Bacon Cheeseburger Shepherd's Pie

Bacon Cheeseburger Shepherd's Pie is an easy ground beef dinner recipe loaded with crumbled bacon, creamy mashed potatoes, and shredded cheese.

This fun twist on shepherd's pie has a base of ground beef, diced onions, and crumbled bacon all tossed in cream of bacon soup and ketchup, topped with creamy mashed potatoes and shredded cheese.

Ingredients

• 2 lbs lean ground beef
• 1 cup diced onion
• 10.5 oz condensed cream of bacon soup
• 1/2 cup ketchup
• 1/2 cup real bacon bits
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella and cheddar cheese blend
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp pepper
• 1 tbsp garlic powder
• 1 tbsp onion powder
• 8 oz buttery homestyle flavor instant mashed potato mix

Topping

• 2 cups shredded mozzarella and cheddar cheese blend
• 1/4 cup real bacon bits

Bacon Cheeseburger Shepherd's Pie

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 375F.
2. Dump the ground beef into a large saute pan over medium-high heat.
3. Crumble the ground beef well. Add the diced onions to the pan along with the minced meat and sauté.
4. Stir well and continue cooking.
5. When the ground beef is cooked, remove the fat from the frying pan and reduce the heat to medium to low.
6. Add bacon chowder and ketchup to a frying pan and mix well.
7. Add real bacon bits, shredded cheese, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder to the pan. Stir until all ingredients are thoroughly mixed.
8. Place the ground beef mixture in a 9-by-13-inch casserole dish and spread evenly.
9. Prepare instant mashed potatoes according to package directions.
10. Spread the mashed potatoes over the ground beef in the casserole dish.
11. Sprinkle mashed potatoes with grated cheese. Sprinkle real bacon over the cheese.
12. Place the dish in the oven and bake for 25 minutes.
13. Remove from the oven and let the casserole rest for a few minutes before serving with a ladle.
14. Enjoy!