Shepherd’s Pie Baked Potatoes
Shepherd’s Pie Baked Potatoes are everything you love about the classic shepherd’s pie but served over a warm baked potato. A delicious shepherd’s pie filling of ground turkey, seasonings, beef broth, and veggies gets loaded on top of a soft potato and topped with shredded cheese.
SHEPHERD’S PIE BAKED POTATOES RECIPE
Classic shepherd’s pie served on top of a soft baked potato. These shepherd’s pie baked potatoes are the perfect comfort food and it’s a delicious twist to classic shepherd’s pie!
Ground turkey is the base of the shepherd’s pie and it simmers with vegetables in a beef broth tomato base. The key is to let it simmer for awhile so all the flavors can come together and the sauce can get nice and thick.
While it’s simmering be sure and put the baked potatoes in the oven to cook. Serve a scoop of shepherd’s pie filling over the baked potato and top with cheese. Don’t forget the cheese!
HOW TO MAKE PERFECT BAKED POTATOES
There are plenty of ways to make baked potatoes. I think the best way to make them is by baking the potatoes in the oven. Here is what I like to do.
- Wash and dry (as best as you can) the Russet Potatoes. Brush some olive oil all over the outside of the potato.
- In a small bowl have some Kosher salt ready to go.
- Sprinkle all the skin on the potato with some kosher salt.
- Wrap up in tin foil.
- Poke holes into the tin foil, piercing the potato, a few times on the potato.
- Bake at 425 degrees for 1 hour, or more if needed, until the potato is very easily pierced with a fork.
You can also just wrap each potato in tin foil, pierce a few holes, and bake them in the oven.
If wanted you can also bake a potato in the microwave. I don’t think it tastes as good so I don’t do it this way.
MY TIPS & HELPFUL HINTS FOR MAKING THIS RECIPE
- Let the ground turkey shepherd’s pie gravy simmer for as long as possible. The potatoes need an hour to cook so I like to let it simmer while the potatoes are cooking.
- You can make the shepherd’s pie filling ahead of time and let it sit in the slow cooker on the ‘warm’ setting for several hours.
- Feel free to substitute the ground turkey with ground beef if wanted.
- The best potato to use for a baked potato are Russet potatoes.
