Enjoy a tasty twist on the classic comfort food with shepherd's pie with sweet potatoes. Featuring a flavorful filling of ground beef, bell pepper, carrots, and mushrooms, topped with creamy mashed sweet potatoes. Satisfy your cravings for a belly-warming, satisfying meal with this cozy and delicious dinner recipe.
.Bring a medium pot of water to a boil. Add the peeled and chopped sweet potatoes and boil until they are very tender about 12 minutes. Drain and return to the pot. Mash with a potato masher or ricer, and stir with butter, milk and ½ teaspoon salt.
Meanwhile, heat a large oven-proof skillet over medium heat. Add beef, onion, mushrooms, carrot, bell pepper, garlic and ½ teaspoon salt. Cook, stirring frequently until the beef is browned and the carrots are tender about 15 minutes.
Stir in tomato paste, chili powder, paprika, dried thyme and remaining ¼ teaspoon salt. Cook until the tomato paste has darkened and the spices are very fragrant about 1 minute. Stir in balsamic vinegar and water, scraping brown bits from the bottom of the pan. Stir in peas.
Spread the sweet potato mixture over top of the filling, bake for 10 minutes and broil for 2-3 minutes until the filling is bubbling around the sides and the top has browned slightly.
Notes
I recommend making this in a 12-inch cast iron skillet so that you can cook everything in one skillet.
For the topping, you can do a combination of regular potatoes and sweet potatoes, just follow the same method but swap in ½ lb of yellow potatoes
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