Southwestern Spaghetti Squash stuffed with chopped chicken, black beans, tomatoes, corn, green chilies, green bell pepper, spaghetti squash flesh, and topped and broiled with shredded Cheddar on top! All of this spiced up with Southwestern spices.
This stuffed Southwestern Spaghetti Squash is so good, you'll have a hard time stop eating eat! Great recipe for the holidays or for when spaghetti squash is in season.
The flavors of this dish are AMAZING! First, you cook the spaghetti squash according to my detailed tutorial: how to cook spaghetti squash. Then, you combine all the ingredients in a large skillet with spices:
Stuff each spaghetti squash half with the mixture from the skillet:
Top with the shredded Cheddar cheese:
And broil for 1-2 minutes until the cheese melts. Top with chopped fresh cilantro:
The dinner is ready! And it was surprisingly easy to make!
Southwestern Spaghetti Squash with Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 spaghetti squash whole
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 lb chicken breast chopped
- 1 tablespoon ground cumin
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- ½ teaspoon turmeric
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 green bell pepper chopped
- 4 roma tomatoes chopped
- 15 oz corn from the can, drained
- 15 oz black beans from the can, rinsed and drained
- 4.5 oz green chilies from the can, diced
- 1 ½ cups Cheddar cheese shredded
- ½ bunch fresh cilantro chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 F.
- Cook spaghetti squash according to these easy instructions for cooking spaghetti squash.
- At this point, you should have 2 empty spaghetti squash halves, with the flesh strands removed to a bowl.
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet on medium heat. Add chopped chicken breast, sprinkle with half the amount of cumin, half the chili powder, half the amount of turmeric, and ¼ teaspoon salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, for about 7-10 minutes until the chicken is cooked through completely.
- Add chopped bell pepper, chopped tomatoes, drained corn, drained black beans, and diced green chilies to the skillet with chicken, add the remaining spices (the remaining half amounts of cumin, chili powder, and turmeric), and stir everything to combine. Remove from heat.
- Add the spaghetti squash flesh to the skillet with the chicken mixture. If the skillet is not large enough, use a large bowl and combine the spaghetti squash flesh and all the chicken mixture from the skillet in a large bowl. Stir to combine. Taste and add more salt, and more spices (cumin and chili powder) if needed.
- Set the oven to broil.
- Stuff each squash half with the mixture from the previous steps and top each squash half with shredded Cheddar cheese.
- Broil for about 1-2 minutes until the cheese melts.
- Remove from the oven and top each squash half with chopped fresh cilantro.
Nutrition
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Made this without the chicken and it as delicious.
So glad you liked it and good to know that the recipe works well without chicken, too!
Omg this makes a humongous amount!!!!! I ended up using 1/2 of the squash. Did add a tad of salsa and 2tbsp sour cream. 8 (could be more) big servings 3 points! And SOOO GOOD! Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed this recipe. 🙂 It does make a lot - great for leftovers!
I was kind of surprised at how good this was! My boyfriend and I really enjoyed it! The only thing I don't like is the amt of sodium in this recipe, which I don't understand because it's all meat and vegetables and a little bit of beans. Anyway, try it! I think you'll like it!
I am so glad you liked this recipe! Thank you for stopping by and sharing your comment!
So yummy! Hubby and I so enjoyed this!
I am so happy to hear that! 🙂
Awesome recipe! Wouldn’t change a thing
Thank you! I am glad you enjoyed it!
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Thank you! Enjoy!
I am making this tonight and I cannot wait to see how it turns out! My mouth is watering just thinking about it all.
It sounds little me you don’t cook the green peppers, just stirs them in to the meat with the tomatoes. Is that correct?
Yes, you are correct. You don't cook the chopped green bell peppers, just stir them in with the rest of the ingredients. Then, you stuff this mixture into each spaghetti squash half and broil for a couple of minutes.
I don't understand where all the saturated fat comes from? How did you come up with this nutritional information?
Most of saturated fat comes from Cheddar cheese in this recipe.
This was delicious, I love spaghetti squash. I added garlic and onion powder and some paprika. Great recipe, very filling and makes a lot with just one squash! Will make again!
So happy you enjoyed this recipe!
Making this as we speak, Can't wait to have it for lunch
Enjoy!
The chicken/veggie mix made way more than I could stuff into the squash halves. Can I freeze the remain mixture? Thanks!
Yes, you can!
You used one squash and got two halves. How does this serve 4? Do you cut each squash half and to create four pieces? Trying to determine calorie count.
I love everything in this dish! I am so excited to try this. Thanks for the recipe.
I love spaghetti squash ( a lot more than my husband), but I think he might be willing to try it using this recipe. It sounds and looks delicious! It's on my menu for next week! Thanks.
Thank you! Do let me know how you liked it! 🙂 My husband loved it!