"A good old budget friendly comfort food!"
Shepherds Pie
Servings – 4 Prep Time – 15 Minutes Cook Time – 40 Minutes
Ingredients:
Meat
2lbs ground turkey or ground beef
2 tbsp butter or margarine
2 tbsp black pepper
1 tbsp salt
2 tbsp garlic powder
1 tsp onion powder
Gravy
1 0.87 oz brown gravy packet, low sodium
2 beef bullion cubes
1 cup hot water
Layers
4 cups prepared mashed potatoes
2 cups canned or frozen corn kernels, you can use a frozen carrots and peas mix too
1/4 cup milk
4 tbsp butter or margarine sliced
Instructions:
Meat Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Heat butter/margarine in large frying pan.
Add ground turkey/beef. Chop meat into a crumbled consistency.
Add garlic, onion powder, salt and pepper. Mix well.
Cook meat until well browned, pour and drain excess fat from pan. Gravy Place 2 bullion cubes in the cup of hot water, dissolve. Add in gravy mix packet, mix well.
Place browned meat over low heat and add gravy mixture stirring until well incorporated. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Layers Layer browned meat and gravy mixture in bottom of an 8×8 baking dish.
Place corn or peas & carrots mix over meat layer.
Layer prepared mashed potatoes over corn or peas and carrot mix , spreading to cover layer completely.
Evenly brush milk over potato layer. Place sliced butter over top of mashed potatoes. This will make a golden brown crust over potatoes while baking in the oven.
Place baking dish in oven for 20 minutes, to heat through.
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