This Cheesy Easy Shepherd's Pie Recipe Recipe is an easy dinner recipe! You'll love this ground beef casserole recipe for family dinner!
Sometimes you just want comfort food...something warm and filling, loaded with carbs and fat...this cheesy, easy Shepherd's pie recipe is perfect for those nights when you want a substantial meal!
Traditionally, Shepherd's pie is made with lamb. As Americans don't eat a ton of lamb - not in Miami, anyway - I grew up with my mom making Shepherd's pie with ground beef. I've always made Shepherd's pie with ground beef as well, but when I reached into the freezer last week to pull out the ground beef, it turned out to be ground venison.
I figured why not?
Ingredients needed to make this Cheesy Easy Shepherd's Pie Recipe
- 1 ½ lbs ground round beef
- ½ onion, chopped
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1 ½ cup chopped mushrooms
2 cups chopped carrots, corn, peas
5 large russet potatoes
4 tablespoons olive oil
½ teaspoon salt - ½ teaspoon pepper
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- ½ cup shredded cheddar cheese
Directions for making this Cheesy Easy Shepherd's Pie Recipe
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F.
Peel and quarter potatoes, boil for about 20 minutes until tender.
While your potatoes are cooking, add onion, mushrooms and carrots to a frying pan with the olive oil an saute until the onions are translucent.
Add the ground beef and garlic and saute until cooked through. Add the salt, black pepper and cayenne pepper and stir to mix.
Prepare mashed potatoes according to your liking. I use ½ a stick of unsalted butter, ¼ cup sour cream and a dash of salt and pepper.
Pour your beef mixture into a baking dish and top with corn and peas.
Add a layer of shredded cheddar cheese add heaping spoons fulls of mashed potatoes on top.
Make sure that the mashed potatoes are distributed evenly, as you won't be able to spread them around very much without disturbing the veggies underneath.
Sprinkle the top with a little additional shredded cheddar cheese and cook in 400 degree oven for about 30 minutes.
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Cheesy Easy Shepherd's Pie Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- ¼ cup chopped onions
- 2 beef bouillon cubes
- ¼ cup water
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 bag 12 oz, frozen mixed vegetables, thawed
- 4 servings mashed potatoes
- -I used instant potatoes the box required water, butter, milk and potatoes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400. Grease a pie plate with nonstick cooking spray.
- Add ground beef and onions to a skillet and heat over medium high heat until beef is browned. Drain grease. Add bouillon cubes, water and Worcestershire sauce and continue to heat until cubes are dissolved and liquid is mostly absorbed.
- Spoon meat into pie plate. Top with vegetables. Spoon potatoes on top and spread evenly.
- Bake for 25 minutes or until potatoes begin to brown.
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Dawn says
nom nom nom one of my favorites!! I can wait for my cheat day!
Maryann says
my husband loves shepards pie but there is NOTHING easy about my recipe.
Mellisa says
I;ve never had shepards pie but I bet my kids would love it. Thanks for the easy recipe.
rebecca says
This was yummy.. my husband really liked it too.. I added bacon & uses ground Turkey instead of beef..
Jennifer Quillen says
Oh now I'm going to have to add bacon to it the next time! Yum!
Erika says
Did you use can peas and corn or frozen? Is it 2 cups of each (carrots, peas, corn) or 2 cups total?
Lynne says
Shepherds' Pie - traditionally made with leftover roast lamb.
Margot C says
This seems like a great way to do it but I don't think my husband would go for venison
Kimberly M. says
This looks yummy. Thank you for sharing. I am pinning to make it this fall/winter.