Dinner in a Pumpkin

Riverbear's Note:

This is so yummy, I tried this at my friend's house this Halloween, well needless to say it will be a tradition at our house.

• Total Time: 2 hrs
• Prep Time: 1 hrs
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 1 medium pumpkin
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 lbs ground beef
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 (4 ounce) can sliced mushrooms
• 1 (15 ounce) can cream of chicken soup
• 1 1/2 cups cooked rice
• 1 (8 ounce) can sliced water chestnuts

Directions:

1. Cut off the top of the pumpkin and thoroughly clean out pulp and seeds.
2. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C) In a large skillet sauté onions in vegetable oil until tender.
3. Add meat and brown.
4. Drain drippings from skillet.
5. Add soy sauce, mushrooms,brown sugar and soup.
6. Simmer 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
7. Add cooked rice and water chestnuts.
8. Spoon mixture into cleaned pumpkin shell.
9. Replace pumpkin top and place entire pumpkin, with filling, on a baking sheet.
10. Bake 1 hour or until inside meat of the pumpkin is tender.
11. Put pumpkin on a plate.
12. Remove pumpkin lid and serve meat.
13. For your vegetable, scoop out pumpkin and serve.

Reviews

[~*Miss Diggy*~]

SO yummy! I am making this again tomorrow for a friend who has a Halloween Party. It was perfect here, and will be there as well! :) I used fresh baby portabella mushrooms, sliced, and then didn't let it simmer on the stove. It did take 2 hrs to cook, but was well worth the wait! Thank you!

[PumpKIM]

Such a fun dinner idea! Perfect even if people don't like pumpkin, since you really don't HAVE to eat the pumpkin (although I highly recommend it)!

[Bexxx]

Fun!! We really enjoyed this. I made just as posted except I didn't have any mushrooms, and I did add a bit of garlic. We enjoyed this for our Halloween dinner tonight!