The spruce eats / Stephanie Goldfinger
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 America's Test Kitchen | 2018-07-15 17:00:00 |  256,807 Views |
5 Ways to Try Chayote
In this easy side dish recipe a combination of butter shallots and garlic takes advantage of chayote squash's incredible ability to absorb flavors. Serve as is or finish with a garnish of fresh herbs Parmesan cheese or crispy crumbled bacon. This fried chayote is a fantastic side dish that goes well with fish seafood meat and poultry. It is also great as part of a vegetarian meal.
Also known as vegetable pear pear squash choko or mirliton the pear-shaped green chayote squash is a type of summer squash native to central Mexico and found in Mexican cuisine and many other Latin American cuisines.
It has also been grown and used in the Cajun and Creole cuisines of Louisiana since the mid-1800s. Although chayote is not as popular in the rest of America as zucchini squash and other more common squash fruits it is worth seeking out because of its mild taste and versatility.
