10/14/2026
🎃 Bring a little fall to the table with this stuffed sugar pumpkin recipe. Filled with wild rice, spicy chicken sausage, peppers, and fresh herbs, it's a cozy seasonal dish that doubles as an edible centerpiece. Follow along below and make it part of your autumn menu. 🍂🍽️
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Servings: 2
Ingredients:
- 1 sugar pie pumpkin (top cut off and reserved, seeds removed)
- 1 (8.8 oz.) package Uncle Ben's Ready Rice Wild Rice
- 4 oz. spicy chicken sausage
- ½ cup bell peppers, diced
- ¼ cup parsley, chopped
- ¼ cup marinara sauce
- ¼ cup chicken broth
- ⅛ tsp cumin
- 2 tsp olive oil
- ⅛ tsp black pepper
- ⅛ tsp salt
Equipment:
- Aluminum foil
Instructions:
- Rub the inside of the seeded pumpkin with olive oil and black pepper.
- Wrap the pumpkin with aluminum foil, leaving the opening exposed.
- Roast the wrapped pumpkin and pumpkin top at 350°F for 30 minutes.
- While the pumpkin is roasting, brown and crumble the sausage, then let it cool.
- Combine the sausage, rice, bell peppers, parsley, marinara sauce, chicken broth, and cumin. Mix well and add salt to taste.
- Stuff the pre-roasted pumpkin with the rice mixture.
- Return the foil-wrapped pumpkin to the oven and bake for an additional 15 minutes (do not bake the top).
💡 Tip: If a fork easily pierces the pumpkin skin, it's ready. The entire pumpkin shell is edible! 🎃😋🍁