Poor Man’s Shepherd’s Pie

  4.1 – 35 reviews  • Shepherd’s Pie Recipes

If you’ve never fried an entire bird before, a fried turkey breast is a fantastic place to start. The turkey breast is flavorful after 24 hours of dry brining thanks to a delightful spice rub. After being deep-fried, the skin turns golden, crispy, and flavorful while the meat remains juicy and tender. If using a larger turkey breast, double the ingredients for the spice rub.

Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Additional Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 45 mins
Servings: 4
Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

  1. ½ cup uncooked brown rice
  2. 1 ⅜ cups water
  3. 1 pound ground beef
  4. 1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of mushroom soup
  5. ½ cup chopped green onion
  6. 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
  7. 1 teaspoon soy sauce
  8. ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper

Instructions

  1. In a medium saucepan, bring water and brown rice to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 45 to 50 minutes.
  2. Meanwhile, in a medium skillet over high heat, brown the ground beef and drain fat.
  3. Stir the mushroom soup, green onion, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce and pepper into the skillet with the beef. Simmer on medium low heat for 10 minutes. Serve over the rice.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 341 kcal
Carbohydrate 21 g
Cholesterol 69 mg
Dietary Fiber 2 g
Protein 22 g
Saturated Fat 6 g
Sodium 676 mg
Sugars 2 g
Fat 18 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Ian Wells
My father used to make a similar meal when it was just him and my brother and me. White rice cooked as directed, ground beef cooked and drained, and cream of mushroom soup from the can not diluted. It was always good, filling, tasty. Your recipe, with green onions, sounds better. I’m not sure about the corn, but it can’t hurt. Good job
Franklin Ward
We called this West Virginia mash, we browned the meat, add minute rice with the water instructions and a can of sweet corn, salt and pepper to taste.
Jacob Aguirre
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Rachel Daniels
Very delicious! I used sweet italian sausage and omitted the black beans because my kids would throw a fit. Added 2 cups pasta instead of 1. Otherwise followed recipe to a T. My entire family loved it and we will definitely be making this one again!
Jeffrey Miller
I didn’t have brown rice, only Jasmine. I doubled recipe (a 15 & 20 year old VERY active kids in the house….they can EAT) and took a tip from C. Kronenberg, and rather than all soy, I did 1 tsp soy & 1 tsp liquid smoke. Family loved it, I loved it….was definitely a low-effort change to a standard pie
Amy Smith
1 lb grd beef, fried with one small onion, salt and pepper, drain fatAdd a cream soup, I use cr of mushroomWith about 1/2 can of milk or water, simmerCook about 1 1/2 cups of raw white rice to make about 3 cups of cooked riceMix together and there you have it
Rachel Vaughan
I love this recipe for poor man’s pie; aka, Shepard’s pie. I like to use chives and basil, as well as salt and pepper to taste. Yummy.
Marie Ford
Loved this dish, it was vaguely reminiscent of hamburger helper, but yummy nonetheless. I used white onion as I did not have green onion, I also used instant brown rice. Turned out delish. I did take from other reviews and added garlic to the onion and beef. Next time I will use ground turkey and instead of rice a mini macaroni. Worth making again for sure!
Bianca Rivas
I didn’t have green onions so I caramelized a whole white onion and then toasted some almond slices (sat both aside) then browned the meat and added all the other ingredients plus the onion and almonds and a can of corn. It was pretty tasty.
Sara Edwards
We have made this for years–but we call it “hamburger mush”. Never thought of using soy sauce in it before though and like the taste with it in it. We also add some garlic or garlic powder.
Amy Freeman
I substitute smoke flavoring for soy sauce. Been making this a couple years now, and I would have said 4, but my husband requests it so much and can’t get enough, so I have to give it a five.
Alex Alvarez
This is a great recipe and my husband really loved it. However I would suggest doubling it if you plan on feeding more than just four people. I thought it would make a lot, however it did not. I think next time I will add green beans to it, or even ram-en noodles. My husband said it reminded him of hamburger helper beef Stroganoff.
William Walker
This was an easy dinner, I doubled the recipe and used 1 can cream of mushroom and 1 can cream of celery. I added 1/2 cup of milk to make it creamy. I omitted the green onions and added my own seasoning blend. I also used white long grain rice because that’s all I had. The dish came out flavorful and I would make it again. The only thing I didn’t like was the look of it.
Jeffrey Wong
When I visited friends in CA over twenty years ago, my friend’s mom called this “Slop”. I thought it was so incredibly delicious!!!! Years later, it is still a comfort food for me, not to mention quick and easy to throw together!
Paul Mccoy
Great dish for kids to help with. This is one of my favorite dishes from childhood. Flexible too, I have always used yellow onions instead of green. The missing ingredient here is to put crunchy chow mein noodles on the top for the last part of the baking process. We always made it with the noodles on top and it really seems naked w/o it! This casserole is not elaborate by any means but if you want simple comfort food I think this is the greatest!
Eric Nelson
This was barely ok. I would not recomend it unless you just need to use up some brown rice. There are better recipes with hamburger and mushroom soup.
Lindsey Hernandez
This is homemade hamburger helper. It was ok for a quick fix. Next time I will just cook the rice in with the other. I also added frozen corn and green beans to the hamburger mixture.
Travis Martinez
I also used white Minute rice and onion powder, and added a little milk to make it creamier. Tasted great! Will cook this again!
Parker Swanson
I serve this over noodles instead of rice and my husband says it’s the best stroganoff he’s ever had.
Barbara Odonnell
This was very good, and easy. I was happy to find a “comfort food” recipe that included brown rice. The only change I would make next time is to add some garlic, to spice it up, and something green, like peas or green beans, to make it a meal. Even so, as is, it’s a keeper.
Sara Martinez
After tweaking, i would give it 5 stars. I added garlic and 1/2 bag frozen peas. spread in pan and then topped with mashed poatatos, then baked til golden. Everyone loved it!

 

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