Beef, Bean & Mushroom Shepherd's Pie
with Panko-Topped Mashed Potatoes
- Wheat
Shepherd’s pie is best known as a meaty, stick-to-your-ribs kind of dish. Our spin on this classic turns to mushrooms and creamy white beans for a vegan variation that’s equally hearty. Rounded out with peas, carrots, and a blanket of thyme-flecked mashed potatoes sprinkled with a crunchy golden panko topping, it’s a delicious mix of our favorite comforting flavors packed into one perfectly pleasing, ultra-savory pie.
Ingredients
2 unit
Veggie Stock Concentrate
12 ounce
Potatoes
1 unit
Tomato Paste
6 ounce
Carrot
½ unit
Onion
1 unit
Cannellini Beans
4 ounce
Peas
½ teaspoon
Dried Thyme
4 ounce
Cremini Mushrooms
1 unit
Mushroom Stock Concentrate
2 tablespoon
Vegan Mayonnaise
¼ cup
Panko Breadcrumbs
(Contains: Wheat)
10 ounce
Ground Beef
1 tablespoon
Flour
(Contains: Wheat)
1 teaspoon
Garlic Powder
Not included in your delivery
teaspoon (tsp)
Salt
teaspoon (tsp)
Black Pepper
4 teaspoon (tsp)
Olive Oil
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Wash and dry produce. • Dice potatoes into ½-inch pieces. Place in a large pot with enough salted water to cover by 2 inches. Bring to a boil and cook until tender, 10-12 minutes. Reserve ½ cup potato cooking liquid, then drain and return potatoes to pot. • Keep covered off heat until ready to mash.
• While potatoes cook, trim and roughly chop mushrooms (skip if your mushrooms are pre-sliced!). Trim, peel, and halve carrots lengthwise, then cut into ¼-inch-thick half-moons. Halve, peel, and dice half the onion (whole onion for 4 servings).
Heat a drizzle of oil in a medium, preferably ovenproof, pan (use a large, preferably ovenproof, pan for 4 servings) over medium-high heat. Add beef and season with salt and pepper. Cook, breaking up meat into pieces, until cooked through, 4-6 minutes. Turn off heat; transfer to a plate. Wipe out pan.
• Heat a large drizzle of olive oil in a medium, preferably ovenproof, pan over medium-high heat (use a large, preferably ovenproof, pan for 4 servings). Add mushrooms, carrots, onion, and ½ tsp salt (1 tsp for 4). Cook, stirring occasionally, until softened and lightly browned, 8-10 minutes.
Use pan used for beef here.
• Reduce heat under pan to low. Add a drizzle of olive oil, flour, garlic powder, and half the thyme (all for 4 servings) to veggies. Cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Stir in tomato paste and cook, stirring constantly, until incorporated, 1 minute. • Add ¾ cup water (1 cup for 4 servings), veggie stock concentrates, mushroom stock concentrate, beans and their liquid, and peas, scraping up any browned bits from bottom of pan. • Bring to a boil and cook, stirring, until thickened, 2-3 minutes. Taste and season with salt and pepper if needed. TIP: If your pan isn’t ovenproof, transfer mixture to a baking dish now.
Once filling is done, stir in cooked beef.
• Heat broiler to high. • Add mayonnaise to pot with potatoes and mash until smooth, adding splashes of reserved potato cooking liquid as needed. Season with salt and pepper.
• In a small bowl, mix together panko, a drizzle of olive oil, and a pinch of salt. • Once filling has thickened, spoon mashed potatoes over top; spread into an even layer, leaving a 1-inch border around edge of pan. • Sprinkle mashed potatoes with panko mixture.
• Broil shepherd’s pie until panko topping is lightly browned, 3-4 minutes. TIP: Watch carefully to avoid burning. • Let rest at least 5 minutes, then divide between plates and serve.
Ground Beef is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 160°.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many loved it, calling it "delicious" and "amazing." Some found it bland; consider boosting seasoning or adding beef for extra richness 🍲.
- Ease of prep: While it requires effort, most found it easier than expected. Some felt the multi-step process improved their cooking skills.
- Suggestions: Cook carrots longer for tenderness. Broil carefully to avoid burning breadcrumbs; reduce time or lower rack position.
- Portions: Generous servings; some found it hearty enough to feed more than the stated number of people.
- Texture: A few noted soggy results; ensure vegetables are well-cooked and filling is properly thickened before topping.
Reviews from our home cooks
If you see shepard's pie on the weekly menu, get it. No questions asked. Hello Fresh offers multiple variations of shepard's pie and they're all BUSTING. Requires the most effort, but worth it every time. Also, probably the best thing you can order from here to improve your cooking skills.
Good. I ordered it with the hamburger addition. Nice serving size. I found directions a little confusing as there are a lot of components to this dish.
My family loved it! The serving for 2 actually served 4
I added ground beef to my pie and it was amazing and super filling :)
Overall, good. Added ground beef and was very hearty. The cooking directions on the broil setting was too hot. It ended burning the bread crumbs after 1 minute. Would likely reorder and tweak recipe
This might be my fault for not understanding what shepherd's pie is, but this had way too much tomato flavor when I was expecting more of a thick broth flavor.
It was yummy but would love a non-vegan shepherd's pie every once in a while!
Wish it had a little more potatoes, seemed like a lot of filling. Taste was good and would get again, I would just make it a little different.
Carrots were too hard even when cooking longer than the instructions
