Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Dinner in a pumpkin by Nani

1 small-medium pumpkin
1 onion, chopped
2 Tbsp vegetable oil
1 - 1.5# burger
3 Tbsp soy sauce
2 Tbsp brown sugar
4 oz can sliced mushrooms, drained
1 can cream chicken soup
2 1/2 cups cooked rice
8 oz can sliced water chestnuts, drained
1 cup chopped celery

Cut off top of pumpkin & clean.  Preheat oven to 350.  In large skillet, saute onions in oil until tender.  If using celery add to onions and saute.  Add meat, brown.  Drain.

Add soy sauce, brown sugar, mushrooms, and soup.

Simmer 10 minutes stirring occasionally.

Add cooked rice & water chestnuts if not using celery and spoon into pumpkin (make sure pumpkin on cookie sheet).

Bake 1 hour or until meat of pumpkin is tender