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: 4 hr 20 mins
• Total Time: 4 hr 45 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 the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).

Step 2

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

Step 3

Cut top off pumpkin, remove seeds and pulp, and transfer to a heavy baking pan. Fill pumpkin with beef mixture; brush outside of pumpkin with remaining 1 tablespoon oil.

Step 4

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