Low Carb Cajun Chicken Spaghetti Squash Skillet Dinner

This low carb cajun chicken spaghetti squash is an easy and tasty skillet dinner. Filled with spice and flavor, this creamy gluten free pasta dish is topped with cajun chicken to make a complete meal in one pan. Each serving of this cajun chicken pasta has only 6.2g net carbs.

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For some reason I really like spaghetti squash in the summer time. While it’s not the perfect low carb substitute for pasta it does taste good in pasta dishes like this low carb cajun chicken spaghetti squash dish. It’s a skillet dinner so you will only dirty one pan and yet have a tasty, filling keto dinner in less than 30 minutes.

My hubby and I really liked this dish. He’s not a big spaghetti squash fan but really loved it in this spicy yet creamy cajun sauce along with all of the chicken. It’s low carb and gluten free with only 6.2g net carbs per serving!

Making The Cajun Spice Blend

I used quite a few spices to make this cajun spice blend. Starting at the top and going clockwise in the picture below the spices are: paprika, thyme, pepper, onion powder, cayenne powder, oregano, hot pepper flakes, garlic powder and salt in the middle. 

I used this blend on both the chicken and in the sauce. You could use less if you want but I ended up using the whole thing and I felt it went well with the creamy sauce.

How To Easily Cook A Spaghetti Squash

If you want to cook more than 1 spaghetti squash I would recommend making it in the Instant Pot. You just stack the 4 cleaned squash halves in the pot (using the trivet that came with it), along with 1 cup of water and pressure cook for 5 minutes. Quickly release the steam and you have yourself 4 halves of spaghetti squash ready to go.

However if you are just going to cook 1 squash, cut it in half and clean out all of the seeds. Place in a microwave and cook for 1 2- 15 minutes until it’s fork tender. You can see below how you can easily scrape out the spaghetti squash noodles. That’s how I made it today.

Let’s Make Some Keto Cajun Chicken Spaghetti Squash

First thing you want to do is make the spaghetti squash. While that is cooking in the microwave you want to mix the spice blend and cook your chicken breasts. Take half of the spices and rub into the chicken. Then add the olive oil to a large skillet and pan fry them for about 15 minutes total. Take them out of the pan and set aside.

To make the sauce, use the same sauce pan, and mix the Better than Bouillon with hot water and deglaze the pan. Just pour it into the hot pan and scrape up the sticky bits.

Then add in the peppers, sun dried tomatoes, garlic and spices. Mix well and simmer for a few minutes until the peppers are tender. Next add in the cream cheese and whisk until it’s blended well. 

By this time the spaghetti squash should be done and you can scrape it out of the shells. Put it in the pan and mix well with the cream sauce.

Lastly slice the chicken and lay on top and you are ready to go!

Recipe Notes & Tips

• You can also use rotisserie chicken in this recipe if you want. I would still saute it in a pan with the oil and spices to make sure it has maximum flavor.
• If you don’t have Better than Bouillon you can use a bouillon cube and mix it with the water. However I love Better than Bouillon because it ads so much flavor. 
• This recipe is heavier on chicken rather than spaghetti squash because I was trying to keep the carbs low. But if you don’t care, go ahead and use more spagetti squash.
• The cream cheese in this recipe definitely cuts down the heat of the spices but if you think it’s too spicy you can add a bit of heavy cream or use less of the spice blend.

As I mentioned above, my husband really liked this dish and he’s not much of a spaghetti squash fan. I hope you give it a try as it’s full of flavor and an easy one pan dinner. The nutritional information for 1 serving is:

191 cals / 8.8g fat / 8.2g carbs / 2g fiber / 20.3g protein = 6.2g net carbs