Steps to Make Roasted Acorn Squash & Raisin Rice

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Roasted acorn squash is an easy recipe to make for a fall side dish. Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper. Prepare a baking sheet with parchment or aluminum foil id you prefer.

Simple Way to Make Roasted Acorn Squash & Raisin Rice

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have roasted acorn squash & raisin rice using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients

The ingredients needed to make Roasted Acorn Squash & Raisin Rice:

1. Prepare 1 acorn squash; peeled, de-seeded, & medium dice
2. Prepare 1 C long grain rice
3. Take 1 1/2 C chicken stock
4. Make ready 1 yellow onion; medium dice
5. Get 2 cloves garlic; minced
6. Make ready 1/3 C raisins
7. Get 2 t cumin
8. Take 3/4 t cayenne pepper
9. Make ready 1/2 t dried thyme
10. Take 2 T butter
11. Prepare 1 large pinch kosher salt & black pepper
12. Take olive oil; as needed

Place the squash, cut sides up, on a sheet pan. The simplest way to make acorn squash in the oven is to roast it, like our fabulously easy and delicious maple squash recipe. If you'd rather make it a little more savory (and a little faster, for. Take a sharp paring knife and score the insides of the acorn squash halves in a cross-hatch pattern, about a half-inch deep cuts.

Instructions

Steps to make Roasted Acorn Squash & Raisin Rice:

1. Toss acorn squash with enough oil to coat. Season with salt, pepper, and 1 t cumin. Roast at 400° for approximately 15 minutes or until squash is caramelized and tender.
2. Puree squash with chicken stock in a food processor. Empty contents into a saucepot. Reduce to 1 C.
3. Heat butter in a seperate small saucepot. Add rice, onion, thyme, cumin, cayenne, salt, and pepper. Stir and cook 1 minute. Add garlic. Cook for another 30 seconds.
4. Add hot chicken stock and raisins. Bring to a simmer. Cover. Bake in oven at 350° for approximately 20 minutes or until liquid has absorbed. Fluff with fork.
5. Variations; Rum, apple, bell peppers, bacon, apple cider vinegar, allspice, ginger, honey, coconut milk, clove, celery, mint, maple, orange, parsley, pecan, pistachios, pine nuts, sage, savory, soy, vanilla, curry, brown sugar, dried cranberry or plum, nutmeg, Grand Marnier, lemon, amaretto, currants, brown butter

Place the squash halves cut side up in a roasting pan. Soup : Scoop all the flesh from the squash and either chop it into large chunks for a brothy soup, or purée it for a creamy soup. All I had was dk brown sugar but it worked just as well. They turned out beautifully, so buttery and fresh. And the skins were just right.

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