Easy Mexican Shepherd’s Pie Recipe – Creations by Kara

Mexican Shepherd’s Pie – with taco seasoning, black beans, and corn, this recipe is a tasty twist on conventional shepherd’s pie. My entire household loves it!

With daring Mexican flavors, hearty potatoes, and melted cheese, this casserole is the proper consolation meals for followers of Mexican delicacies!

I’ve been making this spicy shepherd’s pie for over a decade, and we prefer it much more than common shepherd’s pie. It’s good for taking dinner to sick mates, and is all the time a success at potlucks as properly.

As a result of we find it irresistible a lot, I up to date the submit with new images and added extra particulars to the recipe. I hope you give it a try to get pleasure from it as a lot as we do!!

HOW TO MAKE MEXICAN SHEPHERD’S PIE

PREP – Spray a 2 1/2 quart casserole or 9×13 inch baking dish with cooking spray. Preheat your oven to 350 levels.

FILLING – Prepare dinner floor beef and onion in a big skillet over medium-high warmth till no pink stays. Drain off any fats. Stir within the taco seasoning, chili powder, salt, and garlic. Add the black beans, diced tomatoes, corn, and olives. Simmer for 2-3 minutes.

ASSEMBLE – Pour the meat combination into the ready dish. Spoon potatoes excessive and unfold evenly. Sprinkle cheese over the potatoes.

BAKE – Bake in a preheated oven at 350° for 25-Half-hour, or till the filling is sizzling and the cheese is melted. If desired, garnish with inexperienced onions, bitter cream, diced tomatoes, or avocados.

You possibly can assemble your complete casserole, cowl it, and refrigerate for a number of hours or in a single day. It’ll take longer to warmth via, so I like to recommend masking it with foil for the primary Half-hour of baking, then eradicating the foil and cooking one other 20 minutes or so.

Leftover shepherds pie retains properly within the fridge for 3-4 days. Merely reheat particular person servings within the microwave for a minute or two. I like this microwave cowl for stopping splatters!

VARIATIONS:

Should you don’t have leftover mashed potatoes, you should utilize instantaneous mashed potatoes, or whip up a batch of those garlic mashed potatoes.

Be at liberty so as to add inexperienced chiles, poblano pepper, chipotle peppers, bell peppers, or jalapeno peppers to the filling.

You possibly can substitute floor turkey or floor rooster for the meat.

As an alternative of cheddar, use pepper jack, colby jack, mozzarella, or every other kind of cheese that melts properly. Typically I add a layer of cheese between the meat and potatoes. Additional yummy!

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(recipe initially posted on 2/6/2009, up to date March 2024)

Give this Mexican Shepherd’s Pie a try to let me know the way you prefer it. I hope it makes it into your common meal rotation!