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You'll love these Maple smoked acorn squash rings with smoked mushroom butter drizzled lentils. It's a deeply satisfying dish that is a delicious Thanksgiving vegetarian entrée or side-dish!
This recipe was originally published on GrillingGrandma.com
Ingredients
For the Acorn Squash:
- 2 cups Western Peach BBQ Smoking Chips
- 2 acorn squash
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 1 tablespoon Jack Daniel’s® Steak Seasoning
For the Smoky Mushroom Lentils:
- 1 17 oz) package fully cooked steamed lentils
- 8 ounces whole mushrooms, favorite vary
- 1/4 cup salted butter
- 1 large garlic clove, grated
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary
- 1/2 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
- 1 teaspoon Jack Daniel’s® Steak Seasoning
- Freshly squeezed lemon juice
Instructions
To Prepare Acorn Squash:
- Soften whole squash in the microwave, on high, for 5-6 minutes before cutting.
- Cut and discard 1-inch off the pointed end of each squash.
- Slice squash into 1 1/2-inch rings.
- Scrap and discard all squash seeds and membranes.
- Brush squash rings on each side with oil, and sprinkle with steak seasoning.
- Place prepared acorn squash rings and whole mushrooms onto a greased griddle.
- Smoke squash for 10-15 minutes or until light brown on the bottom side. Mushrooms smoke for the same time.
- Turn acorn squash over, and continue to smoke mushrooms for 10 minutes.
- Remove mushrooms from griddle, cool, chop, and transfer to a small cast iron skillet. Leave squash on griddle and fill each ring with 1/2 cup prepared lentils. *instructions below
- When the squash begins to brown on the second side, melt mushroom butter on the grill. *instructions below.
- Pour melted mushroom butter over lentils. Smoke squash with lentils and mushroom butter for 10 minutes.
- Drizzle squash and lentils with maple syrup and cook for 5 minutes, or until squash is tender.
- Remove the griddle from the grill with BBQ gloves. Squeeze lemon juice over the entire dish.
- Serve Maple Smoked Acorn Squash with Mushroom Lentils on griddle.
- Steam lentils in the microwave as directed on the package, and place into a medium bowl.
- Smoke mushrooms on the acorn squash griddle for 20-25 minutes. Cool mushrooms and chop.
- Combine butter, garlic, rosemary and seasoning in a small cast iron skillet. Place the skillet over high heat on the grill to melt butter. Add mushrooms, parsley, and lemon juice. Pour mushroom butter evenly over lentils in squash rings.
Notes
If you want to slice and smoke your acorn squash, for a veggie tray, it will take about 20 -25 minutes, flipping halfway through. When you start to cook, brush squash with cooking oil and sprinkle with seasoning. During the last 5 minutes of cooking brush with a maple glaze. Be sure to add Western BBQ Smoking Chips for added deliciousness!
Yield: 4-5
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