Neon Casserole

"The name for this "shepherd's pie" look-alike comes from the brilliant contrast of sweet potatoes and green peas. The colour combo is, well, bright and rather unusual. It tastes better than it looks!"
 
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Ready In:
1hr 25mins
Ingredients:
12
Serves:
4-5
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F In a pot of salted water, cook sweet potato cubes until tender.
  • Drain well, and mash together with the butter, the buttermik and the honey.
  • Add salt and pepper if desired.
  • Set aside.
  • Meanwhile, in a non-stick pan, saute ground chicken and onion together until no pink remains in the chicken and the onion is soft.
  • Place the still frozen peas in a sieve or colander.
  • Drain the chicken and onion over the peas.
  • Place the chicken mixture in a 3L casserole dish.
  • Return the pan to the stove.
  • In the vegetable oil, saute the mushrooms over medium heat.
  • When almost brown, add the garlic and saute together for 1-2 minutes more.
  • Drain off any accumulated juices and add to the chicken.
  • Add the cream of chicken soup (NOT reconstitued) to the chicken mixture, add salt and pepper if desired and stir until well combined.
  • Mixture will appear dry.
  • Smooth top.
  • Top chicken mixture with the sweet potatoes, and smooth top.
  • Place in oven and cook for 45 minutes, or until juices bubble up the edges and casserole is hot.

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I work as a part-time nurse in our city's burn unit. In my spare time, I really enjoy browsing cookbooks, cooking magazines, and the web for recipes. I am always looking for new ways to combine common ingredients to mix things up a bit. I try to avoid recipes that call for bizarre or hard-to-get ingredients or require a special kitchen widget I will only use once. If someone were to give me something unusual, I certainly would give it a try! However, my husband and I are adventurous diners and are always willing to try something new at least twice (in case there was a problem the first time!) We enjoy everything from German to Japanese; we want to try Vietnamese next. My husband and I own a Gold Wing motorcycle and love to travel in the warmer months. We also have three dogs: Roxy, who is a rather large (42 lb.) fox terrier cross (shown above, with me!), Shadow, who is pure-bred reverse-brindle boxer, and Maggie, a brindle boxer. They love it when "Mom" cooks because they know something yummy inevitably hits the floor!
 
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