There’s a group of ingredients that have been trending online for quite a while amongst lovers of savory, comforting recipes. This combination comes in the form of casseroles, skillet meals, sheet-pan recipes, sandwiches, salads, and even dips. In fact, this combo is the inspiration for Trader Joe’s Chicken Uncured Bacon Ranch Dip!

Our version starts with a mixture of sour cream, shredded sharp Cheddar, cream cheese, mayo, and buttermilk. This creates a rich, creamy, cheesy base with a hint of tanginess. Then we add plenty of shredded, rotisserie- style Chicken breast and pieces of Uncured Bacon. (Uncured, meaning there are no nitrites or nitrates added, except what’s naturally occurring in sea salt and celery juice.) As if cheese, Chicken, and Bacon weren’t enough, we finish the recipe with a custom, Ranch-style seasoning blend of herbs & spices, including chives, parsley, dill, garlic & onion.

While you can eat it cold, this Dip is really made to be heated. That’s as easy as putting it in a microwave-safe bowl, and heating it 2-3 minutes at 30-second intervals until it’s heated through. Then comes the dipping! The dip-list is limitless, but you might start with celery sticks, Les Petite Carrots of Many Colors, Pita Bite Crackers, Tortilla Chips, and slices of toasted Organic Baguette.

SEASONED CHICKEN BREAST (BONELESS SKINLESS CHICKEN BREAST, CHICKEN BROTH, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF POTATO STARCH, SEA SALT, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, ROSEMARY EXTRACT [TO PRESERVE], ONION POWDER, WHITE PEPPER, VINEGAR POWDER)
SOUR CREAM (CULTURED CREAM)
SHREDDED SHARP CHEDDAR CHEESE (CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, MICROBIAL ENZYMES, ANNATTO EXTRACT [COLOR])
CREAM CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK AND CREAM, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, GUAR GUM, CAROB BEAN GUM, XANTHAN GUM)
MAYONNAISE (VEGETABLE OIL [CANOLA OIL, SOYBEAN OIL], SALTED EGG YOLKS [EGG YOLKS, SALT], LEMON JUICE FROM CONCENTRATE [WATER, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE], WHITE WINE VINEGAR, WATER, MUSTARD FLOUR)
BUTTERMILK (REDUCED FAT MILK, NONFAT DRY MILK, SALT, SODIUM CITRATE, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, VITAMIN D3)
WATER
COOKED UNCURED BACON
NO NITRITES OR NITRATES ADDED* (PORK, WATER, SEA SALT, SUGAR, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR, CULTURED CELERY JUICE)
CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF DISTILLED WHITE VINEGAR
BUTTERMILK POWDER
DEHYDRATED GARLIC
DEHYDRATED ONION
YEAST EXTRACT (YEAST EXTRACT, MALTODEXTRIN)
XANTHAN GUM
CHIVES
PARSLEY
SEA SALT
DILL
BLACK PEPPER. *EXCEPT FOR THOSE NATURALLY OCCURING IN SEA SALT AND CULTURED CELERY JUICE.