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Easy BBQ Shepard’s Pie

BBQ Shepard’s Pie is a favorite meal for my kids and I. Hubby, not so much. So this is something special just for my kids and I, and they alone can clean the casserole dish full. It’s not a horribly hard dish to make, just a little bit of time. This tends to be more of a supper than a lunch.

BBQ Shepard's Pie

BBQ Shepard’s Pie

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  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 4 medium potatoes, diced
  • 1/2 a medium onion, diced
  • 1 cup BBQ sauce
  • Cheese *optional

How to make BBQ Shepard’s Pie

As I said, this is super simple to make, maybe even easier to make than some other Shepard’s Pie recipes that are out there.

Boil potatoes, whether with skins on or off, that is up to you.

BBQ Shepard's Pie

Brown your ground beef with some thinly diced onion.

Once your grown beef is cooked, drain off any fat. Return to the frying pan, return to low heat and add about a cup of BBQ sauce. Allow it to simmer.

BBQ Shepard's Pie

Once potatoes are cooked through, drain off the water and mash! I use a bit of butter in my mashed potatoes to add some flavor and to make for easier mashing.

Add your ground beef into a casserole dish, leveling it out and covering the bottom, top with mashed potatoes making sure to cover all the ground beef bottom.

BBQ Shepard's Pie

We like to sprinkle a little Parmesan cheese, a little cheddar cheese and some bacon bites over the top… but that’s just us. You don’t have too, but it definitely doesn’t hurt.

Broil until the cheese melt and the potato goes golden. I use low to avoid burning.

BBQ Shepard's Pie

We make our own BBQ sauce for the most part, though when we do buy them we tend to look for more smokey flavored sauces. You can find one recipe we use here, with our pulled BBQ chicken sandwiches.

BBQ Shepard’s Pie

BBQ Shepard’s Pie

Yield: 6
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes

A fun, smokey twist on a classic meal.

Ingredients

  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 4 medium potatoes, diced
  • 1/2 a medium onion, diced
  • 1 cup BBQ sauce
  • Cheese *optional

Instructions

  1. Brown the ground beef with the diced onion.
  2. Boil potatoes until tender.
  3. Once potatoes are cooked, drain and mash.
  4. Drain fat from ground beef. Return to the frying pan, return to low heat and add about a cup of BBQ sauce. Simmer.
  5. Put in the bottom of your casserole dish.
  6. Top ground beef with potatoes making sure to cover all the ground beef bottom.
  7. sprinkle a little Parmesan cheese, a little cheddar cheese and some bacon bites over the top
  8. Broil on low until the cheese melt and the potato goes golden.
Nutrition Information:
Serving Size: 1 grams
Amount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g

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