Skillet Shepherd's Pie

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 8 cups frozen hash brown potatoes (not the cubed type)
• 4 tablespoons butter, melted (divided)
• salt
• pepper
• 1 1/2 lbs ground beef
• 1 onion, chopped fine
• 1 1/2 teaspoons minced fresh thyme
• 1/4 cup flour
• 2 cups beef broth
• 2 teaspoons worcestershire sauce
• 2 cups frozen peas and carrots

Recipe

• 1 move oven rack to the upper-middle position and heat the broiler.
• 2 place the frozen hash browns in a large microwavable bowl and separate the shreds. (i pound them lightly with the back of a wooden spoon and they fall apart.) toss them with 2 tbsp of the melted butter, 1 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp pepper. microwave the potatoes, covered, until tender - 7 - 10 minutes on high.
• 3 cook beef and onion in a large oven safe skillet until beef is cooked, about 5 minutes. drain fat off.
• 4 stir thyme and flour into beef/onion mixture and cook about 1 minute. add broth and worcestershire sauce and cook about 6 - 8 minutes until thickened.
• 5 add peas and carrots to beef mixture and simmer until heated, about a minute, and season with salt and pepper.
• 6 scatter the cooked hash browns over the top of the beef mixture and brush with the rest of the butter.
• 7 place the skillet unter the broiler and broil 3 - 5 minutes or until the potatoes have golden brown tips.
• 8 remove from oven and serve.