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Dinner In a Pumpkin Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 small to medium pumpkin
1 onion, chopped
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1 1/2 - 2 lbs ground beef
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp brown sugar
1 (4-oz.) can sliced mushrooms, drained
1 (10 oz) can cream of chicken soup
1-1/2 cups cooked rice
1 (8 oz) can sliced water chestnuts, drained
Directions:
Directions:
Cut off top of pumpkin and thoroughly clean out the seeds and pulp. Paint an appropriate face on the front of the pumpkin with a permanent marking pen or acrylic paint. Preheat oven to 350F. In large skillet, saute onions in oil unter tender. Add meat and brown. Drain fat from skillet. Add soy sauce, brown sugar, mushrooms and soup. Simmer 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add cooked rice and water chestnuts. Spoon mixture into 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 plate.
Serve and enjoy
*For your vegetable, scoop out the cooked pumpkin and serve
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
6
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
30 minutes
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Super fun Halloween dinner idea. This came from Devin's aunt, Shelly, who is always doing fun and creative things for each holiday. I hope to model my home after her (and all my cute aunts) and always have something fun for the holidays!

 

 

 

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