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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Holy crap. I can’t stop making this recipe. It is SO.GOOD.
Planning to make this when non-paleo guests visit for dinner because there is no way someone couldn’t love this deliciousness.
I made this tonight. The flavors are fantastic. I unfortunately cooked my squash too long. So, instead of spaghetti squash it was more like spaghetti mush, but delicious mush. I think I’ll just get another squash and cook it (not as long) tomorrow and add it to the mix. Thanks for the deliciousness. This was one of three of your recipes I’ve made in the past two days. I’m a total foodie and was worried about going Paleo, but with your recipes it will be easy.
This was fantastic. Can’t wait to try more recipes!
I made this for dinner last night and it was freaking awesome!! Even my husband lived it and he’s not into vegetables at all, so it says a lot.
I’m about to make this recipe and so excited to try it! How much mayo is added to the dish? All of it?
Yes all of it 🙂
I am at a lost, the paleo diet is to use all free range or grass feed animal. But the question is my store in my area don’t sell grass fed meat if they do the packages don’t say so. How do I got about picking the best alternative to these meats. Please help thank you in advance!
i tend to buy my meat online or at whole foods, that’s how i find good quality meat.
So I made this once already and my husband LOVED it except he accused me of making it with “satan sauce” (I used Trader Joes jalepeno hot sauce because I was out of Tessemaes). Other than the fact that I burned his intestines he wants to try again. I happen to have TERRIBLE knife skills and my best attempt at a “fine chop” is huge and misshapen not to mention took me 40 minutes, so I was thinking of using a store bought mirepoix. What would the cup equivilant to a large carrot, 1/2 an onion, and 2 stalks of celery? Lol.
Juli, thank you for what you’ve done. Seriously, it’s one of the best-tasting meals I’ve eaten in a while. I’ve had to follow a restrictive diet for health reasons, but your recipes make eating SCD/Paleo fun, and they’re simple to make too. Eating your recipes, I don’t feel deprived at all. I made your spaghetti squash crusted quiche for breakfast and had the buffalo chicken pasta for lunch…They were soooo good. I’m full, in a good way without the horrible side effects. Your recipes are so tasty, I don’t even miss the cheese or other fatty ingredients. Thank you for what you do. I’ve already ordered your cookbook (can’t wait for it to arrive), and I’m hoping you release a second cookbook!
OMG is right! I may have a serious addiction to this dish. Intervention may need to happen shortly.
AMAZING!!!!!!!! Sooooo Goooood!!!