10/18/2026
These Ghost Pumpkins have been happily haunting the produce section at Simple Foods 👻✨ Have you ever had a 𝐏𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐰?! You can cook this impressive dish right inside the belly of a pumpkin! Try out this fun fall recipe and start a memorable new tradition with your friends and family 🎃
Prep Time: 25 mins
Cook Time: 4 hrs 20 mins
Total Time: 4 hrs 45 mins
Servings: 8 to 10
•𝐈𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬
3 tablespoons vegetable oil, divided
2 pounds beef stew meat, cut into 1-inch cubes
3 large potatoes, peeled and cubed
4 carrots, sliced
1 onion, chopped
1 large green bell pepper, chopped
1 cup water
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 teaspoons salt
½ teaspoon ground black pepper
2 tablespoons beef bouillon granules
1 (14.5 ounce) can whole peeled tomatoes, chopped
1 (10- to 12-pound) sugar pumpkin
•𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬
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.
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
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.
Bake in the preheated oven until tender, 2 hours. Serve stew from pumpkin, scraping out some pumpkin flesh with each serving.
✨ 𝘏𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘏𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨! ✨
