FRIED BUTTERNUT SQUASH

 

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This Recipe Serves 2-3

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Fried Butternut Squash is a delicious way of preparing it. It is by far my favourite way of enjoying the butternut. It can be served as a starter or a side to any meal & it is even great in salad dishes.

If you haven’t tried this method of preparing butternut squash then I highly suggest that you do.

Butternut squash (Cucurbita moschata), is a sort of winter squash that develops on a vine. It has a sweet, nutty taste like that of a pumpkin. It has tan-yellow skin & orange beefy mash with a compartment of seeds in the base. Whenever ready, it turns progressively profound orange, & gets to be sweeter & richer in taste. It is a decent wellspring of fiber, vitamin C, manganese, magnesium, & potassium; & it is a superb wellspring of vitamin A & vitamin E.

When eating the fried butternut squash, consume the skin as well. The skin holds most of the nutrition & between the skin & the flesh is the sweetest part of the butternut squash.

 

Fried Butternut Squash Ingredients:

• 1 whole butternut squash
• 6 tablespoons butter

Method:

1. Wash the whole butternut squash thoroughly.
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3. Using a big, sharp knife, slice of either ends of the butternut squash.
4. Begin to cut thick slices of the butternut squash. (Horizontally – if the butternut is positioned like the above image).
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6. Once you have the circular slices of butternut squash, use a small knife & cut of the seeded slices.
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8. After cutting off the seeded slices, it should look like the image above.
9. Heat a wide pan or electric pan. (I have used an electric pan).
10. Scoop 3 tablespoons of butter & lather it on the surface of the heated pan or electric pan.
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12. When the butter is halfway melted, place the butternut squash slices over the butter.
13. Coat one side of all the butternut slices so that butter gets on to it & then turn over the butternut again to allow to fry. This way both sides are coated & there is no need to add anymore butter.
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15. Cover with a lid & allow to cook on low heat.
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17. Check on the butternut every 4-5 minutes so that it does not burn.
18. When one side has browned, turn them over to cook & brown the other side of the butternuts.
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20. The butternut is cooked when it is soft on both ends. Stick a fork through the flesh of the butternut, if the fork slides right through easily, then it is cooked.
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22. Remove from pan onto a plate. Do not drain them on paper towels because then you will drain all the juiciness off the butternuts.
23. I have managed to fit 6 butternut squash slices at a time on the electric pan & therefore I used 3 tablespoons of butter.
24. Add the remaining 3 tablespoons of butter & the remaining butternut squash slices & follow the same process above.
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27. Serve the fried butternut squash hot.
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29. It can be served as a side to steaks & burger dishes. Or it can be used to make a salad.