🍗🧄 Buffalo Garlic Butter Chicken + 🧀 Creamy Rotini
📝 Ingredients
For the Chicken:
- 2 chicken breasts (or tenders)
- Salt & pepper
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tbsp olive oil
Sauce:
- 3 tbsp butter
- 3 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1/4 cup buffalo sauce
- 1 tbsp honey (optional, for balance)
- 1 tsp dried herbs (parsley or Italian seasoning)
For the Creamy Provolone Rotini:
- 250g rotini pasta
- 1 tbsp butter
- 2 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup shredded provolone cheese 🧀
- 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
- Salt & black pepper
- Fresh parsley (optional)
👨🍳 Instructions
1. Cook the Pasta
- Boil rotini in salted water until al dente.
- Reserve some pasta water, then drain.
2. Cook the Chicken
- Season chicken with salt, pepper, and paprika.
- Heat oil in a pan and cook until golden and fully cooked.
- Remove and slice or cube.
3. Make Buffalo Garlic Butter Sauce
- In the same pan, melt butter.
- Add garlic and sauté briefly.
- Stir in buffalo sauce + honey.
- Return chicken and coat well in the sauce.
4. Make Creamy Provolone Pasta
- In another pan, melt butter and sauté garlic.
- Add cream and bring to a gentle simmer.
- Stir in provolone + Parmesan until smooth.
- Add pasta and toss (use pasta water if needed).
5. Serve
- Plate creamy rotini on one side.
- Top or serve alongside buffalo garlic chicken.
- Spoon extra sauce over the chicken 😋
💡 Tips:
- Want it spicier? Add extra buffalo sauce 🌶️
- For extra crisp chicken, lightly coat it in flour before cooking
- Mix a little mozzarella with provolone for extra stretch
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