I want to make love to this dish. Sweet, sweet love. It’s that good. Trust me, you need to try it.
You don’t have to make love to it, though. That could get weird.
I feel really bad for my duplex neighbors. Their baby won’t stop crying. All day, all night. It just cries. The worst part is the only part of our house that is attached to theirs in my room. Lovely. Thankfully I just LOVE children. Lies. That was a lie.
I hate when you order something online and it can’t seem to get to your house fast enough. So you look out your window every time you hear a truck drive by because you think it’s the delivery truck. And open your door at least 5 times just hoping they secretly dropped off the package without you hearing. I do all of those things. I refuse to believe the tracking number which tells me it won’t arrive for another two days, I just am too optimistic for that bull.
So I recently talked about how I have a hard time drinking lately. And how it puts me in a weird spot when I want to hang out with my friends but all of them are out drinking. Well, I’m still feeling that way. So I’ve been spending more time at home on weekends. Which you’d think would be saving me money, but then I end up buying things to fill my time with. Like last Saturday. All my friends were going out and told me to meet them, but what did I do? I went and bought myself a new down comforter and duvet set. Do you know how expensive that sh*t is? Well, I didn’t. I haven’t gotten a new comforter since I was a freshmen in college. I don’t want to age myself, but that was 7 years ago. Anywho, it’s stupid expensive. I spent $300 and I bought on sale! Sales are straight up bullish*t. It’s just a ploy for you to feel like you’re saving money so you’ll actually buy it. And buy more. And I fell for it.
And after spending at least 3 hours rearranging my room, an hour of which was dedicated to putting my comforter into the duvet, I quickly regretted not going out. I don’t understand comforters. How the hell are they suppose to stay in place in the duvet? I used safety pins but I don’t believe that will do the trick. I was literally hopping on my bed holding the duvet in the air hoping the comforter would just fall into place. Doing stuff on your own is hard sometimes.
Now go make love to this food. Make love to it. Just do it. Don’t get a new duvet cover. Don’t do it.
Buffalo Chicken Pasta
- Yield: 4-5 1x
Ingredients
- 1 large spaghetti squash, cut in half lengthwise
- 2 tablespoons fat (I used duck fat)
- 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cubed
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/2 sweet onion, finely chopped
- 1 large carrot, finely chopped
- 2 stalks of celery, finely chopped
- 1/2 cup hot sauce (I used Tessamae’s mild or hot wing sauce)
- salt and pepper, to taste
- chopped green onions, to garnish
- sprinkle of red pepper flakes
For the mayo (this will render about 2/3 cup mayo)
- ⅔ cup avocado oil
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon dijon mustard
- 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
- salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 415 degrees
- Place spaghetti squash open side down on a baking sheet. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until skin of squash is slightly soft and the threads of the squash easily come out with a fork
- While spaghetti squash is cooling, place a large pan over medium heat. Once pan is very hot, add fat and chicken to brown with a bit of salt and pepper. Once chicken has browned and no longer pink, remove from pan and place in a bowl
- In that same pan, still over medium heat, add garlic, onion, carrot and celery to the pan to cook. Sprinkle with a bit more salt. Once onion has become translucent, remove from heat.
- Now make the quick mayo. Add all mayo ingredients to a tall container, place an immersion blender to the bottom and turn on. Once the mixture begins to become thicker, slowly pull the immersion blender up the container to make sure mixture mixes completely.
- Now finish the dish off by adding the spaghetti squash threads to the pan, along with chicken, mayo, and hot sauce to the pan. Mix together and sprinkle with a bit more salt and pepper. Garnish with green onions and red pepper flakes..
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Just made this! Never touched a spaghetti squash before and it came out perfect! I baked the chicken in the oven with the squash and kept it in about 5 mins longer than the squash instead of cooking it in the pan. I used avocado oil but will probably use light olive oil next time just because avocado oil is pricey. This will probably be a staple meal and I’ll definitely be bringing it to some parties! Thank you so much 🙂
Juli! I just finished eating my first helping of this. It’s amazing! We just moved so my kitchen isn’t fully stocked yet so I only used onion, chicken, hot sauce, and mayo. And of course butter and squash. I can’t wait to make it again with ALL the ingredients!
Thank you for such easy, delicious, creative recipes!!
How thick is the mayo supposed to be? I put it in my food processor and it is not very thick and doesn’t taste all that great
it should be thick just like regular may. a lot of things can go wrong with using a food processor and sometimes it doesn’t thicken up correctly if the pour into the food processor too quickly
This is SERIOUSLY good! I just swapped some olive oil and coconut oil in the mayo for the avocado oil since I didn’t have any. Really, how do I stop eating this stuff lol. Thanks for such a great recipe!!!
Wow! Talk about comfort food! Yum
i can’t wait to make this recipe with actual spaghetti squash instead of PASTA like in the photos
that’s actual spaghetti squash in the picture haha that’s not real pasta silly
^ silly was a nice response to that comment! Love your recipes, can this be made with sweet potato noodles instead of spaghetti squash? Do you think the taste would be weird? Thanks, Juli!!
Every time I get spaghetti squash I use the leftovers to make this recipe. I absolutely LOVE it, and every other recipe I’ve tried of yours. Thank you for making your recipes so accessible to your fans!
Juli, I *do* love children. No lie. A life has much more depth with children. My husband and I have nine. That said, way back when I was your age ;-), I didn’t think I wanted any, either. There’s a right time and place for everything.
I have this recipe in the lineup for this week, with substitutions listed in the comments (do *not* like mayo!). Thanks for all of your hard work! I return to your blog often for knock-out recipes.
Do you need to cook the mayo!? I know this sounds silly but there is a raw egg in it.
no you do not.