Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2015
For a lighter, brighter shepherd’s pie, use chicken instead of beef. But it takes more than a straight swap to get good results.
To make shepherd’s pie using chicken instead of the traditional beef or lamb, we use bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs that we cook and then shred. This is a little more work than using ground chicken, but the results are well worth it. To fl...