🍁Sausage and butternut squash rice skillet🍁. Butternut squash, Italian sausage, veggies, herbs and cheese come together in this delicious Sausage and Butternut Squash Skillet. Be sure to sharpen your knife before peeling the squash. I just used an inexpensive potato peeler to peel it, but I had to peel twice to get through the skin.
Meanwhile, in a large nonstick skillet, cook and crumble sausage with onion over medium-high heat until no longer pink. After allowing squash to cool, cut it in half lengthwise, seed, quarter and peel it. This butternut squash recipe is an easy and tasty dish and it's quick to prepare. You can cook 🍁Sausage and butternut squash rice skillet🍁 using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of 🍁Sausage and butternut squash rice skillet🍁
- You need 3 of sweet italian sausage, casing removed.
- Prepare 2.5 cups of cooked herbed rice (see notes for my quickie recipe).
- It's 1.5 cups of butternut squash, diced medium-small.
- You need 1 of onion, diced.
- You need 3 cloves of garlic, minced.
- You need 1/4 cup of white wine.
- Prepare 3/4 cup of mozz/white cheddar mix shredded cheese.
- Prepare 1 sprig of fresh thyme.
- Prepare 2 leaves of sage, chopped into thin strips.
This is a great recipe, it has such great flavor! I used instant rice and it cut the cooking time down Savory Sausage & Rice Skillet. This is great with the right sausage and easy to make! Slow-Cooked Pork Loin in Spicy Butternut Squash Sauce.
🍁Sausage and butternut squash rice skillet🍁 instructions
- In oven proof skillet, cook sausage breaking it up as you cook..
- Add the onions and garlic and let cook until onions are translucent then pour in your white wine. Cook 3-5 min.
- Add the diced butternut squash. Cook for 5-8 min or so.
- Add your herbs and salt and pepper and stir until combined.
- Add the rice to the skillet and mix everything and let cook together for 3 min.
- Top the skillet with cheese and bake in 400°F for 20 min or until butternut squash is cooked through (that's why it's important its diced medium-small AND you've taken the time above to cook the squash a bit... it will finish through in the oven).
- QUICKIE RICE: in a pot bring to boil 1 cup long grain rice (or wild rice) with 1 chicken bouillon cube, dried basil, oregano and thyme..
Butternut squash is shaped like a peanut; it has a smooth shell that ranges in color from yellow to tan. The orange-colored flesh is very sweet and rich. Cook as directed, Just before serving. This butternut squash risotto recipe is a savory dinner that's loaded with veggies and bits of sausage, all cooked together in the slow cooker. If you haven't, you are in for a real treat.