Best 9 Stuffed Summer Squash Recipes

STUFFED YELLOW SUMMER SQUASH

Steps:

• Bring water and wild rice to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until rice is tender, 30 to 45 minutes. Drain excess liquid, fluff rice with a fork, and cook uncovered for 5 minutes more.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Arrange yellow squash halves onto a baking sheet.
• Bake yellow squash in preheated oven until tender, about 20 minutes.
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Saute summer squash, bell peppers, cucumbers, onion, and tomatoes in hot oil until tender, about 5 minutes.
• Mound rice atop each of the squash halves. Top rice with a portion of the sauteed vegetable mixture.
• Return squash to preheated oven and bake for 30 minutes more. Sprinkle Gouda cheese over the stuffed squash halves and bake until the cheese is melted, about 5 minutes.

SAUSAGE AND RICE STUFFED SUMMER SQUASH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place the squash halves cut sides down into a baking dish, and pour in enough water to cover the bottom of the pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the squash is tender, about 30 minutes.
• While the squash is baking, bring 2 cups of water to a boil in a saucepan over medium heat, and stir in the margarine and the contents of the rice package. Reduce heat to a simmer, and cook until rice is tender, about 7 minutes. Set the prepared rice aside.
• Heat a large skillet over medium heat, and cook the sausage, mushrooms, coriander, and salt (if needed) until the sausage is browned, about 10 minutes. Drain excess grease. Mix the sausage mixture with the cooked rice mixture in a bowl, and lightly stir in the apple, pecans, and Cheddar cheese.
• Pour melted butter into a baking dish, and place the squash, hollow sides up, into the dish. Stuff the rice and sausage mixture into the squash, allowing the stuffing to mound up and overflow into the dish if necessary. Sprinkle the stuffed squash with Parmesan cheese.
• Return to oven, and bake until the stuffing is hot and the cheese topping has browned, about 30 more minutes.

STUFFED SUMMER SQUASH

Steps:

• 1. THE SHELLS: Preheat oven to 375. Take a lengthwise slice from each squash & zucchini, about 1/4 inch thick, and reserve. Using a spoon or melon baller scoop out the insides and discard.
• 2. Place shells in baking dish and sprinkle insides with salt & pepper.
• 3. Chop the reserved squash/zucchini and set aside.
• 4. STUFFING: Heat oil in large skillet and saute onions and garlic until softened. Add the sausage and break up into small pieces cooking until no longer pink.
• 5. Add the chopped squash mixture, Italian seasoning, and however much salt and pepper you like. Cook about 3 - 5 minutes to get all the flavors together.
• 6. Remove from heat and let cool slightly.
• 7. Into the sausage mixture stir in the cheeses and bread crumbs. Whisk the egg and add to mixture.
• 8. Fill the shells with stuffing. Cover with foil and bake in 375 degree oven for 20 minutes.
• 9. Carefully remove foil and bake for another 10 minutes.
• 10. Cool slightly but don't wait too long to dig in. These are so yummy.

GRILLED BACON-STUFFED SUMMER SQUASH

Steps:

• Coat grill rack with nonstick cooking spray. Preheat grill to medium direct heat. Meanwhile, cut squash lengthwise into halves. With spoon, scoop out pulp, leaving at least 1/2 inch shell; set aside. Coarsely chop pulp. Cook bacon in medium skillet over medium heat until browned. Add onion and celery; cook and stir 2 minutes. Stir in squash pulp; cook and stir 1 minute. Remove from heat; set aside.
• Stir in bread crumbs, cheese, and thyme. Spoon filling evenly into squash shells; pressing lightly. Place on grill. Grill covered, 7 to 11 minutes or until squash is tender and filling is hot.

