How to Cook Perfect Quick Shepherd's Pie

Quick Shepherd's Pie. Shepherd's Pie is great with leftover homemade mashed potatoes, but it's tasty with ready-made mashed potatoes from the grocery store, too —Jennifer Early, East Lansing, Michigan. Return to skillet; stir in vegetables and gravy. Shepherd's Pie is basically a beefy pot pie with mashed potatoes on top instead of a crust, and mashed potatoes make everything better, don't they?

We all liked it, especially the kids, two of which, would hardly eat anything. This was great for one of those hurry-up meals. I got this from an old Betty Crocker cookbook. You can have Quick Shepherd's Pie using 11 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Quick Shepherd's Pie

1. It's 3 of Potatoes (big).
2. You need 500 grams of Chicken Breasts.
3. It's 100 grams of Peas.
4. Prepare 2 of Tomatoes (medium).
5. It's 3 of sliced cheese.
6. You need of Salt.
7. Prepare of Red Chilli Powder.
8. It's 6 of Garlic Cloves (diced).
9. You need 2 tsp of Olive Oil.
10. It's 6 of Pepper Cloves (diced).
11. You need 50 of Butter.

Traditionally, shepherd's pie is made with lamb (hence the name). However, as the dish gained wider popularity outside of its native English homeland (where using beef would make this a cottage pie), beef became a common substitute, especially in America where it's more widely available than ground lamb. Easy Shepherd's Pie Favorite shepherd's pie recipe, a classic casserole of Britain and Ireland done American-style. Cook ground beef and savory vegetables, top with mashed potatoes, and bake to perfection.

Quick Shepherd's Pie instructions

1. Boil potatoes (put a pinch of salt in the water while boiling).
2. Boil and shred the chicken (add a little salt).
3. Boil peas.
4. Chop tomatoes.
5. Add olive oil to a skillet.
6. Add tomatoes, salt (enough to make the tomatoes soft), peas..
7. Let the peas cook till medium soft, mash them a little and keep aside..
8. Marinate the boiled chicken in red chilli powder, salt, pepper powder, garlic paste. Put it in the fridge for as long as you want (I left it for 4 hours).
9. Mash the potatoes with some butter.
10. Grease the insides of a microwave safe bowl with butter.
11. Place the peas mixture at the bottom, layer it with the chicken marinade, top it off with the mashed potatoes. Then place the cheese slices..
12. Place the bowl in the microwave and use the baked potato setting to cook. If you don't have that setting don't worry, just cook it on convection for 5-7 minutes or u til the cheese starts to brown..

Place in a medium saucepan and cover with cold water. Set over high heat, cover and bring to a boil. The ultimate in comfort food, this Shepherd's Pie is also a hit with kids. Shepherd's pie, a British invention, was originally created as a way to use up leftovers from Sunday dinners of lamb and potatoes. If dinner was roast beef, the leftovers were baked into a potato-crusted casserole and called cottage pie. -RR Shepherd's Pie.