Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, stuffed roasted butternut squash with brown rice. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have stuffed roasted butternut squash with brown rice using 9 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Stuffed Roasted Butternut Squash with Brown Rice:
- Get medium butternut squash
- Take thyme or 1/2 tsp dry
- Make ready rosemary 1/2 tsp dry
- Take Salt & pepper
- Prepare leek or onion
- Prepare garlic
- Take fennel seeds, lightly ground (optional)
- Prepare cooked brown rice
- Take butter for baking and sauteing
Steps to make Stuffed Roasted Butternut Squash with Brown Rice:
- Prepare brown rice if you don't have any cooked yet.
- Preheat oven to 200C/400F. Cut butternut squash in half lengthwise and scoop out seeds.
- With a sharp knife, cut a crisscross pattern into flesh (this helps the heat go through). Season well with salt and pepper.
- Dot with pieces of butter and sprinkle on fresh rosemary and thyme leaves.
- Place on an oven dish and bake for 45-55 minutes, until getting soft and slightly brown. If it starts to get too brown halfway through, cover lightly with a piece of aluminum foil.
- While squash is baking, prepare the rice and leek stuffing. Thinly slice 1 leek/onion and mince 1 garlic clove.
- Grind fennel seeds if you have a grinder/mortar and pestle. If not, leave whole.
- In a fry pan, melt 1 Tbsp butter and fry leek, garlic and fennel on medium until soft and slightly brown.
- Add precooked rice to pan and mix well. Season with salt & pepper.
- When squash has baked for 45-55 minutes, remove from oven and stuff with leek & rice mix.
- Bake for another 10-15 minutes until tender and browned in a few spots.
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