Stuffed Pumpkin with Chicken

This stuffed pumpkin is filled with chicken and pumpkin flesh cooked in a creamy sauce. Served inside the pumpkin, it makes a great centerpiece for your table.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 35 mins
• Total Time: 55 mins
• Calories: 539 Calories

Ingredients

• ¼ cup butter
• ⅓ cup milk
• 1 onion, chopped
• salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
• 2 tablespoons whole wheat flour
• 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
• 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breast, cubed
• 1 medium pumpkin

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).

Step 2

Cut off a 'lid' off the pumpkin. Scrape out all pumpkin seeds and threads with a spoon. Brush the inside of the pumpkin with olive oil and season with salt. Wrap in aluminum foil.

Step 3

Bake in the preheated oven until pumpkin is soft, about 20 minutes. Remove from oven and carefully spoon out pumpkin flesh without breaking the outer shell. Set hollowed pumpkin aside.

Step 4

Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a skillet over medium heat and cook onion until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Add chicken, butter, and pumpkin flesh and cook until chicken is browned on the outside, about 5 minutes.

Step 5

Stir together milk and flour until no lumps remain and pour into skillet. Simmer until sauce thickens and chicken is cooked through, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

Step 6

Pour creamy pumpkin mixture into hollowed pumpkin to serve.