by Audrey | Oct 19, 2016 | Halloween, Main Dishes | 9 comments
Dinner In A Pumpkin is such a wonderful family tradition for your family.
What Ingredients Do I Need For Dinner in a Pumpkin?
Here’s a list of ingredients you’ll need to make this dinner (scroll down for the full recipe):
- Medium Sized Pumpkin
- Ground beef
- Onion
- Brown sugar
- Soy sauce
- Cream of chicken or mushroom soup
- Milk
- Green beans or corn or both
- Mushrooms (optional)
- Rice
- Water chestnuts
What Ingredients Do I Need For Dinner in a Pumpkin?
Here’s the simple steps you’ll follow to make this dinner (scroll down for the full recipe):
- Find a pumpkin that sits nice and level. If you can, find one that isn’t too thick so it is easier to clean out.
- Cut off the top, I like to cut a little V shape in the front and also angle the knife inward at a slant, so the top doesn’t fall in when cooking.
- With a permanent marker draw a cute face on the pumpkin.
- In a large skillet, brown the ground beef and the onion. Remove any excess oil with paper towels.
- Add brown sugar, soy sauce, soup, milk, green beans or corn or both, and mushrooms.Stir well. Let simmer for 10 minutes.
- Add rice that has been cooked, and chestnuts.
- Place mixture into the cleaned out pumpkin. Set the top of the pumpkin on and place pumpkin on a baking sheet.
- Place on the bottom rack of oven that has been preheated to 375 degrees. Bake 1 1/2 hours or until the inside of the pumpkin is soft. You can test it by removing the lid and poking with a fork.
- Place pumpkin on a large thick plate and serve the casserole that is inside the pumpkin.
- We also like to eat the pumpkin. We just eat it like squash; with butter, salt and pepper.
Family Traditions for Halloween:
This is a fun meal for this time of year. We love to make this every year around Halloween. It has become a treasured family traditionthat we all look forward to.
Tips to Making Dinner in a Pumpkin a Fun Meal:
- Look for just the right Pumpkin
- Draw a face on Your Pumpkin
- Share your Dinner in a Pumpkin
Have fun with this dish!
You Can Find More Halloween Recipes Here:
Witch Fingers
Home made Root Beer
Tootsie Pop Popcorn Balls
Caramel Apple Dip
Here is Another Fun Little Halloween Treat From my Blogging Friend, Rachel’s Blog, Kitchen Cents:
Yield: 8
Dinner In A Pumpkin is such a wonderful family tradition for your family. This will be a family tradition that your family will want to keep forever.
Prep Time1 hour
Cook Time1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time2 hours 30 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 medium pumpkin (thoroughly cleaned inside and out)
- 1-2 lbs ground beef (cooked)
- 1 small onion or 2 Tbsps dried onion
- 2 Tbsps brown sugar
- 2 Tbsps soy sauce
- 1 (10 1/2 oz) can cream of chicken soup or mushroom
- 1/2 soup can of milk
- 1 (15 oz) can green beans or corn or both
- 1 (4 oz) can mushrooms (drained) optional
- 1 1/2 cups cooked rice
- 1 (8 oz) can water chestnuts (drained)
Instructions
- Find a pumpkin that sits nice and level. If you can, find one that isn't too thick so it is easier to clean out.
- Cut off the top, I like to cut a little V shape in the front and also angle the knife inward at a slant, so the top doesn't fall in when cooking.
- With a permanent marker draw a cute face on the pumpkin.
- In a large skillet, brown the ground beef and the onion. Remove any excess oil with paper towels.
- Add brown sugar, soy sauce, soup, milk, green beans or corn or both, and mushrooms.Stir well. Let simmer for 10 minutes.
- Add rice that has been cooked, and chestnuts.
- Place mixture into the cleaned out pumpkin. Set the top of the pumpkin on and place pumpkin on a baking sheet.
- Place on the bottom rack of oven that has been preheated to 375 degrees. Bake 1 1/2 hours or until the inside of the pumpkin is soft. You can test it by removing the lid and poking with a fork.
- Place pumpkin on a large thick plate and serve the casserole that is inside the pumpkin.
- We also like to eat the pumpkin. We just eat it like squash; with butter, salt and pepper.
Nutrition Information
Yield
8Serving Size
1
Amount Per ServingCalories 429Total Fat 22gSaturated Fat 8gTrans Fat 1gUnsaturated Fat 10gCholesterol 105mgSodium 515mgCarbohydrates 23gFiber 2gSugar 5gProtein 35g
This data was provided and calculated by Nutritionix
Rachelon September 29, 2019 at 9:46 am
This looks really fun! My girls would think this was the coolest. I think we’re going to try this idea this year. Thanks for sharing. P.S. thanks for sharing one of my Halloween treat recipes ?
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Amyon September 29, 2019 at 9:04 pm
We absolutely love Dinner in a Pumpkin – it is a family tradition that we started in our family when my oldest children were small. I still do it every year and they all come back for it! You are welcome for sharing one of your Halloween treat recipes. I realized that I don’t have that many on my blog, so I figured that I might as well share someone else’s!
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Chas Greeneron October 25, 2019 at 8:03 am
I make a dinner in a pumpkin every year, and this will be a new one to try. Thanks for sharing – featuring you at the next To Grandma’s House We Go.
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Amyon October 25, 2019 at 2:32 pm
Thank you for the feature. I love that you do a Dinner in a Pumpkin every year too. My family just has to have Dinner in a Pumpkin. It is a tradition that we started in my family. My mother did not do one. We use to love the dinner, now I think that we love getting together as much as we do the dinner! Happy Halloween!
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Marilyn Lesniakon October 25, 2019 at 1:17 pm
Thank you for sharing at #OverTheMoon. Pinned and shared. Have a lovely week. I hope to see you at next week’s party too!
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Marilyn Lesniakon October 26, 2019 at 7:36 pm
Thank you for sharing at #ThursdayFavoriteThings. Pinned and shared. Have a lovely week. I hope to see you at next week’s party too!
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Beverlyon October 14, 2020 at 7:05 pm
Amy,
This is such a great idea. Congratulations, you are being featured at Thursday Favorite Things. I hope you stop by. https://www.eclecticredbarn.com/2020/10/thursday-favorite-things-party_15.html
Hugs,
BevReply
Amyon October 15, 2020 at 2:07 pm
We have been doing this tradition for so long, I think I will still be making dinner in a pumpkin when I am 80 ;).
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Marilynon October 16, 2020 at 11:52 am
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Thank you for sharing at #OverTheMoon. Pinned and shared. Have a lovely week. I hope to see you at next week’s party too! Please stay safe and healthy. Come party with us at Over The Moon! Catapult your content Over The Moon! @marilyn_lesniak @EclecticRedBarn
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