Got 15 minutes to make dinner? Then make this easy Buffalo Chicken Pasta! It's the perfect weeknight treat with all your favorite buffalo flavors - mixed with pasta, for a delicious meal that's just as good heated the next day.
Start by getting the pasta cooking. It will then be done at about the same time as the sauce. Cook the pasta until it is almost done, and it will finish cooking in the sauce.
⅔ lb spaghetti
Melt half the butter in a pan over medium-high heat. When the butter is melted and slightly browned, add the chicken and season with garlic powder and onion powder. Mix well and cook 2-3 minutes.
3 tablespoon butter, 1 lb chicken thigh filets, ½ teaspoon garlic powder, ½ teaspoon onion powder
Pour over hot sauce and add the rest of the butter. Mix while the butter is melting, then bring to a boil and let simmer for 2 minutes.
½ cup hot sauce, 3 tablespoon butter
Pour in cream, mix, and simmer 1 minute.
⅔ cup cream
Mix in crumbled blue cheese followed by green spring onion.
½ cup crumbled blue cheese, 4 green spring onions or scallions
Add the cooked pasta together with some of the pasta water. Mix well, bring to a boil, and simmer 1 minute until the pasta is done.
⅔ cup pasta cooking water
Top with som crumbled blue cheese and chopped spring onion, and serve!
crumbled blue cheese, chopped green spring onion or scallions
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Notes
Ingredient notes & substitutions
Chicken thigh filets have more flavor than chicken breast filets, but both work
Crumbled blue cheese - I use the cheapest kind I can find
Cream - I use heavy cream, but low fat or half n half work as well
Green spring onions / scallions can be excluded or switched for a smaller amount of chives
Hot sauce - I always use Cholula* or Franks Red Hot but any similar style sauce will work. You can also use a store bought buffalo wing sauce, but then use 50% more sauce and skip the second half of the butter.
Salted butter can be switched for unsalted, with an added pinch of salt
Tips & tricks
Cut the chicken really small to maximize flavor and minimize cook time
Make it even faster with already cooked chicken - either leftover or rotisserie chicken. Then skip the first half of the butter, and add the chicken after the hot sauce and butter has been well combined. Simmer to maximize flavor.
Add the second half of the butter after the hot sauce to avoid it browning, for the silkiest flavor
Don't overcook the pasta - cook it 1 minute less than done and it will finish cooking in the sauce