Southwestern Shepherd's Pie
Recipe: #3411
December 08, 2011
Categories: Casseroles, Beans, Ground Beef, Corn Sweet Potato/Yam, Southwest, Oven Bake, Beef Dinner, Ground Beef Dinner, more
"I found this recipe years ago in a magazine (don't remember which one). It uses sweet potatoes for the topping instead of white potatoes. It's a delicious variation that I hope you'll try."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (404 g)
- Calories 565.7
- Total Fat - 28.6 g
- Saturated Fat - 8 g
- Cholesterol - 109.8 mg
- Sodium - 877.7 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 38.8 g
- Dietary Fiber - 5.1 g
- Sugars - 7.4 g
- Protein - 37.8 g
- Calcium - 71.3 mg
- Iron - 5.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 17.5 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 400F.
Step 2
Peel yams and cut up into chunks. Add to a pot, cover with water. Bring to a boil, turn heat down to simmer and cook 30 minutes. While the yams are cooking, prepare the rest of the recipe. When the yams are cooked: drain, then mash with butter and milk.
Step 3
In a large frying pan, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion and bell pepper. Saute 10 minutes. Add garlic and jalapeno, cook 2 minutes.
Step 4
Increase heat to medium-high and add ground beef. Cook 5 minutes.
Step 5
Add tomato paste, chili powder, cumin, cinnamon, salt, and pepper. Cook 2 minutes.
Step 6
Stir in tomatoes and simmer 15 minutes or until liquid is reduced.
Step 7
Mix in corn, beans, and cilantro.
Step 8
Spoon ground beef mixture into a 9 x 9 baking dish. Spread mashed yams over meat mixture. Bake 30 minutes. Garnish with cilantro and serve.
Tips
No special items needed.