Dinner In A Pumpkin
Dinner In A Pumpkin
(This is a fun meal when pumpkins come on sale for a Halloween dinner.)
1 small to medium pumpkin
1 onion, chopped
2 Tbs vegetable oil
1-1/2 to 2 lb ground beef
2 Tbs soy sauce
2 Tbs brown sugar
1 4oz can sliced mushrooms, drained
1 (10-3/4 oz) can cream of chicken soup
1-1/2 cups cooked rice
1 (8 oz) can sliced water chestnuts, drained
Cut off the top of pumpkin and 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 deg F. In a large skillet, sauté onions in oil until tender. Add meat and brown. Drain drippings from skillet. Add soy sauce, brown sugar, mushrooms and soup. Simmer 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add cooked rice and water chestnuts. Spoon mixture in the cleaned pumpkin shell. Replace pumpkin top and place entire pumpkin, with filling, on a baking sheet. Bake 1 hour or until inside meat of the pumpkin is tender. Put pumpkin on a plate. Remove pumpkin lid and serve meat. For your vegetable, scoop out cooked pumpkin and serve. Serves 6.
(This is a fun meal when pumpkins come on sale for a Halloween dinner.)
1 small to medium pumpkin
1 onion, chopped
2 Tbs vegetable oil
1-1/2 to 2 lb ground beef
2 Tbs soy sauce
2 Tbs brown sugar
1 4oz can sliced mushrooms, drained
1 (10-3/4 oz) can cream of chicken soup
1-1/2 cups cooked rice
1 (8 oz) can sliced water chestnuts, drained
Cut off the top of pumpkin and 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 deg F. In a large skillet, sauté onions in oil until tender. Add meat and brown. Drain drippings from skillet. Add soy sauce, brown sugar, mushrooms and soup. Simmer 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add cooked rice and water chestnuts. Spoon mixture in the cleaned pumpkin shell. Replace pumpkin top and place entire pumpkin, with filling, on a baking sheet. Bake 1 hour or until inside meat of the pumpkin is tender. Put pumpkin on a plate. Remove pumpkin lid and serve meat. For your vegetable, scoop out cooked pumpkin and serve. Serves 6.
