Homemade Shepherd’s pie, made with ground beef, chicken, frozen mixed vegetables, and creamy potatoes.
A little over a month ago I asked my subscribers on YouTube, which recipes they wanted. A lot of people said shepherds pie. Although, I had previously uploaded a shepherds pie recipe on my blog, I think that a lot of my readers, and YouTube subbies wanted more of a “traditional” shepherds pie. You know the kind with ground beef, mixed vegetables, tomato sauce, and etc.
I personally am getting pretty tired of the same old traditional recipes these days, so I spiced things up. Instead of using just ground beef, I decided to use chicken as well.
Also, I jazz up the potatoes a bit by whipping them with a combination of cream cheese, and sharp cheddar cheese. The potatoes always come out super creamy, and flavorful!
Check out this video tutorial for my fabulous shepherds pie recipe!
Best Shepherds Pie Recipe
Homemade shepherds pie made with ground beef, chicken breast, mixed vegetables, and more!
Servings 12 servings
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lb ground beef
- 1 lb chicken breast cut into cubes
- 16 oz bag of frozen mixed vegetables
- 2 small onions diced
- 4 cloves of garlic minced
- 14.5 oz can of tomato sauce
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil plus more for greasing
- 7 medium sized golden potatoes peeled & chopped
- 8 oz sharp cheddar cheese shredded
- 4 oz cream cheese at room temperatiure
- 2 tsp seasoning salt or salt free seasoning
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 2 tsp paprika
Instructions
- Boil the potatoes until softened, then drain.
- Place the cooked potatoes in a large mixing bowl, and mix until creamy.
- Add in the cream cheese, and cheddar, then mix until well combined. Then set the bowl to the side.
- Drizzle the vegetable oil into a large pan or dutch oven.
- Turn the heat to medium.
- Once the oil is hot, add in the chicken breast, and cook until done.
- Once the chicken is done, remove it from the pan/ or pot, and pour out the liquid as well.
- Next add in the ground beef, and brown.
- Add in the vegetables, onions, and garlic.
- Now add the chicken back into the pot, and stir.
- Pour in the tomato paste, then sprinkle in the seasonings.
- Stir all the ingredients until well combined, then let cook for another 15 minutes, then turn the heat off.
- Preheat your oven to 350 F.
- Grease a 9x13 bake dish, then add in meat & vegetable mixture, and smooth it out into a even layer.
- Top the meat & veggie mixture with the creamy potato mixture and smooth out.
- Leave the shepherds pie uncovered, and bake in the oven for 45-55 minutes.
- Remove from the oven, and let sit for 20 minutes.
- Serve & enjoy!
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Notes
This shepherds pie can be frozen. Simply use aluminum pans, follow all of the steps before baking, cover, label, and freeze!
You can use both chicken & beef, or one or the other.
Russet potatoes can be used instead of the yellow potatoes.
My son said this pound cake is the best I’ve ever made. The whole family is enjoying it. Delicious!
In the ingredients you’ll need……you have tomato sauce but when making the dish you tomato paste. Does that matter which to use?
Hi Toni. For best results, follow the written recipe 🙂
Hi Rosie – getting ready to try your delish sounding shepherds pie – please tell me a bit more about the seasoning spices …. Thank you so much for all this . – Jennifer
Hi Jennifer, The recipe is listed 🙂
Hi Rosie
Can I cook this without the chicken ? Could I used 2lb of ground beef instead ??
Thanks !
Sure can.
I just wanted to tell you I tried this and it turned out amazing! Thank you!
Hi Rosie!
I tried this recipe without the chicken and it’s the bomb! I’m sure it’s even better with chicken which I will try next. Thank you for sharing..