Instant Pot-Homemade Shepherd’s Pie

Ingredients

• 4 potatoes (peeled and chopped into 1 inch chunks)
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 1 teaspoon of pepper
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon of garlic powder (if you use salt, eliminate it up top)
• 3 tablespoons of butter
• 1 pound of lean (I used 93%) ground beef
• 1 onion-peeled and diced
• 3 carrots- peeled and chopped
• 1 cup of mushrooms
• 1 cup of frozen peas
• 1 cup of beef broth
• 2 tablespoons of flour (I used Gluten Free)

Instructions

1. In the Instant Pot, place the potatoes, water, salt and pepper.
2. Place the lid on and set the time for 8 minutes on high pressure.
3. When the Instant Pot is finished cooling down (so you can touch it)
4. Drain the potatoes, place them in a mixing bowl with the egg, salt, garlic powder and butter.
5. Mix well, until they are mashed.
6. Rinse out the Instant Pot, then put in the ground meat and saute for about 4 to 5 minutes, until it is brown. Drain the oil from the meat.
7. Then add the carrots, onions, peas, mushrooms to the ground meat.
8. Mix all together.
9. In a small mixing bowl, combine the flour and the broth, to make a rue. When it is well combined add it to the beef/vegetable mixture--stir well.
10. Top off the beef mixture with the mashed potatoes (should look like mashed potatoes at this point), spread over it, and set the high pressure to 10 minutes.
11. Do a quick release when it is done cooking, serve and enjoy!