Deer Shepherd’s Pie
Ingredients:
- 2 lbs. of ground deer burger
- 2 cups of mixed vegetables
- 2 cans of cream of celery soup
- 1 can of cream of chicken soup
- 6 cups of mashed potatoes (I use Idahoan Four Cheese Mashed Potatoes)
- 1/2 cup of finely shredded mild cheddar cheese (optional)
Getting it done:
- Put the ground venison in a large frying pan. Crumble it as it fries. Once it’s done, drain the excess fat from the burger.
- Add the cream of celery and cream of chicken soup into the burger. Stir well, and then add the mixed vegetables, and stir well again.
- Preheat the oven to 350. Pour the deer shepherd’s pie burger mixture into a 9″ x 13″ casserole dish, and spread the mixture evenly. Make sure to leave headroom for the mashed potatoes.
- For the potatoes, prepare as directed on the package or if you use homemade just make them as you normally do.
- When done, dip mashed potatoes out of the bowl one spoonful at a time and spread them evenly on the deer shepherd’s pie.
- Once you are finished with the potatoes, sprinkle mild shredded cheddar cheese on top. You don’t want too much cheese. Make sure you can still see a little of the potatoes under the cheese.
- Place the dish in the oven and let it bake for about 30 minutes. The best way to tell if it’s done is when the cheese melts and it starts to brown. If you didn’t put cheese on yours, the mashed potatoes will start to crack and brown when it’s done.
Stay Healthy
Serves: 8 squares of Deer Shepherd’s Pie
Serving Size: 1 Square
Calories: 660
Fat: 25 g
Carbohydrates: 73 g
This looks delicious! Hoping my hubby bags a deer this fall.
Thank you and good luck to your husband. I hope he fills the freezer full.
As always your recipes look delicious… and because of them I just may TRY some deer when I’m somewhere that they are serving it! hahaha
It makes me so happy that I’ve tempted you into trying deer meat someday…that’s by far the best compliment ever!
Looks good. We’ve usually used ground lamb in our shepherd’s pie but I can see that ground deer would be really good too.
Thank you. I have never used lamb, but I’m sure it would be great as well. It’s something I’ve always wanted to try.
This looks good! My husband hunts and we are always looking for venison recipes.
Thanks! That’s great–I hope you and your family enjoy my recipes.
This is by far my wife and I’s Favorite dinner recipe. We make it all the time.
It is one of our favorites too Reagan. I’m so glad you and your wife enjoy it. Thanks for leaving a comment.
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That’s great! I hope you enjoy it!