Thursday, December 21, 2006

Spicy Shepard's Pie~

i made a simple one dish meal today, Spicy Shepard's Pie~ it's actually shepard's pie with minced chicken fillings and a spicy mashed potato layer above. i cooked the minced chicken with Campbell's creamy chicken with mushroom soup ya.
Recipe:
Ingredients:
Mashed potato:
  • 5 Potatoes (about the size of your fist)
  • 2 tbs fresh milk
  • 1/2 tsp pepper
  • 1 tbs sin sin brand spicy chilli sauce
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tbs salad cream

Fillings:

  • 250 g minced chicken (or minced beef or minced pork)
  • 1 can of Campbell's creamy chicken mushroom (and 1/4 can of water)
  • 1 large yellow onion (diced)
  • 2 tsp chopped garlics
  • 1 tbs olive oil
  • 1 tsp sasame oil
  • 1/4 tsp pepper
  • 1/2 tsp chilli pepper spice

Method

Mashed potato:

  1. Boil the potatoes in a pot of boiling water till soft. Peel off the skin and mashed the potatoes in a bowl.
  2. Add in freshmilk, pepper, chilli sauce, salad cream and salt. Mix well.

Fillings:

  1. Season the minced chicken with pepper, chilli pepper spice and sasame oil. And leave it for 30 mins.
  2. Add olive oil to a dry pot and heat with medium fire. When oil is hot, stir fry the garlic and onions for 2 mins. Add in the mince chicken and stir fry for another 3 mins.
  3. Pour in the can of campbell's soup and water and let the minced chicken simmer for another 10 mins at low heat, stirring occasionally.
  4. Pour the minced chicken into a round aluminium pan (like above) or pyrex bowl. And cover the fillings with the mashed potato.
  5. Bake the shepard's pie in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 10 mins. Let it cool on a wire rack for 3 mins before serving.