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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This was so incredible!! I didn’t want to turn the oven on since it was blazes hot out so I made zucchini noodles instead. Family thought we went off Paleo, it was AWESOME!! Yay!! Thanks for the inspiration and yum-recipes!
So I’m 6 months into Crossfit in NYC and I love it, but cooking Paleo was something that I hadn’t really given much thought to until recently. Yours is one of the first blogs I came across that had what looked to be the best recipes to try so far…and holy sh*** I just made and ate this buffalo chicken pasta, Im in love. Its breaking my heart that my plate is empty. I want more. I love making the mayo! I made the chipotle chicken salad yesterday..Ill probably be eating that for a week! Looking forward to trying more and more of your recipes..from one chef to another, lady, you kick ass.
Made this today for lunch – delish! Can’t wait to see if it’s one that my non-paleo family members will like!
Thanks so much, Julie. I have made many of your recipes and they have all been awesome.
Just made this… It was awesome!!! I couldn’t find Tessamae’s in my Whole Foods even though they said they carried it.. so being impatient (rather than ordering it) I used a different brand and it’s a little too hot for me.. not enough that I can’t enjoy it though.. it is still delicious!
I found it in the refrigerated foods with the fresh guacamole at my Whole Foods. …by accident!
Hi. I came here via a link on nomnompaleo. Your recipes look great and I’m keen to start with this one. Not sure if we get the spaghetti squash here but if not, I’ll look for kelp noodles or just use angel-hair zucchini. Thanks heaps.
Hi Juli!
Cannot wait to make this recipe tonight…apologies if this is an ignorant question or if it has been asked before…but what would you use as a substitute for duck fat since I don’t have it and won’t be able to get it by tonight?
Thank you!
Paige
whatever you have. coconut oil, ghee, butter, etc
Thank you!!
I made this tonite and it was fabulous! You always have terrific recipes!
Another possibly dumb question about duck fat. Where does one acquire such fat?
Hi! Love your recipes and stories. Is there any way to make the mayo eggless?
not that i know of 🙁
Hey Juli!
I love your blog and recipes (duh) and was wondering if you would mind if I put one of our recipes on our gym’s blog! We are starting a paleo challenge next week and I want to highlight you and your recipes. (obviously I would give you credit).
Let me know!
ps this recipe is SO good. definitely going to use it for a potluck sometime.
you are welcome to put my recipe on your blog!!