Hello everybody, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, spaghetti squash. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Learn the best way to cook spaghetti squash in this recipe video! It's so easy and delicious when you do it right! Spaghetti squash is a nutritious and delicious oblong seed-bearing variety of winter squash. When spaghetti squash is cooked, its flesh falls away from its fruit in strands or ribbons, resembling.
Spaghetti Squash is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Spaghetti Squash is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook spaghetti squash using 14 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Spaghetti Squash:
- Prepare 1 small-medium spaghetti squash
- Prepare 1 small onion, diced
- Prepare 1 large pepper, diced - red, yellow or orange
- Take 3 clove garlic, diced
- Get 1 can garbanzo beans - 15 oz. size
- Get 1 can diced tomatoes, 14.5 oz. can
- Make ready 1 tbsp parsley
- Prepare 1/2 tsp chives
- Take 1/2 tsp oregano
- Make ready 1 salt
- Prepare 1 pepper
- Make ready 2 tbsp Extra light virgin olive oil
- Make ready 1/4 cup pecorino, romano cheese, grated. For Vegan dish eliminate the cheese
- Make ready 1 tbsp basil, fresh and finely chopped
If you've steered clear from spaghetti squash, the funny-looking yellow winter squash, it's time to become acquainted with the vegetable. Spaghetti squash is more than just a stand in for noodles. These spaghetti squash spaghetti noodles are sauteed with herbs, then topped with marinara and Parmesan. What's better than scooping the inside of a squash out into long noodles?
Steps to make Spaghetti Squash:
- Prep squash by scrubbing outside with hot water. Then slice in half, scrape out seeds and slice each half in half.
- Place quaters in a large pot, add enough water to cover squash so they float.
- Put on stove, half cover with lid and set on high. Once boiling turn down slightly and keep lid half on.
- To test for doneness use a roasting fork or long knife and stab squash in several places. If there is no resistance, remove each piece to a colander to cool.
- In a large saute pan over medium heat add olive oil. Once oil ribbons add onions and cook for about 3 minutes. Turn down heat if onions are splattering oil.
- Add peppers and garlic. Sautee for 2 minutes. Then add parsley, oregano, chives, salt and pepper. Saute for about 3 minutes.
- While onions and peppers are cooking open a can of garbanzo beans and drain into a large mesh strainer to remove liquid. Then rinse under cold water. Let drain.
- Once completely drained add beans to onions and peppers, stirring to incorporate to heat beans thoroughly.
- Once heated through add diced tomatoes. Stir very well and turn heat down to medium low.
- By now the squash should be cool enough to handle. If not, use a pot holder to hold squash quarters. Scrape out squash into a large bowl and break up well with the back of a spoon, or your hands.
- Once squash is separated and sauce is hot add squash in large spoonfuls to pan. Stir carefully to incorporate and heat through.
- Add cheese a little at a time stirring after each addition. For a Vegan dish eliminate the cheese.
- When dishing out add more cheese on top with a small amount of fresh basil.
These spaghetti squash spaghetti noodles are sauteed with herbs, then topped with marinara and Parmesan. What's better than scooping the inside of a squash out into long noodles? Spaghetti squash may look intimidating on the outside, but after a stop in the oven, the inside magically transforms into the most scrumptious thin strands - without having to spiralize. Jump to the recipe showing How to Cook Spaghetti Squash or watch our quick video showing you how we do it. Spaghetti squash is so healthy and versatile.
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