Description

Even the kids will love these mini shepherd's pies. Each person gets their own little pie, a crust filled with a wonderful ground beef mixture, mashed potatoes and topped with crushed potato chips. Who wouldn't love this?

Ingredients

• 1 lb. lean ground beef
• 3 T. finely chopped onion
• 1/2 - 1 t. minced garlic
• 1/3 c. chili sauce, BBQ sauce or ketchup
• 1 T. cider vinegar
• 1/2 t. salt
• 1/4 t. pepper
• 1-1/4 cups water
• 3 T. butter
• 1 1/4 c. mashed potato flakes
• 3 oz. cream cheese, cubed
• 12 oz. refrigerated buttermilk biscuits
• 1/2 c. crushed potato chips
• paprika, if desired

Steps

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease 10 wells of a muffin tin generously, up the sides and on the bottoms.
2. In a large skillet, cook ground beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink. Discard grease. Add garlic; cook 1 minute or until tender. Stir in the chili sauce, vinegar and salt; set aside.
3. In a small saucepan, bring water and butter to a boil; pour into a small heat proof bowl. Whisk in potato flakes until blended; beat in cream cheese until smooth.