A "Taste of Home" recipe I found years ago, which has become a family tradition for our Halloween table. I also make it for potlucks during the month of October and it always gets lots of requests for the recipe.

Ingredients

8 serv.

medium pumpkin, cleaned out↗1
ground beef↗1 1⁄2 lbs
onion, chopped↗1⁄2 cup
cream of chicken soup1
(10 ounce) can
brown sugar (optional)↗3 tablespoons
soy sauce↗3 tablespoons
mushroom stems and pieces↗1
(4 ounce) can
cooked rice↗1 1⁄2 cups
sliced water chestnuts1
(4 ounce) can

Step-by-step instructions

1
Paint face on pumpkin with marker.
2
Brown beef and onion. Drain.
3
Add soup, sugar, soy sauce and mushrooms and simmer 10 minute
4
Add rice and waterchestnuts.
5
Spoon into pumpkin. Replace top. Bake on cookie sheet in center of oven at 350 degrees for 1-2 hours or until inside of pumpkin is tender.
6
Serve on plate. Scoop cooked pumpkin out and serve.

Source: food.com

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