help make game day prep much faster, so I can get to the good part of the day, EATING. I mean, watching the game… ha!
I also like to serve tortilla chips & salsa, and veggies that go well with ranch dip like carrots, celery, sweet peppers, and cucumbers. I add fun snacks like sunflower seeds, pretzels- really, add anything your family enjoys!
How to Make Ranch Dip
Measure out all seasonings. Combine with dry buttermilk powder. You can transfer the mixture to a small food processor and blend the ingredients to make the seasonings finer in texture. This step is optional, but it does make your Ranch Dip look more traditional.
Mix 4-5 TBSP of the blended seasoning with 16-oz sour cream. Stir thoroughly. Store in the fridge for 4-5 hours. Stir once more before serving.
How to Assemble your Game Day Snack Tray
I took a large cookie sheet and layer down pieces of kale. Then I added my proteins- the hot wings, chicken strips and corn dogs.
Next step is to put the ranch dip at the center.
I then added whatever vegetables and snacks we enjoyed- some in small bowls, others just directly on the tray. I like putting small amount of the snacks in a couple different locations on the tray so that it’s easily accessible to everyone!
Serve & enjoy. Go team!
Homemade Smoky Ranch Dip ingredients
Here’s what you’ll need to make your own Ranch Seasoning:
- 1/2 cup dry buttermilk powder
- 2 TBSP dried parsley
- 1 TBSP onion powder
- 2 tsp dried chives
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- 2 tsp Smoked Paprika
- 1 tsp dill weed
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- 16-oz container of sour cream
How to make Homemade Ranch Seasoning
Combine all spices in a small food processor. Pulse several times, until mixture is more powder-like.*
Mix 4-5 tablespoons of the ranch seasoning (3 TBSP is the equivalent of 1 packet of store-bought ranch) with 16 oz sour cream. Let sit for several hours, stir, then serve.
This dip pairs well with a variety of foods like chips, carrot sticks, celery sticks, cucumber slices, hot wings, chicken strips, etc. Get creative- I even like it on French Fries!
*Using a small food processor is optional- you can just stir the seasonings all together and go from there!
How To make Ranch dressing
To make your own Ranch Dressing for salads, here’s what you’ll need to do.
Combine 3 TBSP of this Ranch mix with 1/3 cup mayo, 1/3 cup sour cream and 1/2 cup milk. Taste, then adjust to your liking!
HOMEMADE RANCH DIP
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup dry buttermilk
- 2 TBSP dried parsley
- 1 TBSP onion powder
- 2 tsp dried chives
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- 2 tsp Smoked Paprika
- 1 tsp dill weed
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- 16- oz container of sour cream
Instructions
- Combine all spices in a small food processor. Pulse several times, until mixture is more powder-like.
- Mix 3 tablespoons of the ranch seasoning (which is the equivalent of 1 packet of store-bought ranch) with 16 oz sour cream. Let sit for several hours, stir, then serve.
- To make Ranch dressing: Combine 3 TBSP of this Ranch mix with 1/3 cup mayo, 1/3 cup sour cream and 1/2 cup milk. Taste, then adjust to your liking!
- This dip pairs well with a variety of foods like chips, carrot sticks, celery sticks, cucumber slices, hot wings, chicken strips, etc. Get creative- I even like it on French Fries!
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Smoky Homemade Ranch Dip served with all your game day favorites: hot wings, chicken strips & more! Wow the crowd with this savory game day snack tray that’s delicious & easy to put together.
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