Farro and Sausage Stuffed Acorn Squash

I love roasted acorn squash, it’s the perfect edible bowl you can fill with whatever you can dream up! This Turkey Chili Stuffed Acorn Squash is a great example! Here I used chicken sausage and farro, brown rice would also work great.

And it’s so easy, simply halve and hollow out acorn squash, then season with salt and roast in the oven. Nothing like warming up the kitchen on a blistery night with baked squash in the oven. While that bakes make the stuffing on the stove, then when the squash is ready fill it with the stuffing and serve – the results are a soft, flavorful squash filled with savory goodness!

How To Make Stuffed Acorn Squash

This stuffing is an adaptation of this brown rice and sausage stuffing, one of my favorites, which you could of course use instead of farro. I’ve also made it with barley and it was wonderful. Farro is a delicious ancient grain, it’s chewy, nutty texture which holds up perfectly in this stuffing, but farro does contain gluten so if you want to make this gluten-free, swap it out for brown rice. Makes a great weeknight meal or a nice addition to your Thanksgiving table. Simply eat with a spoon to scoop out all the wonderful squash with the stuffing in every bite – enjoy!

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