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Spicy Butternut Squash with Bacon and Lime

3.3

(3)

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Serves 2

Ingredients

1 small butternut squash, peeled, seeded, and cut into 1/2-inch cubes
3 slices bacon
2 teaspoons fresh lime juice
1/2 teaspoon Tabasco, or to taste

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Steam squash on a streamer rack set over boiling water, covered, until tender, about 5 to 8 minutes.

    Step 2

    In a skillet cook bacon over moderate heat until crisp, reserving 2 teaspoons bacon fat.

    Step 3

    Crumble bacon into a bowl and toss with squash, juice, Tabasco, reserved bacon fat, and salt and pepper to taste.

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