Food Porn || Buff Chik Dip & Meditations on Anal

Presenter / Channel

• Ashley Alin — “Food Porn” (YouTube)
  • Super Bowl special: vegan buffalo chicken dip
  • Includes an additional non-cooking topic (“meditations on anal”) only when it interrupts the recipe.

Ingredients (with quantities/substitutions as given)

Vegan “buffalo chicken” dip base (jackfruit substitute)

• Jackfruit: canned, in water preferred
  • If packed in brine, rinse thoroughly
  • Avoid: jackfruit packed in syrup (makes it sweet and less “meaty”)
• Garlic: “minced up a bunch” (quantity not specified)
• Vegetable broth: for marinating (quantity not specified)
• Salt: “add some salt” because the veggie broth didn’t have salt (amount not specified)

Creamy + buffalo components

• Vegan cream cheese: Kite Hill (her “absolute favorite”)
• Ranch: ranch
  • Alternative mentioned: blue cheese dressing (couldn’t find it, so she used ranch)
  • She also suggests you can use ranch “slimming it a bit”
• Wing sauce / buffalo sauce:
  • “Got to use your wing sauce”
  • Mentions the product she used has a “natural butter-type flavor” but was labeled vegan safe
  • Substitution (avoid processed sauce):
    • hot sauce mixed with melted vegan butter
    • (She notes this is still processed, just a different option.)
• Cheddar cheese: added on top (type/amount not specified)

Serving

• Corn chips / chip dippers
  • Mentions Fritos (Frito-Lay) scoopers (common), but she prefers larger square chips
  • Example: “big ass chips”

Equipment + Preparation

• Baked pan (for baking the dip)
• Oven
• Refrigerator
• Basic prep:
  • Shred jackfruit
  • Remove seeds
  • Mince garlic

Step-by-Step Method (timing/temperature cues/technique)

1. Prep jackfruit

   • Use canned jackfruit in water (or brined, then rinse thoroughly).
   • Shred jackfruit well.
   • Remove seeds.
   • Mince garlic (“a bunch”).

2. Marinate

   • Mix jackfruit + minced garlic.
   • Marinate in vegetable broth (she didn’t find chicken-style broth).
   • Add salt since veggie broth lacks salt.
   • Chill in the refrigerator:
     • “Give it at least an hour”
     • She lets it go a few hours depending on her schedule.

3. Drain and bake

   • Drain the marinated jackfruit.
   • Put jackfruit in the baked pan.
   • Bake until cooked/toasted enough to resemble chicken:
     • “More like 10 minutes” (after the “give it a second” cue)
   • Cool slightly.
   • Then turn the oven temperature down a little bit.

4. Mix the dip

   • Combine cooled jackfruit with:
     • Vegan cream cheese (Kite Hill)
     • Ranch (or blue cheese dressing if available; she uses ranch)
     • Wing sauce / buffalo sauce
     • Cheddar cheese
   • Mix until combined (“now it’s time to mix this…”).

5. Bake to melt and finish

   • Put mixture back in the pan and top with cheese.
   • Bake until cheese melts.
   • Emphasis: make sure all the cheese is melted.

6. Rest briefly

   • Wait a little before eating to avoid burning your tongue.

7. Serve

   • Serve warm with corn chips.
   • Optional garnish mentioned: scallions/green onions (she forgot to buy them).

Chef Tips / Cautions / Common Pitfalls

• Don’t use syrup-packed jackfruit if you want a “meaty” effect—she says it turns sweet and ruins the texture.
• Marinate time: at least 1 hour, but a few hours is fine.
• After baking jackfruit: cool off before mixing.
• Check doneness: cheese should be fully melted.
• Cool slightly before the first bite to avoid burning your tongue.

Plating / Serving Suggestions

• Serve with chips, specifically larger square chips instead of scoopers.
• Optional garnish: scallions/green onions (not used because she forgot).