Our 30 Minute Shepherd’s Pie Easy Recipe

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Today I am sharing our 30 minute Shepherd’s pie easy recipe.  Shepherd’s Pie or cottage pie? We call it Shepherd’s Pie but I know many call it cottage pie.  It’s one of the staple dishes in our home that my mom would make all the time when I was a kid.

I wanted to update this recipe to include our cheese and corn version (keep reading) as they are very popular right now over on Pinterest and the perfect Fall comfort food! I personally think the picture of our Shepherd’s Pie recipe with cheese, corn and ground beef is stellar and looks mouth watering!

This easy recipe will bake for 30 minutes and the prep time will take about 20 minutes if you choose to boil and make your mashed potatoes from scratch or you could make shepherd’s pie with instant potatoes to save time.

How to make Shepherd’s Pie

This easy Shepherd’s Pie with a 30 minute bake time which is more of an original recipe for Shepherd’s Pie . To save time and cut your prep time in 1/2, you can make instant potatoes if you are in a hurry!

My gram loved the Betty Crocker Brand with Butter. Side note – if you need the perfect baking casserole dish, my mom swears by her clear Pyrex baking dishes (buy here). They come in a set of two different sizes which is nice!

Shepherd’s Pie with Corn

Our 30 Minute Bake Easy Shepherd’s Pie

Jessica Bruno

How to make an easy Shepherd’s Pie with a 30 minute bake time. To save time and cut your prep time in 1/2, you can make instant potatoes if you are in a hurry! My gram loves the Betty Crocker Brand with Butter.

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Prep Time 20 mins

Cook Time 30 mins

Total Time 50 mins

Course dinner, Main Course

Cuisine American

Servings 6

Calories 450 kcal

Equipment

• baking dish

Ingredients

  

• Ingredients:
• 2 lbs lean beef I used 93% lean ground beef
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 can creamed style corn
• 1 bag frozen corn
• 10 boiled potatoes you can use instant potatoes as well to save time
• 1 cup light cream or milk
• 1 stick butter or substitute
• Salt pepper & paprika

Instructions

 

• Instructions:
• Boil potatoes and mash. Stir in 1 cup light cream and melted stick of butter. Sauté onions in a skillet until brown and then add meat. Cook meat fully and season to taste. Cook frozen corn and set aside.
  
• In a 9×11 baking dish, spread a layer of meat, then creamed style corn and potato. Repeat this layering process using the cooked frozen corn. Season top layer of potato with salt, pepper and paprika.
  
• Bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees.

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Notes

How to make an easy Shepherd’s Pie with a 30 minute bake time. To save time and cut your prep time in 1/2, you can make instant potatoes if you are in a hurry! My gram loves the Betty Crocker Brand with Butter.

Keyword casserole, comfort food, ground beef

A handful of alternative ingredients that you could add would be green beans, onions or even frozen peas.

What goes on the bottom of Shepherd’s Pie?

Want to learn how to layer your shepherd’s pie?

Shepherd’s pie is all about layering your ingredients starting with instant mashed potatoes (or boiled real potatoes).

1. Layer your shepherd’s pie by starting with melted butter on the bottom of the pan and then add a layer or instant or real mashed potato
2. Next layer your ground beef
3. Layer your canned (or frozen) corn and creamed corn
4. Final layer – mashed potato

I am planning to make this same shepherds pie with crust or cornbread topping soon. I found 2 really great recipes with a light buttery crust that I think would taste so yummy!

Shopping tip: These Pyrex measuring cups shown below are the best and come in a set of 4!

If you are looking for more easy shepherd’s pie recipes, how about a healthy shepherd’s pie with mashed cauliflower instead of mashed potatoes?

Click through 4 of our easy shepherd’s pie recipes below for instructions.

Shepherd’s Pie with Mashed Cauliflower

1. NEW RECIPE ADDED: Mom’s Cauliflower mash Shepherd’s Pie

Shepherd’s Pie can be made from sweet potato, instant potato and even whipped cauliflower. This healthy version above above is made with mashed cauliflower (you can use frozen or fresh) and is delicious.

Ground Turkey Shepherd’s Pie

If you are looking for another healthy shepherd’s pie recipe, you can also try our Sweet Potato  Pie with ground turkey. Turkey shepherd’s pie is light and so easy to make.

Have you ever tried using sweet potato?

Baking tip: Use these baking crocks to make individual servings! I have the brown ones but the gray ones linked are pretty too!

We have a few diabetics in our family so sweet potatoes are better than regular mashed potatoes and we also use ground turkey when we make the sweet potato version.

It actually tastes delicious and is a nice change from traditional pie.

Shepherd’s Pie Recipe with Ground Beef

We recently shared our cheeseburger shepherd’s pie that was also amazing. This is my favorite when I am looking to cheat on my healthy diet and go all in!

When my gram was alive, she would always say, “Shepherd’s Pie is a staple kind of food.” She said she made it all the time when her kids were little because it was affordable and filled them up.

My gram was all about good old fashioned shepherd’s pie and making many of her dinners from scratch.

I kind of agree with her. If you need an inexpensive meal that feeds a lot of people, this is a great recipe.

Be sure to check out my mom’s crockpot chicken & dumplings,  corned beef & cabbage ,  chicken casserole and chicken pot pie.

I would love to hear who has another recipe version of Shepherd’s Pie on hand, especially with instant mashed potatoes. Like I said earlier, I’ve read that some make shepherd’s pie with cornbread which sounds amazing! I love cornbread.

Sometimes changing the recipe around is fun and I am always looking for alternative ideas.

Leave your recipe ideas in the comment section below!