Dinner in a Pumpkin

1 medium Pumpkin (10-12 in)
1 onion, chopped
2 Tbsp. oil
1 ½ lb. ground pork
2 tsp. soy sauce
1 Tbsp Brown Sugar
1 4-oz can sliced mushrooms, drained
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 ½ cups cooked rice
1 8-oz can water chestnuts, drained

Cut top off Pumpkin. Clean inside well. Paint on face, using Permanent marker or Acrylic Paint.

Preheat oven to 350°.

In a large skillet sauté onion in oil until tender. Add meat and brown. Drain drippings from skillet. Add soy sauce, brown sugar, mushrooms and soup to meat. Simmer 10 minutes stirring occasionally.

Add cooked rice and water chestnuts. Spoon into pumpkin. Place entire pumpkin on a baking sheet.

Bake 1 hour or until pumpkin is tender.

Serve directly out of the pumpkin. Pumpkin can be sliced with each serving or just eat the filling and toss the pumpkin when finished.Serve directly out of the pumpkin. Pumpkin can be sliced with each serving or just eat the filling and toss the pumpkin when finished.Serve directly out of pumpkin. Pumpkin can be sliced with each serving or just eat the filling and toss the pumpkin when finished.