Black bean stuffed butternut squash
Black bean stuffed butternut squash

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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook black bean stuffed butternut squash using 11 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Black bean stuffed butternut squash:
  1. Get 1/2 butternut squash
  2. Take 3/4 cup cous cous (I use ainsley Harriott)
  3. Prepare 1/3 tin black beans, drained and rinsed
  4. Get 1/3 tin sweetcorn
  5. Make ready 5 cherry tomatoes, quartered
  6. Take 1 tsp cumin
  7. Prepare 1 tsp chilli powder
  8. Get 1 clove garlic
  9. Prepare Butter
  10. Take Salt and pepper, for seasoning
  11. Make ready Grated cheese

Butternut squash, black beans, tomatoes, cilantro and spices are simmered in a skillet with green chilies and jalapeno. Butternut squash has so many health benefits; it's low in fat, loaded with fiber, rich in antioxidants, vitamin C and beta-carotene, just to name a few. Black bean with sweet butternut squash and collard greens make this healthy stew so hearty and comforting! I decided to add some at the end of this delicious black bean and butternut squash stew.

Instructions to make Black bean stuffed butternut squash:
  1. Preheat your oven at 180 degrees C
  2. Slice you squash length-ways down the middle to split it into two halves
  3. Scoop out the seeds from one half of the squash (you'll only be using one half so just refrigerate the other half)
  4. In a saucepan, melt the butter and drizzle it over the squash. Add a pinch of salt and then bake in the oven for approximately 50 minutes.
  5. When you have about 10 minutes left in the oven, add the black beans, sweetcorn, cumin, garlic and chilli powder into a pan and cook on a low heat to create a smokey flavour. Make sure to keep stirring the mixture.
  6. While doing this, in a bowl add boiling water to your cous cous. Cover with a plate and leave for a few minutes until the water is absorbed. (Instructions will be on the packaging)
  7. Add the beans to the cous cous, along with the sliced tomatoes and mix everything together.
  8. When the squash becomes soft, scoop out some of the centre and sprinkle with the grated cheese.
  9. When the cheese looks melted, remove the squash from the oven and finish off with a flourish of coriander.

This black bean stew reminds me of my Brazilian Black Bean Stew recipe and Chickpea Stew. These amazing vegan black bean enchiladas also have butternut squash and a homemade enchilada sauce. They're easy, flavorful, healthy and gluten-free! Then we stuff, roll, top, and bake! Best of all these vegan enchiladas are also great for meal prep and totally freezer-friendly!

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