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Serves 8

This is a great comfort food. Perfect for those cooler evenings.

Ingredients

  • 1 small onion, diced
  • 1 - 10 ounce package frozen baby peas, defrosted
  • 1 pound cooked roast beef, thick pieces are best
  • 6 ounces already made beef gravy
  • 1 - 4 ounce package instant mashed potatoes, plain
  • 1 - 2 ounce package ready bacon, diced fine
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
  • Olive oil

Steps

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees
  2. Heat large skillet on the stove, add oil and onion and cook until softened, then add peas for a minute
  3. While onion is cooking, chop beef into smallish dice and add to onion mixture to heat through
  4. Put beef mixture in a large bowl and add gravy - stir well
  5. Cook bacon briefly (just to crisp slightly) in the skillet that the beef came out of
  6. Make potatoes according to package directions, season with salt and pepper and stir in bacon
  7. Place beef mixture in bottom of a 9X9 casserole dish and top with the potatoes
  8. Place in oven about 30 minutes until top browns and serve