As you know, I get a CSA box. This recipe was in an email we received. We didn’t get butternut squash, but I had one (just laying around, ya know?).
Spicy Honey Butternut Squash
Preheat grill or oven to 350 degrees. You’ll be using indirect heat on the grill. Wash butternut squash with skin on (you’ll eat the skin). Cut in half lengthwise. Slice each half into 3 pieces (2 cuts) lengthwise so that you have 6 wedges total. Baste squash with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Grill skin side down at 350 for 30 minutes or bake skin side down for 30 minutes. Next you’ll grill each cut side for 7 to 8 minutes. You can use an indoor grill if you chose to bake it. While this is cooking you’ll prepare the honey butter.
4 Tbs butter
1 Tbs honey
1/2 tsp Tabasco or chili sauce (more if you want more heat)
1/2 tsp chili powder
Mix together with a fork. Baste onto squash just before serving. Laddle a little extra honey butter as you serve it. Finish with a squeeze of lime.
I used unsalted REAL butter. It says you can eat the skin, but I didn’t. I did it in the oven and I think it would have been better had I cooked it longer. But I have to say the honey-chili thing was amazing!! (I used cock sauce since I have it and I love it) and it was perfect. I put the butternut away, and scraped the juices into the tupperware, but kept licking the spoon. OMG, I can put this on anything. It’s awesome. All the sweet and spicy all together.
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