Steps to Make Homemade Tex-Mex Shepherd's Pie

Hello everybody, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, tex-mex shepherd's pie. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Tex-Mex Shepherd's Pie is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Tex-Mex Shepherd's Pie is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have tex-mex shepherd's pie using 9 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Tex-Mex Shepherd's Pie:

1. Take 3 lbs. Lean ground beef
2. Make ready 3 pkgs Taco seasoning
3. Take Small amount of flour or cornstarch
4. Take 1 sm. Bag potatoes; cooked & mashed (or can you use instant)
5. Prepare 1 Lrg. Can corn, drained
6. Prepare 1 Lrg. Can green beans, drained
7. Take 1 med. Can diced tomatoes, drained
8. Prepare 1/2 med. Onion, chopped (optional)
9. Make ready Velveeta cheese slices (or block if you prefer cutting your own)

Steps to make Tex-Mex Shepherd's Pie:

1. Peel, cook, and mash your potatoes as you normally would. Set aside.
2. Brown your ground beef, drain, and add taco seasoning according to package instructions.
3. Once your ground beef is done, add in just a little flour or cornstarch to slightly thicken the sauce, careful to avoid lumps.
4. Add in your drained vegetables one can at a time, stirring to distribute them evenly.
5. Pour into 13"x9" casserole dish plus an extra 9"x9" casserole dish, pressing it down and spreading evenly across the bottom.
6. Layer your Velveeta slices across the top of the meat & veggie mixture. Go as cheesy as you want with it. I personally like mine really cheesy! 😉
7. Get your oven preheating to 400°. Start layering on those mashed taters! Spread them evenly across the top of everything, layer them as thick as you want, so long as you have enough for both casserole dishes.
8. Pop them in the oven for about 45 mins until bubbly and heated all the way through.
9. Optional: broil the last few minutes to form a golden brown crusty layer to your mashed potatoes…we were starving so we didn't bother with this step this go around LOL!
10. Scoop it out into bowls and enjoy!!!

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