The Best Shepherd's Pie. Ever. is incredibly hearty, with beef and vegetables cooked in a savory gravy, topped with creamy mashed potatoes. The ultimate comfort food!
Top o’ the evenin’ to ya’!
That’s my happy St. Patrick’s Day greeting.
My husband and I were going to hit up the all-you-can-eat St. Paddy’s Day buffet at our local grocery store for the occasion (unlimited Reubens & corned beef?!) but I thought nah, lets keep it homemade with The Best Shepherd’s Pie. EVER!
This classic meat pie, originally known as Cottage Pie back in the late 1700s, takes the same amount of time to make as it would be to drive, dine, regret, and return home. Can you say win/win?!
Just brown ground beef with onions and garlic, cook in flour, chicken broth, tomato paste and other seasonings, then simmer until thick.
Toss in some frozen veggies, and you’re nearly there!
While making the filling, boil ~4 cups worth of mashed potatoes on a burner next door. OR, go the easy route and purchase a family-size package of pre-made mashed potatoes from the store.
Assembly time!
Pour the filling into an oven-proof casserole dish then top with mashed potatoes.
Pop into the oven for 20 minutes then devour!
Scooped out a big serving and try not to fall into the tunnel of mashed potato love!
Ingredients
- 4 cups prepared mashed potatoes
- garlic salt
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1/3 cup chopped onion
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 3 Tablespoons gluten-free flour, or AP flour if not gluten free
- 1 Tablespoon tomato paste
- 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 Tablespoon gluten free reduced-sodium Tamari, or soy sauce if not gluten free
- 14.5 oz can chicken broth
- 2 cups frozen vegetable medley
- salt and pepper
Directions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Brown ground beef, onions and garlic in a large skillet over medium-high heat. When meat is completely cooked, sprinkle in flour and continue to saute for 1-2 minutes.
- Stir in tomato paste, worcestershire sauce, gluten-free tamari or soy sauce and chicken broth. Simmer for 5-6 minutes, or until sauce is thick. Turn of the heat then stir in frozen vegetables and season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Pour beef mixture into a large, oven-proof casserole dish then top with mashed potatoes and sprinkle with garlic salt.
- Place casserole dish on a large sheet pan (in case the sauce overflows) then bake for 20-30 minutes, or until top is golden brown. Scoop onto plates then serve.
Nutrition
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What is in the potatoes? Did you leave the skins on?
Made this tonight and hubby proclaimed this better than Cheddar’s Restaurant. Family totally agreed this recipe a keeper. Thank you so much for sharing!
Shepherds pie looks great. Did you just make the mashed potatoes as you would regularly with milk, butter, salt?
Yep! If you click on the “garlic mashed potatoes” link within the post it will take you to another post where I detailed out how to make them (warning, it’s a really old post!!)
Hi I came across ur recipe and I want to try it but I was wondering how many will this serve? :)
Just made the ” very best Shepards Pie” from your recipe, was not impressed. Not much taste to it. Why would you put chicken stock in ground beef? Sorry, I’m not a fan nor will I ever use this recipe again. This is the first time since I’ve used Pintrest recipes that I’ve been disappointed. Sorry thought you should know it’s not worthy of “the very best Shepards pie ” title.
Hey Dan, I’m sorry you felt that way about the recipe. It’s still one of our favorites and we really enjoy it!
Hi Kristin!! I LOVE Shepherd’s Pie!! Your recipe looks so easy, I had to share it on my blog today!! Thanks for sharing it!! :D
I’m curious why you would use chicken broth rather than beef broth? I’m going to try your recipe tonight…I’m excited to taste it!
That’s just usually what I have on hand. If you’d rather use beef that’s totally fine too!
It was delicious! Thanks for the recipe :)
I LOVE your site! It is definitely my go to recipe site when making my menu for the week. My husband and I recently started dieting (baby #3 is old enough now that I can start) and the only thing I wish your site had was calorie information….any chance this info could be provided in the near future????
Hi Natlaie! That is a huge compliment, thank you! I don’t calculate nutrition information for my recipes, but recommend Livestrong’s recipe calculator tool! http://www.livestrong.com/recipes/create/
Stumbled upon your blog today while searching for a good shepherd’s pie recipe. Apparently I made a shepherd’s pie many moons ago and my daughter somehow remembers it as being wonderful. We recently went to Disney World and ate their shepherd’s pie. She insisted mine was better and now I have no idea where I got the recipe….or even when I made it. I’m sure your recipe will do the trick!
I made this tonight and it was delicious!
OMG. Made this with my boyfriend last night….you were right, it WAS literally life altering …we finished it today for lunch…GREAT recipe thanks so much !!!!
All time favorite is the Golden Cashew sundae from Hickory Park in Ames, Iowa….2 scoops of butter pecan ice cream, hot caramel, cashews, whip cream and a cherry! Yum! Pretty much any sundae at Hickory Park makes the list of favorites though.
MY HUSBAND is the one who craves ice cream!!!