How do you cook spaghetti squash?

How to Cook Spaghetti Squash Recipe - Step 1

Spaghetti Squash

.Spaghetti squash is a good alternative to pasta, potatoes, or rice. The cooked squash flesh shreds into threads like thin spaghetti or vermicelli, hence its name. On average, a spaghetti squash measures about 12 inches in length and about 6 inches in diameter. The squash should be an even light yellow color and firm with no bruises. Store whole at room temperature up to 3 weeks. Spaghetti squash is available year-round with peak season in fall.

Spaghetti squash has a very mild flavor, thus it is usually served with a sauce of some sort. It may also be enjoyed simply with salt and a bit of butter. Cooking the squash is very simple.

You will need: • 1 spaghetti squash. • Large sharp knife. • Baking pan. • Oven. • Kitchen fork. How to Cook Spaghetti Squash Recipe - Step 2

.• Prick the spaghetti squash all over with a skewer so it will not burst while baking. • Place whole squash in a shallow baking pan. • Bake in preheated 375 F oven for 1 hour. when cool enough to handle, cutsphagetti squash in half lengthwise with a serrated knife.scoop the seeds and fibrous strings from the center of the cooked spahgetti squah.gently scrape the tines of a kitchen fork around the edge of the spahgetti squash to stread the pulp into strands.cooked spahgetti squash is usually served with a sauce or gravy becasue the flesh is very bland in flavor.