How to Make Homemade Stuffed Acorn Squash

Stuffed Acorn Squash
Stuffed Acorn Squash

Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, stuffed acorn squash. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Stuffed Acorn Squash is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Stuffed Acorn Squash is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook stuffed acorn squash using 30 ingredients and 18 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Stuffed Acorn Squash:
  1. Get acorn squash
  2. Take acorn squash
  3. Take low-sodium chicken broth
  4. Make ready low-sodium chicken broth
  5. Prepare quinoa, rinsed
  6. Take quinoa, rinsed
  7. Take chicken sausage; crumbled (I used 2 of the precooked garlic chicken sausage from Trader Joe's)
  8. Make ready chicken sausage; crumbled (I used 2 of the precooked garlic chicken sausage from Trader Joe's)
  9. Prepare coarse salt
  10. Take coarse salt
  11. Prepare ground black pepper
  12. Make ready ground black pepper
  13. Take yellow onion, chopped
  14. Make ready yellow onion, chopped
  15. Prepare garlic cloves, minced
  16. Make ready garlic cloves, minced
  17. Make ready small-medium zucchini, cut in half longwise and then thinly sliced
  18. Take small-medium zucchini, cut in half longwise and then thinly sliced
  19. Prepare diced tomatoes (I used a fire roasted variety)
  20. Prepare diced tomatoes (I used a fire roasted variety)
  21. Take -3 cups fresh spinach
  22. Take -3 cups fresh spinach
  23. Take fresh basil, chopped
  24. Get fresh basil, chopped
  25. Get fresh rosemary, finely chopped
  26. Take fresh rosemary, finely chopped
  27. Make ready Gouda, shredded
  28. Make ready Gouda, shredded
  29. Take Asiago, grated
  30. Make ready Asiago, grated
Instructions to make Stuffed Acorn Squash:
  1. Preheat oven to 375°F. Cut squash in half vertically and scoop out the seeds. Place in a baking pan cut side down and pan with 1" hot water. Bake 45 minutes, or until you can pierce them easily with a fork or knife. Remove from pan and pat off excess water. Place on a baking sheet.
  2. Bring broth to a boil in a medium saucepan and add quinoa; reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer for 15-25 minutes partially covered until liquid is cooked off.
  3. Heat about 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a nonstick pan on medium heat. Saute onions and garlic until translucent. Add chicken sausage, salt, and pepper and cook until warm. Transfer to large bowl.
  4. Using the same pan, add a tablespoon of olive oil and saute zucchini until translucent; transfer to the same bowl.
  5. Saute spinach until wilted; transfer to the bowl.
  6. Add tomatoes, basil, rosemary, and 3/4 of the gouda; mix until incorporated.
  7. Divide evenly until each squash and top with remaining gouda and asiago.
  8. Bake for 10 minutes; remove from oven and cool for 5-10 minutes.
  9. Enjoy!
  10. Preheat oven to 375°F. Cut squash in half vertically and scoop out the seeds. Place in a baking pan cut side down and pan with 1" hot water. Bake 45 minutes, or until you can pierce them easily with a fork or knife. Remove from pan and pat off excess water. Place on a baking sheet.
  11. Bring broth to a boil in a medium saucepan and add quinoa; reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer for 15-25 minutes partially covered until liquid is cooked off.
  12. Heat about 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a nonstick pan on medium heat. Saute onions and garlic until translucent. Add chicken sausage, salt, and pepper and cook until warm. Transfer to large bowl.
  13. Using the same pan, add a tablespoon of olive oil and saute zucchini until translucent; transfer to the same bowl.
  14. Saute spinach until wilted; transfer to the bowl.
  15. Add tomatoes, basil, rosemary, and 3/4 of the gouda; mix until incorporated.
  16. Divide evenly until each squash and top with remaining gouda and asiago.
  17. Bake for 10 minutes; remove from oven and cool for 5-10 minutes.
  18. Enjoy!

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