Buffalo Chicken Spaghetti Squash
Tender spaghetti squash, juicy chicken, and a creamy buffalo sauce all come together to make this amazing buffalo chicken spaghetti squash recipe. This cheesy buffalo chicken spaghetti squash is the perfect healthy alternative to buffalo chicken pasta! With simple ingredients, this is a weeknight dinner the whole family will enjoy.
Servings 2
Calories 480kcal
Ingredients
- 1 large spaghetti squash
- 1 cup chicken cooked and shredded or diced
- 1/2 cup cheddar cheese shredded
- 3 tablespoon Frank's Red Hot sauce
- 3 tablespoon Greek yogurt
- 1/2 jalapeno peppers diced
- 1/8 cup chopped green onion divided the white from the greens
- salt to taste
- 1/3 cup cheddar cheese shredded
- ranch dressing to taste
- pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- Cut the whole squash in half vertically so you end up with 2 pieces.
- Drizzle the flesh side of the squash with oil and then sprinkle with salt, and pepper. Place the spaghetti squash halves cut side down on an aluminum foil lined sheet pan. Bake for 30 minutes (until fork tender) in the preheated oven.
- While the squash is baking cook your chicken by your preferred method if needed. If you are using a rotisserie chicken you can skip cooking chicken.
- Remove the squash from the oven and use a fork to break up the flesh into noodles. Place the spaghetti squash noodles into a large mixing bowl.
- Add the chicken, cheese, hot sauce, yogurt, jalapeno peppers, whites of the green onions, salt, and pepper into the spaghetti squash noodles and mix well util everything is combined.
- Place the shells on a foil lined baking sheet, with the empty side up. Divided the buffalo chicken mixture into the two empty shells of the squash.
- Top the squash with the remainder of the cheddar cheese.
- Place them under the broiler in the oven until they get golden brown.
- Drizzle the top with a drizzle of ranch and the greens of the green onions.
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Nutrition
Calories: 480kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 27g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 91mg | Sodium: 1129mg | Potassium: 725mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 1227IU | Vitamin C: 17mg | Calcium: 480mg | Iron: 2mg