Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, tex-mex shepherd's pie. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
This comfort dish takes advantage of a few shortcuts that don't lesson the flavor or quality of the meal, like refrigerated mashed potatoes and pico de gallo, so you can get dinner on the table fast. Make sure to brown your meat nicely, since it builds flavor. Substitute cheddar cheese for pepper jack, if you prefer it.
Tex-Mex Shepherd's Pie is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They are nice and they look fantastic. Tex-Mex Shepherd's Pie is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have tex-mex shepherd's pie using 9 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Tex-Mex Shepherd's Pie:
- Get 3 lbs. Lean ground beef
- Make ready 3 pkgs Taco seasoning
- Get Small amount of flour or cornstarch
- Prepare 1 sm. Bag potatoes; cooked & mashed (or can you use instant)
- Make ready 1 Lrg. Can corn, drained
- Get 1 Lrg. Can green beans, drained
- Take 1 med. Can diced tomatoes, drained
- Get 1/2 med. Onion, chopped (optional)
- Get Velveeta cheese slices (or block if you prefer cutting your own)
Spoon potatoes over corn in skillet; spread evenly. Serve this up for Thanksgiving as a delicious plant-based side dish or entree! I'll admit it, traditional Shepherd's pie isn't really my thing. This Simple Cooking with Heart recipe is a tasty twist on a classic American casserole dish.
Steps to make Tex-Mex Shepherd's Pie:
- Peel, cook, and mash your potatoes as you normally would. Set aside.
- Brown your ground beef, drain, and add taco seasoning according to package instructions.
- Once your ground beef is done, add in just a little flour or cornstarch to slightly thicken the sauce, careful to avoid lumps.
- Add in your drained vegetables one can at a time, stirring to distribute them evenly.
- Pour into 13"x9" casserole dish plus an extra 9"x9" casserole dish, pressing it down and spreading evenly across the bottom.
- Layer your Velveeta slices across the top of the meat & veggie mixture. Go as cheesy as you want with it. I personally like mine really cheesy! 😉
- Get your oven preheating to 400°. Start layering on those mashed taters! Spread them evenly across the top of everything, layer them as thick as you want, so long as you have enough for both casserole dishes.
- Pop them in the oven for about 45 mins until bubbly and heated all the way through.
- Optional: broil the last few minutes to form a golden brown crusty layer to your mashed potatoes…we were starving so we didn't bother with this step this go around LOL!
- Scoop it out into bowls and enjoy!!!
This is a great dish to cook on those colder nights when you want a warm and hearty meal. Bring a large pot of water to a simmer and add the potatoes. Southwest Shepherd's Pie brings exciting Tex-Mex flavors to the table in a whole new way. A Cumberland pie is a shepherd's or cottage pie with an added layer of breadcrumbs and cheese. A shepherdless pie is a vegetarian version made without meat.
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