This festive fall recipe is a hearty beef, rice, and vegetable combination baked and served in a pumpkin. You can either make one large pumpkin or multiple smaller pumpkins if you prefer individual servings.
Dinner In a Pumpkin
This festive fall recipe is a hearty beef, rice, and vegetable combination baked and served in a pumpkin. You can either make one large pumpkin or multiple smaller pumpkins if you prefer individual servings.
Ingredients
- 1 medium pumpkin, about 6 pounds
- 2 pounds ground beef, cooked
- 1 chopped onion
- 3 sliced carrots
- 10 ounces can cream of chicken soup
- 6.5 ounces can sliced mushroom, drained
- 1 tablespoon garlic salt
- 1 celery stalk, sliced
- 1 green pepper, diced
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 cup cooked rice
- 8 ounces can sliced water chestnuts, drained
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Bring all ingredients except pumpkin to a boil in a pot and simmer for about 10 minutes.
- While the beef mixture is simmering, cut the lid from pumpkin and scoop out seeds and any strands, cleaning the inside.
- Place the pumpkin in a sturdy baking pan and fill with the beef mixture. Depending on the size of your pumpkin, you may not be able to fit all of the stew mixture inside; bake any extra stew in a covered dish.
- Place the lid on the pumpkin and bake at 350°F for approximately 1-1 ½ hours, or until pumpkin is tender and brown.
Nutrition per serving
Calories: 483 calCarbohydrates: 58 gProtein: 39 gFat: 11 gSodium: 1575 mgFiber: 5 gSugar: 16 g
annemarie
what kind of pumpkin ? a pumpkin patch pumpkin ? i'm new at cooking a pumpkin and well this ought be kinda interesting
Mary Ann
Yes, a medium sized pumpkin from either the grocery store or a pumpkin patch. You wouldn't want to use that kind for cooking with the contents, but it is perfect for this dish. Just discard the contents (if you'd like, you can keep the seeds to clean and roast in the oven with a little salt).
annemarie
a medium size pumpkin shouldn't be hard to find I'll scoop out its innards and put the meat mixture in it and dinner done ! oh cool thank you !!!