Stuffed Chayote Squash
Stuffed Chayote Squash

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To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have stuffed chayote squash using 7 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Stuffed Chayote Squash:
  1. Prepare 3 medium chayote squash
  2. Get 5 oz chorizo
  3. Prepare 2 small corn on the cob
  4. Make ready 1/4 cup red bell pepper chopped
  5. Take 1/2 cup salsa (your favorite kind)
  6. Get 1 tbsp cilantro (I love cilantro so I add a bit more)
  7. Make ready 1 cup Pepper Jack cheese

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Steps to make Stuffed Chayote Squash:
  1. Preheat oven to 375°
  2. Cut chayote in half lengthwise.
  3. Cook in a pot of boiling water 20-30 min. Until tender but firm.
  4. Remove from water and cool.
  5. While the chayote is cooling cook chorizo in a sauce pan. When fully cooked drain onto paper towel. ( I just put a paper towel in a bowl and drop chorizo on it then let it drain)
  6. Remove kernels from corn cob.
  7. Now in same sauce pan which should still have a tiny bit of grease left in pan from chorizo, add corn and chopped peppers. Saute for 1 min. (You want to keep them both crunchy)
  8. Now the chayote should be cool enough to work with. Scoop out seeds and discard.
  9. Scoop out meat leaving about 1/4" shell.
  10. Chop chayote meat and place in a bowl. Add chorizo, corn and peppers, salsa, cilantro and 1/2 C jack cheese. Mix.
  11. Stuff chayote shells with mixture.
  12. Bake for 30 min. Sprinkle remaining 1/2 C jack cheese on top last 5 min. of cooking.

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