Chicken

Stuffed Acorn Squash

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February 25, 2016
4
2 Ratings
Stuffed Acorn Squash
Photo by erin k
  • Serves 6
What You'll Need
Ingredients
  • 3 acorn squash
  • 1 cup brown basmati rice
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 1/2 pound ground turkey
  • 1 1/2 cups onion, sliced (1 large or 2 small)
  • 3 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 1/2 pound spinach (or other green)
  • 2 teaspoons red pepper flakes
  • 3/4 cup asiago cheese, grated (or parmesan)
  • salt
  • pepper
Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 400 F.
  2. Cut acorn squash in half. Scoop out seeds and stringy flesh (do not discard). Place acorn squash halves on baking sheet face down and bake for 45 minutes - 1 hour or until soft.
  3. Clean and rinse seeds and discard stringy flesh. Dry off seeds and place on a baking sheet, toss with 1 tablespoon oil and 1 teaspoon salt. Bake for about 10 minutes or until dry and browned. Remove from oven, cool for a few minutes and remove to a small bowl and reserve. Do this while the acorn squash is baking.
  4. Meanwhile, cook rice.
  5. Remove acorn squash from oven and cool for about 15 minutes. Scoop out about half of the flesh from the squash and add to the rice and vegetable mixture. Mix well to distribute the squash flesh.
  6. Place the squash halves on the baking sheet. Stuff each with about a cup of the rice mixture. (You may have extra rice mixture - you can eat this on its own). Top with about 2 tablespoons of cheese and 2 tablespoons of the toasted seeds.
  7. Bake for about 15 minutes, until cheese is melted and everything browned.
  8. Cool for a few minutes and serve immediately with a green salad.
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HeatherKG
HeatherKG September 18, 2021
This recipe has no instructions regarding how to put the rice mixture together. I’m assuming we just put them together in a sauté pan, but it would be nice to know the intention of the author.