Recipe: Perfect Bacon Beef Butternut Squash

Bacon Beef Butternut Squash. Then to "top" it off, caramelized onions in balsamic vinegar and it is heavenly. Hope you enjoy as much as we did since we ate the whole squash with everything else. One of my favorites food recipes.

Remove the stew and let it stand, covered, while you roast squash. Add enough beef broth to just cover the beef and squash. Bring the stew to a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat to low. You can have Bacon Beef Butternut Squash using 8 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Bacon Beef Butternut Squash

1. Prepare 1 of Butternut Squash.
2. You need 1 lb of ground beef.
3. Prepare 3 small of onions.
4. Prepare 1 of stock celery.
5. It's 6 slice of nitrite free bacon.
6. It's 3 tsp of cinnamon.
7. It's 1 of himalayan sea salt and ground black pepper.
8. It's 1 dash of balsamic vinegar.

Roast uncovered until beef and squash are tender, adding more soaking liquid if needed to keep meat covered,. Scoop most of the pulp from the squash and add to beef mix. Peel squash and cut in half lengthwise. Scoop out the seeds with a spoon and discard (or save for roasting).

Bacon Beef Butternut Squash step by step

1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. Cut butternut squash in half and scoop out stringy bits and seeds. Place squash in pyrex baking pan with 1" water and cook for an hour. (More or less depending on size of squash.).
3. Chop 2 onions and celery. Set aside 3rd onion for later..
4. Cook 6 slices of bacon in cast iron skillet. Remove and let cool before crumbling in separate bowl..
5. Cook beef in bacon fat, salt and pepper to taste. Put in bowl with bacon and mix..
6. Cook chopped onion and celery in skillet with bacon/beef fat. Place in bowl with bacon and beef..
7. Pull the butternut squash out and allow to cool. Scoop soft squash into the bowl with bacon, beef, onion, and celery. Mix and add cinnamon, salt and pepper. Scoop back into butternut squash shells. And allow to bake 20 minutes longer..
8. Slice remaining onion. Toss in skillet and cook until soft. Add a dash of balsamic vinegar and allow to caramelize..
9. Toss caramelized onions on top of stuffed squash and serve..

Brush all over with oil and place cut side down on a baking sheet. The perfect paleo side dish or weeknight sheet pan meal, TOTAL winner! Then to "top" it off, caramelized onions in balsamic vinegar and it is heavenly. Hope you enjoy as much as we did since we ate the whole squash with everything else. Then to "top" it off, caramelized onions in balsamic vinegar and it is heavenly.

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