Pumpkin Stew

This tasty pumpkin stew recipe is perfect for an autumn potluck dinner. Impress your guests with this thick beef stew made and served in a pumpkin shell.

• Preparation Time: 25 mins
• Cooking Time: 5 hr
• Total Time: 5 hr 25 mins
• Calories: 592 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 cup water
• 1 sugar pumpkin
• 1 onion, chopped
• 4 carrots, sliced
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 large green bell pepper, chopped
• 2 tablespoons beef bouillon granules
• 1 (14.5 ounce) can whole peeled tomatoes, chopped
• 3 large potatoes, peeled and cubed
• 2 pounds beef stew meat, cut into 1 inch cubes
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil, divided
• 0.5 teaspoon ground black pepper

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).

Step 2

Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat; add beef and cook until evenly brown. Mix in potatoes, onion, water, carrots, green bell pepper, garlic, salt, and pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, about 2 hours. Dissolve bouillon into beef mixture; stir in tomatoes.

Step 3

Cut top off pumpkin and remove seeds and pulp; transfer to a heavy baking pan. Fill pumpkin with beef mixture. Brush outside of pumpkin with reserved oil.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until tender, 2 hours. Serve stew from the pumpkin, scraping out some pumpkin meat with each serving.