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Butternut Squash and Green Bean Stew

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A large serving bowl of butternut squash stew topped with crispy shallots and served with bowls of lime wedges and wild...
Photo by Isa Zapata, Food Styling by Pearl Jones, Prop Styling by Anne Eastman

This warm and rich vegetarian stew with roasted butternut squash and green beans is a staple at chef Meherwan Irani’s dinner table. At home, he likes to make double or triple batches of the coconut milk curry (see his recipe for All-Purpose Coconut Curry here) and freeze it in two-cup portions. Then, when he’s ready for dinner, all he has to do is reheat the prepared curry and roast some squash. If you want to prepare this recipe with premade curry, bring two cups curry to a gentle simmer in a saucepan over medium-low heat, then add the roasted squash and cut green beans and simmer until the squash is warmed through and the green beans are tender.

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