- 1 medium pumpkin
- 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breast, cubed
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/3 cup milk
- 2 tablespoons whole wheat flour
- Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Pour creamy pumpkin mixture into hollowed pumpkin to serve.
08/26/2019
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stuffed pumpkin with chicken, recipe
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455 calories