Skip to main content
Jack o'Lantern Rice
Photo: Pille R. Priske

Jack o'Lantern Rice

14 ingredients 4 steps fandom
Share this recipe

Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

721
Calories
34g
Protein
16g
Fat
115g
Carbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 11 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Pork 100g cooked 242
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Apple 1 medium (182g) 95
Grape 1/2 cup (76g) 62
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Celery 1 stalk (40g) 6
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Allspice 1 tsp ground (1.9g) 5
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Pumpkin not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • =
  • 1 medium pumpkin (large enough to hold 6 cups mixture)
  • 1 pound well-seasoned lean bulk pork sausage
  • 3 cups cooked rice
  • 1 tart red cooking apple, cored and chopped
  • 1/2 cup chopped onion
  • 1/2 cup chopped celery
  • 1/2 cup raisins
  • 1 tablespoon packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • =

Directions

1

Cut off top of pumpkin; remove seeds and fibers. For a jack-o-lantern effect, paint a face on pumpkin with a permanent marker or acrylic paint. Set aside.

2

Cook sausage in skillet, stirring to crumble. Drain well.

3

Combine sausage, rice, apple, onion, celery, raisins, brown sugar, salt, allspice, cinnamon and pepper; spoon into pumpkin shell. Place on baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 hours, or until pulp inside pumpkin is tender.

4

Spoon rice mixture from pumpkin. Scoop out cooked pumpkin; season with butter, salt and pepper, if desired. Serve with rice mixture.

Recipe sourced from fandom

Curious what else pairs well?

Use our flavor tools to explore molecular pairings, find substitutes, and discover novel combinations.