If you are looking for an simple dinner recipe, that looks and taste like you have been cooking all day, this easy beef stroganoff recipe is the one for you. It’s delicious, rich, and has a perfect balance of tender steak, meaty mushrooms, and comforting pasta. Yum yum yum!
This easy Beef Stroganoff recipe is adapted from the Weight Watchers One Pot Cookbook. If you haven’t notice this has been my cookbook of choice this week. A couple days ago I made a baked pasta from it and absolutely loved it.
When I make this easy beef Stroganoff recipe I either use top sirloin or filet mignon. Now you may be thinking steak is too expensive. When eaten alone, I agree, it is. However, when you use it as part of a recipe like this easy beef stroganoff stroganoff you’re able to get 4 servings, making it much more affordable. I even purchased organic grass-fed beef because I knew I could stretch my dollars using it in this recipe. Typically, I do not buy steak at all unless it is part of a recipe.
I made this easy Beef Stroganoff the night we ate it. Usually, I would prep it over the weekend but ran out of time. But, like I said earlier it took me about30 minutes or so to get this meal on the table. You certainly could prep it ahead of time a couple ways. First, you could cut up the meat ahead of time. That would save you about 5 minutes and a mess.
You could also cut up the onion and cook the pasta ahead of time to. That would save you another 5-10 minutes. Or, if you want, you could make this entire easy beef stroganoff ahead of time and keep it in the refrigerator or freezer until you’re ready to eat. Then just warm it up on the stove. I would not freeze the pasta. Pasta is easy enough to make the night of. Unless you want to bring it for lunch then go ahead and make it ahead of time.
This is a great recipe and I highly recommend adding it to your weekly easy dinner list. Your family will love it and will feel like they are getting some kind of fancy dinner in the middle of the week
In a medium bowl mix together 2 tablespoons flour, 1/4 teaspoon of salt, and ground pepper. Toss the beef in the flour.
Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large pan over medium heat. Add meat and cook until browned on both sides, about 2-3 minutes each. Remove meat from pan and set aside.
Deglaze the pan with a tablespoon or so of beef broth then heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil and add onions and garlic. Cook until softened, 5-7 minutes. Set onions and garlic aside.
Deglaze pan again with a little beef broth then add mushrooms, cook until softened, 5-7 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
In a small bowl whisk together beef broth, Worcestershire sauce, and 2 tablespoons flour.
Add beef broth in with the mushrooms and cook until it is slightly reduced, about 5 – 7 minutes.
Stir in cooked beef, onions, garlic, and dijon mustard. Cook until warmed through, 2-3 minutes.
Remove from heat and stir in sour cream. Taste for salt and pepper.
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Jessica Keenesays
Wow! I’ve been doing Beef Stroganoff all wrong (in the crockpot)!! This was delicious. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
What is stroganoff sauce made of? Stroganoff sauce is a sour cream gravy made with beef broth that's thickened with flour. It's flavoured with mustard and has mushrooms in it. I love the pale brown creamy colour against the deep golden brown seared beef!
Quartered mushrooms and a combination of pearl onions and shallots give the finished dish a more interesting texture and flavor. Adding gelatin to the chicken stock gives it more body, letting the sauce come together more tightly to coat the meat and noodles.
One way to thicken beef stroganoff is with flour or cornstarch. These are both common cooking ingredients that will help create an excellent thickening agent for beef stroganoff recipes.
beef broth: chicken broth is OK to use if you don't have beef; I recommend adding a teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce or soy sauce for both color and flavor.
Add a little flour, and whisk it in to make a roux—the base of your creamy beef stroganoff sauce. Add all of the things that give this easy beef stroganoff recipe its big, bold flavors—beef broth, thyme, Worcestershire sauce, spicy Dijon mustard, and sour cream.
Greek yogurt is a healthy alternative to the traditionally used sour cream in beef stroganoff recipes, so you can be confident that your family is getting a satisfying, healthy meal. Fresh dill and paprika will provide a sweet, slightly smoky garnish to top off the dish.
Popular choices include boneless ribeye, sirloin, and tenderloin. You can technically make beef stroganoff with any beef, but the reason why chefs choose tender cuts is that stroganoff involves flash-frying thin strips of meat before cooking them briefly in a sauce.
Cornstarch is a reliable and widely used thickening agent, that works in sauces, gravies, and soups. Composed of a long chain of starch molecules, it has the ability to absorb water and form a gel-like consistency, giving your beef stroganoff the desired thickness without altering the way it tastes.
You are combining essentially what is a hot stew and cold sour cream out of the fridge. This is what causes the cream to curdle. I like to err of the side of caution and I let the pot and its contents cool completely, then I stir through the sour cream, no more curdling!
A stroganoff sauce usually consists of sour cream, mustard, and chopped fresh herbs. This version replaces the sour cream and heavy cream with coconut milk and beef stock to keep it dairy-free, then added fresh parsley for extra flavor. It's the perfectly creamy sauce to serve over meat, noodles, rice, or potatoes!
Worcestershire sauce offers complex umami flavors that take care of the salt factor required in the dish and can even make it a better flavorful choice versus something like soy sauce. To use Worcestershire sauce as a substitute, add 1 tablespoon to 1 cup of water or vegetable broth for each cup of beef broth.
Like beef broth, chicken broth is a kitchen staple and makes a good substitute if you are all out of the meaty broth. This savory, salty liquid has a milder flavor than beef broth but is a good one-to-one replacement. Chicken broth also has a similar nutrition profile to beef broth, low in calories and high in sodium.
I think of beef stroganoff as having the warm comforting taste of a slow-cooked stew with the cooking style of a stir-fry. In this beef stroganoff recipe, thinly sliced beef is sauteed until just sealed, but still rare (and never chewy!)
Greek yogurt is a healthy alternative to the traditionally used sour cream in beef stroganoff recipes, so you can be confident that your family is getting a satisfying, healthy meal. Fresh dill and paprika will provide a sweet, slightly smoky garnish to top off the dish.
The difference between a traditional beef stroganoff and the Hamburger Helper version is the meat. The traditional version has cuts of beef, while the Hamburger Helper version uses ground beef. I decided to stick with that for my recipe! I added in more vegetables and the homemade sauce was really easy to make.
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