Dinner in a Pumpkin

1 small to medium pumpkin
1 small onion, chopped
1 1/2 - 2 lbs ground beef
2 Tablespoons soy sauce
2 Tablespoons brown sugar
sliced or fresh mushrooms
1 can cream of chicken or mushroom soup
1 1/2 cups cooked rice
1 can sliced water chestnuts

Cut off the top of the pumpkin and thoroughly clean out seeds and pulp. Saute ground beef and onion. Add soy sauce, brown sugar, mushrooms, and soup. Simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add cooked rice and water chestnuts. Spoon into cleaned pumpkin shell. Replace pumpkin top and place entire pumpkin on a baking sheet. Bake for 1 hour or until inside meat of pumpkin is tender.
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