Recipe: Perfect Shepherd's Pie Twice Baked Potatoes

Shepherd's Pie Twice Baked Potatoes. Add the whipping cream, sour cream, cheeses and chives. Our new book is now available! This unique cookbook guides the way through every step, including meal lists and easy-to-follow recipes, and features dollops of heartwarming family stories.

Add the whipping cream, sour cream, cheeses and chives. Rub potatoes with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Pierce each one several times with a fork. You can have Shepherd's Pie Twice Baked Potatoes using 20 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Shepherd's Pie Twice Baked Potatoes

1. Prepare of For the Beef Part.
2. It's 1 lb of ground beef.
3. Prepare 1/2-1 of carrot, minced (I used 1/2).
4. You need 1/2 of medium sized onion, minced.
5. Prepare 2 tbsp of chili powder.
6. You need 1/2 tbsp of adobo seasoning.
7. You need to taste of salt and pepper.
8. Prepare of For the Potatoes.
9. It's 4 of large Russet Potatoes.
10. You need 2 tbsp of garlic powder.
11. Prepare 2 tbsp of sour cream.
12. Prepare 2 tbsp of chicken broth.
13. It's 1 cup of cheddar cheese, divided.
14. It's 2 tbsp of milk.
15. It's 1 tbsp of flour.
16. You need 1 tbsp of butter, melted.
17. Prepare of Optional.
18. You need of Optional Gravies/Sauces to serve with!.
19. It's of Beef Gravy.
20. It's of Mushroom Gravy.

In a large skillet over medium-high heat, season the ground beef with salt and pepper and brown with onion until cooked through. Since shepherd's pie is topped with mashed potatoes, it made perfect sense to make twice baked potatoes. The meat filling is similar to my Guinness shepherd's pie for two but without the beer. In the meantime, place a large skillet over medium-high heat with the olive oil.

Shepherd's Pie Twice Baked Potatoes step by step

1. Preheat oven to 425°. Wash potatoes well..
2. Bake potatoes for 45-50 minutes, or until they can be easily stabbed with a fork. (I actually was running late on getting dinner started and have a Potato Express handy, so I used that and microwaved for 5 minutes).
3. While the potatoes are baking, mince the onion and carrot. Brown the ground beef, and add the veggies, chili powder, adobo seasoning, and salt and pepper. Stir fry until veggies are tender. (Whoops, forgot to take a picture of the beef!).
4. Once potatoes are done baking, carefully cut and outline around the top, pull up the skin, and use a spoon to scoop as much potato out as possible. Be careful not to burn yourself!.
5. Add the milk, sour cream, chicken broth, garlic powder, and half of the cheese to the potato innards and mash them. Add more milk if you'd like them creamier..
6. Stir the beef mixture into the mashed potatoes until well mixed. Set aside..
7. In a small bowl or cup, melt the butter. Add the flour and any additional spices (I added extra adobo) and stir to make a thick paste. Spread this paste into the bottom of and sides of the potatoes..
8. Stuff the potatoes with the beef mixture, and pile it on top too!.
9. Add remaining cheese and bake for 10inutes, or until cheese has melted..
10. Enjoy! We ate ours with a bit of sour cream on the side. I had Mac n cheese with mine, because I'll never say no to Mac n cheese! :).
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Once hot, add in the ground sirloin and break it up with a wooden spoon. While the potatoes are baking, heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. These twice baked potatoes are also a complete meal—starch, protein, and vegetables in one perfect potato package! Shepherd's pie twice baked potatoes take a little time—those potatoes have to cook long enough to be tender—but they are really a fairly simple and straight forward recipe. Cook until the onions begin to soften and then add the.