To begin, no chickens were ‘herded’ in the making of this pie! It sounded a bit silly at first to call this easy peasy meal a Shepherd’s Pie. A traditional Shepherd’s Pie is made with lamb (or beef) mince but this particular night I had chicken mince and not a lot else to go with it other than a whole heap of vegetables. Chicken & Vegetable Shepherd’s Pie was the best option.
To start, get some potatoes on to boil and brown an onion and the chicken mince in a pan.
Add whatever vegetables you have. I added grated zucchini and carrot and chopped capsicum.
Once the vegetables have slightly softened, add a sprinkling of flour, salt and pepper and a cup of chicken stock. Allow that to thicken and pour into a shallow baking dish.
Top with mashed potato. You can pipe it on, if you have time or if you’re like me and always in a hurry, I just run a fork along the top before popping in the oven.
Bake in the oven until crunchy and golden on top.
This is such a tasty dish and a great one for the whole family. Even my fussy lot devoured it. Something to do with my daughter loving chicken I think. If it involves chicken and potato, I’m on a winner with her.
Don’t forget the sauce! I love tomato sauce (ketchup) on any kind of pie.
Chicken & Vegetable Shepherd's Pie
Ingredients
- chicken mince
- carrot grated
- zucchini grated
- capsicum chopped
- brown onion chopped
- extra virgin olive oil for frying
- 2 cloves garlic crushed
- potatoes boiled and mashed with seasoning, milk and butter
- 1 tbs plain flour
- salt & pepper
- 1 cup chicken stock
Instructions
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Brown onion in a little olive oil.
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Next, brown chicken mince.
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Add vegetables, garlic, salt and pepper.
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Sprinkle 1 tbs plain flour on top and stir until well combined.
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Add 1 cup chicken stock and stir until sauce is thickened.
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Pour chicken and vegetable mixture in a baking dish.
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Top with mashed potato and using a fork, make a pattern in the top of the potato.
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Bake in a 170 deg C oven until brown on top.
Recipe Notes
You can use any kind of ground meat in this recipe.
Change the potato to sweet potato, mashed pumpkin, or other root vegetable.
You could also adapt this for the slow cooker except the mashed potato won't be brown on top. Put all the chicken and vegetable ingredients in to cook for 3 hours on high. Add mashed or thinly sliced potato and cook on high for a further 1 hour.
yum! A great family favourite in our household too 🙂
What a great recipe Anne. I’m needing a few ideas now that the weather is getting cooler and all of my crew would love this. I like that it’s packed with veges too. Thanks!
No worries Rachel. A good one to prep and whack in the freezer for busy nights or pop in the slow cooker at the start of the day. Thanks for stopping by.
Anne xx
I make a very similar recipe but top it with mashed sweet potato instead- it’s lovely with the chicken 🙂
Would love to try it with sweet potato Amy. I normally do top my Shepherd’s Pie with sweet potato when I don’t have normal ones. Never tried it with a chicken one but I will. Thanks for stopping by.
Anne xx
Hi Anne,
Your Chicken and Vegetable Shepherds Pie looks so inviting and comforting, we will love it! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday. Have a great weekend and come back soon!
Miz Helen
Quick, easy, can hide veggies and tasty = winner winner chicken dinner ?
Gonna try this one! ??
Winner, winner, chicken dinner alright Kim. This one ticked all the boxes. Thanks for stopping by.
Anne xx
I am totally not one for cooking, but that looks awesome and completely possible; even for me. You may have just changed my world with that fork trick! Thanks
Thanks Anna. Ha ha, you get all the fancy techniques here! lol Thanks for stopping by.
Anne xx
oh this sounds so tasty!
Thanks for joining Cooking and Crafting with J & J!