Saturday, January 7, 2012

January 7: 10-Layer Slow-Cooker Dish



I was looking through my favorite beef recipes and found this one. Great recipe! It comes from the book "Fix it and Forget It, Lightly". This recipe will be great fro the side of beef I just bought. 

Shepherd's Pie

1-1 ½ lbs lean ground beef
6 medium-sized potatoes, thinly sliced
1 medium onion, thinly sliced
½ tsp. salt
½ tsp. black pepper
sliced carrots
15-oz. can corn, undrained, opt
15-oz. can peas, undrained
10 ¾-oz. can cream of mushroom soup

Brown ground beef in nonstick skillet. Then create the following layers in the slow cooker.
Layer 1: one-fourth of the potatoes, mixed with one-half the onions, salt, and pepper.
Layer 2: half-can of corn and corn
Layer 3: one-fourth of the potatoes.
Layer 4: half-can of peas.
Layer 5: one-fourth of the potatoes, mixed with one-half the onions, salt, and pepper.
Layer 6: remaining corn.
Layer 7: remaining potatoes.
Layer 8: remaining peas and water.
Layer 9: ground beef.
Layer 10: soup.
Cover. Cook on high 4 hours.