Dinner in a Pumpkin
1 small to medium pumpkin
1 small onion, chopped
1 pound ground beef
2 tbsp. Soy sauce
2 tbsp. Brown sugar
1 can (4 oz.) sliced mushrooms, drained
1 can (10 ¾ oz) cream of mushroom soup
1 ½ cups cooked rice
1 can (8 oz.) sliced water chestnuts,
drained
Cut off top of pumpkin and clean out
seeds and pulp. Preheat oven to 350. In a large skillet, brown the
ground beef. When browned, add chopped onion and cook for a few more
minutes till onion is soft. Drain any grease from skillet. Add soy
sauce, brown sugar, mushrooms and soup. Simmer 10 minutes, stirring
occasionally. Add cooked rice and water chestnuts. Spoon mixture into
pumpkin. Replace pumpkin top and place pumpkin on a baking sheet.
Bake for 1 hour or till pumpkin is tender when poked with a fork
(this usually takes longer than an hour but check after 1 hour).
Place on a plate and enjoy. Serves 6.
