Step-by-Step Guide to Prepare Quick Tex-Mex Shepherd's Pie

Hello everybody, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, tex-mex shepherd's pie. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Tex-Mex Shepherd's Pie is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Tex-Mex Shepherd's Pie is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

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

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

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