Buffalo Chicken Pasta Recipe

Rating 5.0
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| Last Updated on February 26, 2024
Buffalo chicken pasta is a weeknight special you can have ready in about half an hour. It’s an easy, spicy main dish.
Dinner
New American
10
ingredients
8
steps
40
minutes
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Chef Susie is a cookbook author, chocolatier, pastry chef and culinary educator with more than a decade of experience teaching and running an artisan chocolate business, which has been featured on the Food Network. Prior to beginning her culinary career, Chef Susie worked as a TV executive at three of the Big Four networks. She is now the author of three books, the latest based on her award-winning culinary travel blog.

Ingredients

Servings:
6
1 lb
dry pasta, such as rotini, penne or farfalle
4
boneless, skinless chicken breasts, chopped (preferably organic)
1 1/2 cup(s)
chicken broth
1/2 cup(s)
water
1/2 cup(s)
Buffalo sauce or hot pepper sauce
1/2 cup(s)
plain Greek yogurt or sour cream
1
bunch green onions, trimmed and chopped
2 tbsp
chopped chives
1/2 cup(s)
sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
3
shakes of hot sauce, to taste
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Directions 8 steps | 40 Minutes

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Prepare a roasting pan for the Buffalo chicken pasta. Bring a large pot of salted water for the pasta. Cook the pasta to al dente according to the package’s directions. When the pasta is al dente, drain the pasta.

Buffalo Chicken Pasta Recipe: Preheat the oven to 350°F.
Step 2

Place the drained pasta in a roasting pan. 

Buffalo Chicken Pasta Recipe: Place the drained pasta in a roasting pan.
Step 3

While the pasta is cooking, poach the chicken. In a medium saucepan over medium heat, bring the chicken broth and water to a boil.

Buffalo Chicken Pasta Recipe: While the pasta is cooking, poach the chicken.
Step 4

Poach the chopped chicken breasts in the broth mixture for about 5 minutes, until the pieces are just cooked.

Buffalo Chicken Pasta Recipe: Poach the chopped chicken breasts in the broth mixture for about 5 minutes, until the pieces are just cooked.
Step 5

In a shallow bowl, add the buffalo sauce and the poached chicken. Toss to coat the chicken in the buffalo sauce.

Buffalo Chicken Pasta Recipe: In a shallow bowl, add the buffalo sauce and the poached chicken.
Step 6

Transfer the coated chicken and the remaining sauce to the roasting pan with the pasta.

Buffalo Chicken Pasta Recipe: Transfer the coated chicken and the remaining sauce to the roasting pan with the pasta.
Step 7

Add the yogurt, green onions, chives and cheese to the roasting pan and toss thoroughly.  Season with the hot sauce to taste. 

Buffalo Chicken Pasta Recipe: Add the yogurt, green onions, chives and cheese to the roasting pan and toss thoroughly.
Step 8

Bake in the oven for about 10 minutes, until the cheese has melted. Serve hot. Enjoy!

Buffalo Chicken Pasta Recipe: Bake in the oven for about 10 minutes, until the cheese has melted.
Nutrition Per Serving
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CALORIES
587
FAT
11.2 g
PROTEIN
56.7 g
CARBS
61.3 g
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Chrystal G.

Chrystal

14 Jul 2022

Delicious and not as messy as wings!

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