Recipe: Tasty Stuffed Chayote Squash

Stuffed Chayote Squash.

You can Cook Stuffed Chayote Squash using 7 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Stuffed Chayote Squash

1. Lets Go Prepare 3 of medium chayote squash.
2. What You needis 5 oz of chorizo.
3. What You needis 2 of small corn on the cob.
4. Lets Go Prepare 1/4 cup of red bell pepper chopped.
5. Lets Go Prepare 1/2 cup of salsa (your favorite kind).
6. What You needis 1 tbsp of cilantro (I love cilantro so I add a bit more).
7. Lets Go Prepare 1 cup of Pepper Jack cheese.

Stuffed Chayote Squash instructions

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..