Baked Butternut Squash Fries

Butternut squash fries are a favorite in our house, they go great with chicken, burgers, steak, or any other protein filled main dish.  Only made with three simple ingredients, these can be dressed up with more seasonings or eaten as is.  I like to cut up a few squash while I’m doing this and freeze extra fries for no-prep sides later on. Then I use all the bulbs in this winter squash crockpot custard.

 

Butternut Squash Fries

These take a while in the oven, so start them before you start cooking the rest of dinner.

Ingredients:

One large (3-4 lbs) butternut squash, or two smaller ones

Sea salt (find sea salt here)

Butter, Coconut, or palm kernal oil (find healthy fats here)

Equipment:

Heavy Duty Vegetable Peeler

High quality knife

Baking dish

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baked Butternut Squash Fries (Delicious & Easy!)

Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: GAPS, Gluten Free, Paleo, SCD, vegan
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour
Servings: 6
Author: Cara Comini
Simple and delicious low-carb use of winter squash. The coconut oil adds medium chain fatty acids, and the sea salt adds trace minerals - and delicious taste!
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Ingredients

  • 1 butternut squash 3-4 lbs
  • 2 tablespoons coconut oil
  • 1 teaspoon coarse sea salt

Instructions

  1. Peel a butternut squash, and use the thick neck to slice into fry shapes. Try to make them pretty even so they cook evenly. Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Place squash in baking dish in a single layer, then dot the top with 1-2 tablespoons of butter cut into a few pieces. Sprinkle 1 teaspoon coarse sea salt across the top and place in the oven.
  2. Bake fries for 45 minutes-1 hour.
  3. Scoop the seeds out (reserve the seeds if you want to make roasted squash seeds) of the bulb end of the butternut squash, and put flesh-side down in a baking dish. Bake along with the squash fries, but leave in the hot oven to continue cooking (with the oven off, but still hot) after you remove the fries until the squash bulb is soft and easily scoopable. Save the cooked squash for other recipes.

Butternut Squash Fries Instructions

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