# High Protein Buffalo Chicken Mac and Cheese

A high-protein buffalo chicken mac and cheese recipe for a healthier meal option.

- Cuisine: American
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 10.6 ounces chicken breast
- Garam masala
- Cayenne pepper
- Paprika
- Onion salt
- Turmeric
- oil
- 3.5 ounces protein pasta
- 60 milliliters reduced fat Fairlife milk
- 20 grams fat-free yogurt
- 56 grams fat-free cheese
- buffalo sauce

## Instructions

1. Get a mostly clean cutting board.
2. Place 10.6 ounces of chicken breast on the cutting board.
3. Spread out your chicken and cover it with cling wrap.
4. Beat your meat.
5. Season your chicken with garam masala, cayenne pepper, paprika, onion salt, and turmeric on both sides.
6. Get a skillet and lightly spray it with oil.
7. Cook the chicken in the skillet.
8. Get a pot and fill it with hot water.
9. Add 3.5 ounces of protein pasta into the pot with hot water.
10. Once your chicken is cooked, dice it.
11. Add 60 milliliters of reduced-fat Fairlife milk to the pot with the pasta.
12. Add 20 grams of a fat-free yogurt to the pot.
13. Add 56 grams of fat-free cheese to the pot.
14. Stir the contents of the pot over a low heat.
15. While waiting, clean up your mess.
16. Continue to stir and add in your diced chicken.
17. Add buffalo sauce into the pot.

## Equipment

- cutting board
- cling wrap
- skillet
- pot

## Tips

- If you can still see chicken after seasoning, you did it wrong. Season both sides.
- Clean up your mess while you wait.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DS2_tXICYfr/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/4bca6d5b-781b-40c4-868d-d99654e6433f
- Extracted: 2026-01-08

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