CHORIZO STUFFED SUMMER SQUASH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place squash, cut-side down, in a baking dish; add water.
• Bake in the preheated oven until squash is tender, about 30 minutes.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir chorizo in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease.
• Heat olive oil in a separate skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion and garlic until onion is softened and browned, 10 to 15 minutes. Add green bell pepper and cook until softened, 3 to 4 minutes. Add tomato, chicken stock, black beans, and corn; cook and stir until liquid is evaporated, about 10 minutes. Stir chorizo into mixture.
• Flip squash over and fill each half with chorizo mixture; top with Cheddar cheese.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted, about 5 minutes.

SEASIDE STUFFED SUMMER SQUASH

Steps:

• Cook squash in boiling water 10-12 minutes. Let cool a little and then slice lengthwise. Scoop out pulp.
• Add remaining ingredients to pulp and mix well. Fill squash with mixture, and then place each squash half in a baking dish.
• Bake 20 minutes in a 350 degree preheated oven.
• Note: May be prepared up to 3 hours ahead of time and refrigerated until ready to bake.

CHORIZO AND CHARD STUFFED SUMMER SQUASH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Remove stems and seeds of chiles and rinse inside and out. Soak in just enough hot water to cover (using a second bowl to keep chiles submerged helps) for 15-30 minutes. Blend in a food processor or grind with a mortar and pestle to make a paste. Cut off top third of squash, laying it on its side if it's a cylindrical variety like zucchini, or on its bottom if scallop squash. Scoop out center of squash, leaving a ¼ to ½ inch wall. Chop squash guts and top (if not a stem) into small cubes. Heat a pan with olive oil on a medium-high heat and add chorizo and squash. Cook for 8-10 minutes, stirring occasionally and breaking up sausage into small bits, then add chopped chard. After a couple minutes, add cumin, oregano soy sauce, and 1 tablespoon of chile paste. Cook for a couple more minutes, until the sausage is browned and soft. Add cilantro. Spoon into hollowed-out squash and top with cheese, then place on cookie sheet. Bake in the pre-heated oven until filling is golden and summer squash is tender, about 30 minutes. Mix the rest of the chili paste with sour cream and agave, and top each squash with a dollop, then sprinkle with scallions and cilantro.

ROASTED STUFFED ZUCCHINI & SUMMER SQUASH

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cut each squash lengthwise.
• 2. Place some oil in the bottom of a roasting pan. Add the squash cut side up.
• 3. Season the squash.
• 4. Roast open side facing up for about 10-15 minutes.
• 5. While they are cooking, slice mushrooms.
• 6. Pull them from the oven. Pierce squash with a fork. They should be roughly half-cooked before you start the next step.
• 7. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
• 8. Fan mushroom slices lengthwise, overlapping some so they are covered from one end to the other. Generally, two mushrooms per squash seem to work.
• 9. Top with pizza cheese. I use the blends but you can use straight mozzarella. I am conservative with the cheese because I am trying to watch my calories. (Non-fat cheese does not melt worth anything.)
• 10. Return to oven and cook another 10-15 minutes. Cheese should be melted, slightly brown and squash should pierce easily.
• 11. I eat one half of the zucchini and one half of summer squash in a sitting. I usually skip any other veggies when I cook these as they are quite filling.
• 12. The roasting temp on this is flexible. You can go up or down 25 degrees to multitask with another dish for the same meal.

CHEF JOHN'S STUFFED SUMMER SQUASH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and lightly coat it with 1 teaspoon olive oil.
• Heat 1 teaspoon olive oil in a nonstick pan over medium heat. Stir in sausage and red bell pepper. Cook, stirring to break up sausage into small pieces, until sausage is browned and bell pepper is soft and sweet, 7 to 8 minutes. Drain off any fat.
• Stir goat cheese and sausage mixture in a bowl until well combined. Set aside.
• Hollow out a 3/4-inch deep well in the center of each squash half. Place each piece on the prepared baking sheet, cut-side up. Season with salt and black pepper; fill each with 1 to 2 tablespoons cheese and sausage mixture. Top each squash with breadcrumbs and lightly drizzle with remaining 2 teaspoons olive oil.
• Bake in the preheated oven until filling is golden and squash is tender, about 30 minutes.