Buffalo Chicken Spaghetti Squash

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Buffalo Chicken Spaghetti Squash is a secretly healthy dinner everyone will love. Low carb, gluten free, cheesy + loaded with buffalo sauce.

Prep Time5

Cook Time50

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Keyword: buffalo chicken spaghetti squash, healthy spaghetti squash recipes

Servings: people

Calories: 389kcal

Author: Liz Marino

Ingredients

2 small spaghetti squash or 1 large, about 3 lbs
2.5 cups cooked shredded chicken shredded chicken breasts (about 1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cooked)
2 cups broccoli florets chopped finely
3/4 cup cheddar cheese divided
1/3 cup buffalo sauce
1 cup nonfat greek yogurt

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 400. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Spray sheet with olive oil.
Prep the spaghetti squash. Slice the spaghetti squash lengthwise, remove seeds from the center + place on the parchment lined baking sheet.
Spray the spaghetti squash with olive oil and place open face up. Bake in the oven for 30 minutes.
While the spaghetti squash is cooking, mix together cooked chicken, broccoli, hot sauce, yogurt and half the shredded cheese.
Once the spaghetti squash is cooked, shred by pulling at the center with a fork. Remove about half of the squash from the center of the skins.
Add shredded spaghetti squash filling to the chicken/veggie/cheese/yogurt mixture.
Stuff the spaghetti squash skins with the mixture. Top with remaining cheese + put back into the oven for 10-15 minutes.
Optional: For the last 2 minutes turn the oven on Broil/High to get an extra brown, crispy, cheesy top.

Notes

Note on serving: spaghetti squash vary in size greatly. You can make this with 2 small spaghetti squash, or 1 large one. Serving size is variable. You can have 2 very large servings, or 4 smaller servings. We prefer to use smaller spaghetti squash.

Time Saving Tips for Buffalo Chicken Spaghetti Squash Boats

Cook the spaghetti squash before. That takes the longest. Wondering how do you cook a spaghetti squash in the microwave or instant pot? Here is a post on how to cook spaghetti squash in the microwave and here is a post about how to cook spaghetti squash in the instant pot. Both methods take about 10 minutes. You can also just bake the spaghetti squash per the directions in the post at 400 for 30 minutes total. You can bake it the night before you want to have them for dinner and shred so that you're 30 minutes ahead of the game come dinner time!
Cook the chicken ahead of time. You have a few options for shredded chicken. You can make my Easy Instant Pot Shredded Chicken, you can cook the chicken in the crockpot (you’d have to do it the day before or in the morning) OR you can say whatevs and just buy a rotisserie chicken and shred it up.. any method will work.

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