Post by Carissa on Dec 30, 2009 7:39:45 GMT -5
~ Chinese Pie ~
1 lb ground beef
1/2 of an onion, finely chopped
1 garlic glove, minced
2 tablespoons Worcesterchire Sauce
1 - 2 tablespoons of wine
(Use what you like - since I don't drink wine due to migraines, I just purchase cooking Marsala from the grocery store. I know - the real chefs out there are cringing. I'm okay with that.)
2 cups of corn
(fresh or frozen or 1 can of corn - you also use a can of cream style if you'd like - traditional Chinese Pie uses both)
6 potatoes
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
milk, butter, salt and pepper
First, dice the potatoes and get them boiling on the stove (I'll leave the decision to peel or not up to you. I don't.) Saute the onion and garlic with some oil in a skillet. Once the onion is translucent, take them out of the skillet and add your ground beef. Cook until no longer pink. Add the onions and garlic back to the pan along with the Worcestershire Sauce, wine, salt and pepper. Let it simmer for a few minutes. You can thicken the sauce to make more of a gravy, but I find the juice gets soaked up in the "pie" anyway so I don't bother.
Layer the meat mixture in the bottom of a baking dish. Sometimes I use a round casserole dish and other times I use a 9X13 glass pan. Spread the corn on top of the ground beef. Sprinkle about a cup of the cheddar cheese on top. Then it's time to mash your potatoes, add some butter, milk, salt and pepper and whip with a hand mixer. Then, I add the remaining cheese to my potatoes and blend. Spread the potatoes on top of the corn and cheese. Bake in the oven at 350 for about 30 - 40 minutes.
1 lb ground beef
1/2 of an onion, finely chopped
1 garlic glove, minced
2 tablespoons Worcesterchire Sauce
1 - 2 tablespoons of wine
(Use what you like - since I don't drink wine due to migraines, I just purchase cooking Marsala from the grocery store. I know - the real chefs out there are cringing. I'm okay with that.)
2 cups of corn
(fresh or frozen or 1 can of corn - you also use a can of cream style if you'd like - traditional Chinese Pie uses both)
6 potatoes
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
milk, butter, salt and pepper
First, dice the potatoes and get them boiling on the stove (I'll leave the decision to peel or not up to you. I don't.) Saute the onion and garlic with some oil in a skillet. Once the onion is translucent, take them out of the skillet and add your ground beef. Cook until no longer pink. Add the onions and garlic back to the pan along with the Worcestershire Sauce, wine, salt and pepper. Let it simmer for a few minutes. You can thicken the sauce to make more of a gravy, but I find the juice gets soaked up in the "pie" anyway so I don't bother.
Layer the meat mixture in the bottom of a baking dish. Sometimes I use a round casserole dish and other times I use a 9X13 glass pan. Spread the corn on top of the ground beef. Sprinkle about a cup of the cheddar cheese on top. Then it's time to mash your potatoes, add some butter, milk, salt and pepper and whip with a hand mixer. Then, I add the remaining cheese to my potatoes and blend. Spread the potatoes on top of the corn and cheese. Bake in the oven at 350 for about 30 - 40 minutes.