Mashed potatoes are added on top of seasoned ground meat and frozen veggies. This casserole makes a convenient, speedy dinner!
| Prep Time: | 1 hr |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Additional Time: | 10 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 30 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 1 to 2 – quart casserole |
Ingredients
- 7 potatoes, peeled and cubed
- 1 pound ground round
- 1 cup water
- 2 cubes beef bouillon
- 1 cube chicken bouillon
- 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon steak seasoning
- 1 tablespoon dried minced onion flakes
- 1 ½ cups frozen mixed vegetables
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add potatoes and cook until tender, about 15 minutes. Drain, cool and mash.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 2 quart casserole dish.
- In a large heavy skillet, saute meat until browned on all sides, stirring occasionally. Drain excess fat and return meat to pan over medium heat. Pour in water and season with beef and chicken bouillon, rosemary, salt, pepper, steak seasoning and onion flakes. Stir in frozen vegetables. Cook, stirring occasionally, until most of the water has evaporated.
- Pour meat mixture into a 2 quart casserole dish. Cover top with mashed potatoes. Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 30 minutes, or until top begins to brown.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 189 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 25 g |
| Cholesterol | 24 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 4 g |
| Protein | 11 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2 g |
| Sodium | 417 mg |
| Sugars | 1 g |
| Fat | 5 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
We did add a little fresh onion with the flakes. We didn`t have any steak seasoning so we used western steak spice.
I made some changes as I was out of some of the ingredients. I chopped a small onion and a couple cloves of garlic and fried it with the hamburger. I also boiled 1.5 cups mixed carrots and celery as I had no frozen veg.
Very easy to make, got plenty of complements from family! Will add to my go to when in a hurry for dinner!
This was the best Shepherd’s Pie I have ever made.
This is actually Cottage Pie. Shepherd’s Pie is made with lamb, not beef.
Delicious
Delicious, would recommend!
I changed the recipe a bit also. We have to watch salt intake due high blood pressure. I did not use boullion cubes. I made a roux of butter and flour (approx. 3 tbsp each) then added low salt beef broth, onion powder, Montreal steak seasoning, thyme, white pepper and added the lean ground beef plus a can of sliced carrots (drained & rinsed) and partially cooked frozen peas. I poured into a Pyrex 9 by 13 dish that was sprayed with olive oil spray. I made my usual recipe of mashed (red) potatoes and spread them on top. So yummy! My boyfriend loved it!
I made this almost exactly as stated however, I didnt have onion flakes so I just sauteed 1/2 an onion (chopped finely) in with the ground beef and spice mix. I also found this very salty so no need for the salt and depending on the bouillon you use (some are very salty), you might not want the steak spice either. we also topped ours with grated sharp cheddar. All in all, very flavorful and will make again…just with the saltiness omitted. 😉
One of my favorite comfort food dishes
Excellent shepherd’s pie recipe. It was easy, tasty and a great way to use frozen mixed vegetables. Will make again.
Definitely a keeper! I had a bunch of leftover mashed potatoes to use and wanted a recipe for the seasoning. Super easy to make. Doubled the recipe using 2 lbs ground beef and a small bag of frozen peas and carrots. Following some other reviewers’ advice, I didn’t add salt (or pepper either) because everyone can always add more. I did add a sprinkling of flour over the beef mixture to make the broth a little more like gravy. We’ve had a lot of shepard/cottage pie at various places and we really like this recipe. You can definitely taste the Rosemary, but we are ok with that. I did something one restaurant does and added some shredded cheddar cheese on top.
I am going to have to double this recipe if I want to have leftovers. My whole family loved it.
I was concerned with the sodium (salt) content in the bouillon cubes, so didn’t use them. I substituted a package of onion soup mix( still a lot of sodium but less than the cubes), and upped the rosemary. I also used mashed squash, seasoned with nutmeg and maple syrup instead of potatoes. Our beef is supplied from a local farmer and draining off fat never happens! I usually add a bit of oil to the pan, gotta love knowing your supplier. Flavour was good, so as a base recipe to work with and improvise, it is good.
Wonderful dish! I’ve a large family so I used 1.5 lbs of beef and a few more potatoes. I added a clove of freshly minced garlic to the beef with other dry ingredients. I didn’t have onion flakes so I used chives instead. I also added butter and milk to the potatoes. My family loved it so much I believe this will be a regular at our table.
Loved this!!! I made everything as stated but used fresh onion while browning the beef and I added 2 tablespoons of butter and some milk to the mashed potatoes, which I only used 5 instead of 7. I got 9 servings out of this at the most. Otherwise it would be 5 smart weight watcher points if there were 12 servings.
it did very well. flavor texture and spice. its all here. you will NOT go wrong!!! thanks for posting my childhood favorite that was done right!! Add buttermilk scratch biscuits, and I was HOME again!! This is home cooking my friends!! BTW potatoes matter, I use Dakota reds and I stem them to retain potato flavor, and nutrient. it works!!
This was great! This was my 15 year old daughter firs time cooking! She changed it a little bit. It turned out great.
I enjoyed this recipe and it was easy to make. I liked the idea of mixing meat, starch and vegetables together for a meal.
The steak seasoning brings it up to a great taste level. Not the usual bland English pie
One of our favorite things we’ve made! (and we cook nightly). I had leftover mashed potatoes and cooked carrots that needed to be used or tossed, so we made this recipe and fell in love! We tweaked a good bit because we like “heat” in all of our meals. So I browned the beef with some chopped green pepper and seasoned with chipotle chili powder, ground red pepper, steak seasoning per recipe, and black pepper (no salt). When adding the liquids, I followed other reviewers and added 1t worcesteshire and 1t Chilula (hot sauce). We didn’t have “onion flakes” so I used 1T dry onion soup mix. We baked it in the skillet we cooked the beef in – ONE POT MEAL! And topped with cheddar cheese. Oh my gosh! It’s 9am the next morning as I type this and I want to heat and dish myself another plate. DEEELISH!