Dinner in a Pumpkin

Ingredients:

1 medium sugar pumpkin

1 lb ground beef sauteed with

onion, celery, mushrooms and green pepper (1 cup of each)

1/4 cup soy sauce

2 T brown sugar

1 can sliced water chestnuts (drained)

1 can cream of chicken soup

1 1/2 cup hot cooked rice

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees

Wash the outer surface of the pumpkin. Cut a circle of the top just like you would if you were carving a jack-o-lantern. Clean out the seeds and stringy pulp. Clean out the pumpkin and rinse. Set aside.

In a medium bowl, combine the rest of ingredients; spoon mixture in pumpkin. Replace top. Place pumpkin on baking sheet. Bake 1-2 hour in preheated oven until pumpkin is tender. Serve cooked pumpkin along with filling.

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