In a previous life, I traveled from time to time for my job, which required “daddy” to cook dinner for the kiddos while I was away. These occasions called for something easy, tasty, and not too intimidating or complicated. A recipe for ground beef stroganoff found its way onto the “while I’m away” menu. My husband told me it was a hit with the kids, but to him, it tasted sort of, um, bland. The original recipe was insanely simple and used cream of mushroom soup as the base. After a few weeks, I decided to give this recipe a try myself, but we didn’t have any cream of mushroom soup on hand. It was a blessing in disguise as my improvisations resulted in a new and improved easy beef stroganoff sauce and it used ingredients I’m likely to have on hand at any given time. Score!

We regularly serve this with a side of green beans and either dinner rolls or roasted potatoes. The green beans are whole green beans of the generic variety, found in your grocer’s freezer section. I saute 2 slices of chopped bacon until crispy. To that, I add a half of a red onion (sliced), then add the green beans and salt and pepper to taste. This can simmer in a pan at low or low-medium heat while you’re making the stroganoff. Easy peasy.

Quick note: if you don’t eat red meat, need a break from it, or prefer something different, try this with ground chicken or turkey. Just be sure to use a little extra olive oil as these lean meats may turn out dry otherwise. You can even omit the meat and use extra mushrooms.  Just do a rough chop on them instead of a dice and it’ll be just a delicious.

Easy Beef Stroganoff

June 19, 2015

by Kristen

Category Recipes

Persons

4

Prep Time

15 minutes

Cook Time

15 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 yellow onion (medium) - chopped
• 1 lb. ground beef, 90% lean preferred (sirloin)
• 2 garlic cloves - chopped
• 3 tbsp. Worcestershire Sauce (divided 2 to 1)
• 1/2 tsp. paprika
• 1 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 cup chopped Cremini mushrooms (other varieties okay)
• 1-2 tbsp. olive oil
• 1 tbsp. unsalted butter (salted is okay, but reduce salt above to 1 tsp)
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1 cup skim milk
• 1 tsp. garlic powder
• 1/2 cup of light sour cream (full fat and fat-free are okay!)
• 1 package of egg noodles
• 1-2 tbsp. chopped flat leaf parsley (optional garnish)

Instructions

1. In a large skillet (12"), saute onion in 1 tbsp. olive oil over medium heat, seasoned with a pinch of coarse salt and pepper, until the onions just begin to turn translucent.
2. Increase the heat to medium high and add your ground beef. Cook until nearly all brown.
3. Add chopped garlic, 2 tbsp. Worcestershire, and paprika. Reduce heat to medium and cook until beef has no visible pink spots.
4. Stir in chopped mushrooms, 1 tbsp. olive oil and a pinch of salt. Cook for 2-3 minutes.
5. Add 1 tbsp. butter. Once the butter is melted, sprinkle the flour evenly over the mixture in the pan, stirring gently and cooking for another minute or two.
6. Stir in milk, cooking for another 2-3 minutes until the mixture starts to thicken.
7. Add the additional garlic powder and the last tbsp. of Worcestershire Sauce and remove from heat.
8. Stir in sour cream to finish the sauce.
9. Meanwhile, cook the egg noodles in a salted pot of boiling water according to package directions.
10. Plate a bed of noodles and spoon desired amount of Stroganoff sauce over the top.
11. Garnish with a small dollop of sour cream, chopped parsley and a sprinkle of paprika for color (all completely optional!).

Tags

comfort food,

easy dinner recipes,

noodles

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Once upon a time, my family did not care for mushrooms at all (myself included).  If you’re in the same boat – or even if you don’t have mushrooms on hand, but you’ve got everything else – try this without the mushrooms.  I’m sure it’ll still taste great!

Let me know how this recipe goes for you!