How to Cut Butternut Squash
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Wondering how to cut butternut squash? Here’s a step by step guide and video that shows you how to peel and cut up butternut squash.
- Author: Sonja
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: About 4 to 5 cups 1x
- Category: Knife Skills
- Method: Cutting
- Cuisine: N/A
- Using a large chef’s knife, cut off the top of the butternut squash.
- Cut off the neck of the butternut squash, right where the neck meets the base.
- Use a vegetable peeler to peel off the skin of the neck and the base.
- Slice the base in half, and use a spoon to scoop out the seeds.
- Cut a flat edge on the side of the neck, to use as a base.
- Cut the neck into roughly 1/4″ slices.
- Cut the slices into strips, then turn the strips and chop them crosswise to create cubes.
- Slice off the end of the base and slice it into roughly 1/4″ slices. Then chop the slices crosswise to create cubes.