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Chicken Cottage Pie
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Course
Main Course
Servings
4
serves
Ingredients
600
g
sweet potato
peeled and cut into 3cm pieces
400
g
potato
peeled and cut into 3cm pieces
100
mL
reduced fat milk
200mL if making in the Thermomix (see Notes)
1
tbsp
seeded mustard
Vegetable oil for frying
1
large onion
diced into 0.5-1cm pieces
2
cloves
garlic
minced
600
g
chicken mince
2
tbsp
corn flour
400
g
can crushed tomatoes
2
carrots
diced into 0.5-1cm pieces
500
mL
beef stock
3
tsp
Worcestershire sauce
3
cups
frozen peas
Salt and pepper
to season
150
g
reduced fat tasty or cheddar cheese
grated
Instructions
Preheat oven to 200C (390C) with broiler on
Mashed Potato Topping
Put potatoes in a pot, cover with cold water and sprinkle with salt
Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium and cook for 20-25 minutes or until a fork passes easily through the pieces
Drain water from the pot. Add mustard, milk, salt and pepper into the pot with the potatoes and then mash
Meat Filling
In the meantime, mix mince, salt, pepper and corn flour in a bowl
In a large frying pan, heat oil over medium-high heat and cook onion and garlic for 1-2 minutes or until onions are soft
Add mince and heat until cooked through; breaking up the meat with a heat-proof turner
Add crushed tomatoes and carrots into the frying pan and cook for 5 minutes
Add stock and Worcestershire sauce, bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 10 minutes
Bring heat back up to medium, add peas (still frozen) into the frying pan and cook for 5 minutes
Pour meat filling into a large, rectangular roasting dish
Cover with the mashed potato, score vertically and horizontally across the top with a fork and sprinkle with grated cheese
Put the pie in the 2nd from the top shelf of the oven and cook for approximately 15-20 minutes until top is browned
Notes
Use the Thermomix to make the mashed potato topping; following the instructions in the Thermomix Everyday Cook Book.
Keyword
Chicken