Click for Cookbook LOGIN
"There is no sight on earth more appealing than the sight of a woman making dinner for someone she loves."--Thomas Wolfe

Meal in a Pumpkin Recipe

  Tried it? Rate this Recipe:
 

 

This recipe for Meal in a Pumpkin is from Hanus Family Cookbook, one of the cookbooks created at FamilyCookbookProject.com. We'll help you start your own personal cookbook! It's easy and fun. Click here to start your own cookbook!
Category:
Category:
Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 medium pumpkin
1 tbsp. butter
1 small onion, diced
1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
1 1/2 lbs. ground beef
1 8oz. can water chestnuts
Salt and pepper
1 can cream of chicken soup
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 tbsp. soy sauce
4 cups cooked rice
Directions:
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350º.
Line a baking sheet with foil.
Thoroughly wash and dry the outside of the pumpkin.
Cut the top off the pumpkin and clean out the pulp and seeds. Place the pumpkin on the baking sheet. Save the top.
In a large skillet, saute onion and mushrooms in butter. Add ground beef and cook until no longer pink. Drain the grease from the beef. Add salt, pepper and water chestnuts.
In a large bowl, mix soup, brown sugar, and soy sauce. Add ground beef mixture and cooked rice.
Empty bowl into the cleaned out pumpkin and replace pumpkin top.
Bake for 1 hour on the lower rack of the oven, or on the rack where the pumpkin can be most centered in the oven.
After 1 hour, remove the top and check the sides of the pumpkin for doneness. The outside of the pumpkin will turn a dark orange, and the inside of the pumpkin should be tender and easily scoop off the sides with a spoon. If the inside of the pumpkin is still not fully cooked, bake for an additional 10-15 minutes. The cooking time will vary depending on the size of the pumpkin. Using hot pads, place the pumpkin onto a serving plate, remove the lid, and stir. Be sure to scoop off chunks of cooked pumpkin into the casserole as it is served.

 

 

 

Learn more about the process to create a cookbook -- or
Start your own personal family cookbook right now!  Here's to good eating!

Search for more great recipes here from over 1,500,000 in our family cookbooks!

 

 

 

76W  

Cookbooks are great for Holiday Gifts, Wedding Gifts, Bridal Shower ideas and Family Reunions!

*Recipes and photos entered into the Family Cookbook Project are provided by the submitting contributors. All rights are retained by the contributor. Please contact us if you believe copyright violations have occurred.

Search for more great recipes here from over 1,500,000 in our family cookbooks!