Tex-Mex Shepherd’s Pie
This dish takes traditional Shepherd’s Pie and spices things up a bit. Think taco meat mixture for a base and delicious, golden corn bread on top! This recipe came from my Mamma (and I’m not sure where she got it).
Tex-Mex Shepherd's Pie
An American-Mexican twist to a classic dish.
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 1 lb Ground Beef
- 1 med. Onion (Optional)
- 1 Jalapeno, diced (Optional)
- 1 can Green Beans Drained
- 1 can Sweet Corn Drained
- 1-2 cups Shredded Cheese (cheddar, taco blend, etc.)
- 1 ½ cup Taco Sauce (more to keep mixture moist)
- 1 mix Gluten Free Cornbread
Instructions
Instructions:
- Make cornbread batter per packaged instructions, set aside.
- Preheat oven to 400° and grease 9x13 pan, set aside.
- Cook ground beef in a large skillet over medium heat, until no longer pink.
- If necessary, drain excess fat from pan.
- Add onion and jalapeno to meat, if using. Cook about 5 minutes, stirring so nothing burns.
- Mix canned green beans and corn into meat mixture. Cook to a simmer.
- Pour taco sauce into pan and mix until well combined.
- Remove pan from heat. Sprinkle cheese over meat mixture and stir until cheese starts to melt.
- Pour meat mixture into 9x13 pan, spreading evenly.
- Pour cornbread batter over meat mixture, spread evenly with spatula. If your mix makes a large amount of cornbread batter, divid the batter and use half for the meat. Pour the other half of the batter into a muffin tin and bake after the pie is done.
- Bake 35-45 minutes until cornbread is cooked through. Test with the toothpick method.
- Let pan cool 5-10 minutes before serving.
- Enjoy!
Notes
- Use whatever canned veggies you and your family prefer.
- Adjust cheese and taco sauce ratio to your liking. Remember, if you are using pre-shredded cheese, always check the ingredients because some companies use wheat or other gluten ingredients to coat the cheese to prevent it from clumping.
- Adjust the heat of the dish by adjusting the heat level of the taco sauce and the diced jalapeno.
- Roughly 600 calories for ⅙ of recipe.
- I like to use Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free Cornbread Mix, or make my own: "The Best Cornbread"
- Also, I know Shepherd's Pie is traditionally made with lamb, while Cottage Pie is made with beef.
*Disclaimer: This dish is not actually Tex-Mex, nor represents Tex-Mex in any way. The author has never been to Texas nor claims to know true Tex-Mex cuisine. Copyright 2020. (jk)