Not all pumpkins are meant to be carved and turned into a jack-o-latern. Why not turn a pumpkin into a delicious meal?
1 small to medium pumpkin
1 onion, chopped
2 Tbsp vegetable oil
1 1/2 to 2 lbs ground beef
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp brown sugar
1 (4oz) can sliced mushrooms, drained
1 (10 3/4oz) can cream-of-chicken soup
1 1/2 C cooked rice
1 (8oz) can sliced water chestnuts, drained
- Cut off the top of pumpkin & thoroughly clean out seeds and pulp.
- Paint an appropriate face on the front of the pumpkin with a permanent marking pen or acrylic paint.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large skillet, saute onions in oil until tender. Add meat & brown. Drain drippings from skillet.
- Add soy sauce, brown sugar, mushrooms & soup. Simmer 10 min. stirring occasionally.
- Add cooked rice & water chestnuts.
- Spoon mixture into the cleaned pumpkin shell. Replace pumpkin top and place entire pumpkin, with filling, on a baking sheet.
- Bake 1 hr. or until inside meat of pumpkin is tender.
- Put pumpkin on a plate, remove top and serve. Serves 6
Enjoy!
Note: You may simply cook the casserole until almost done & then put it in pumpkin shell and cook for 20 min.
