This beef stroganoff is a classic, comforting dish that's perfect for a quick and easy family dinner. It combines tender beef and mushrooms in a creamy sour cream sauce, served over egg noodles. This recipe is delicious, versatile, and quick to prepare, making it ideal for busy evenings.
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A Family Favorite Dinner Classic
You can use ground beef for a budget dinner or beef sirloin for a traditional taste. The one-pot method simplifies cooking and cleanup, and the recipe can be adapted for the Instant Pot, or slow cooker. It's a hearty, satisfying meal that's loved by all ages.
🥘 Ingredients
- Flank Steak - 1 pound; use any beef cut, just remember to slice thinner for tougher meats. Chuck roasts are a favorite cut of beef that's easy to get too.
- Mushrooms - 1 cup of sliced, white, or baby Portobello (cremini) mushrooms.
- All-Purpose Flour - 1 cup for coating the beef and thickening the gravy.
- Oil - 2 tablespoons for searing the meat.
- Water - 1 cup for beef bullion.
- Beef Bullion - 2 cubes for the sauce.
- Worcestershire Sauce - 1 tablespoon, adjust to your taste; I usually add more for a tangy flavor.
- Sour Cream - 1 pound (16 ounces) full fat recommended.
- Salt & Pepper - ½ teaspoon each, adjust for personal taste.
- Onion Powder - ½ teaspoon.
- Paprika - ½ teaspoon.
- Pasta - 3 cups dry egg noodles to be cooked, drained, and rinsed.
Replace the sour cream with Greek yogurt if you want a healthier version. This substitution offers a lower-calorie, high-protein option without compromising the creamy texture and rich taste.
🔪 Instructions
You'll need a large skillet, a mixing bowl for flour coating, a microwave for heating bullion, and a pot for cooking noodles.
This recipe yields approximately 8 portions with a side dish or two. Or six hearty servings if you want to savor the meaty main!
Prep and Sear The Beef
Step 1: Preparing the beef. Coat the sliced beef in flour, then add to a preheated skillet with cooking oil. Next, season with salt, pepper, paprika, and onion powder. Cook for 1-2 minutes.
Step 2: Cooking the meat. Continue cooking until the sliced beef is medium rare with a good sear. The flour should be clumpy and sticking in the pan to make the fond (and your gravy base).
Add Broth & Simmer To Thicken
Step 3: Make the gravy. Heat water with bullion cubes in the microwave, then add to the skillet. Stir in Worcestershire sauce, bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer with the sliced mushroom
Step 4: Simmer. Cook for 8-10 minutes until thickened.
Assemble & Serve
Step 5: Finishing the stroganoff. Remove from heat, add sour cream, and stir until evenly distributed. Serve immediately over cooked noodles, garnished with parsley if desired.
Once done, serve with some pan fried asparagus, green salad, or one of my other faves for serving with stroganoff! Enjoy!
💭 Angela's Pro Tips & Recipe Notes
- Worcestershire Sauce: Adjust the amount based on your preference. Different brands yield different flavors.
- Sauce Thickness: If the sauce is too thin after adding sour cream, let it sit off the burner for 5-10 minutes to thicken.
- Mushrooms: Feel free to omit them if you're not a fan.
- Sauce Tips: To create a rich and complex sauce, combine chicken and beef broth. Add sour cream and a splash of lemon juice off the heat to prevent curdling, enriching the sauce's flavor and texture.
- Flavor Enhancements: For an added depth of flavor, you can include a bit of alcohol, such as white wine or brandy, into the sauce. This optional step can add depth of flavor to your beef stroganoff.
🥡 Storing & Reheating
Store the beef stroganoff in an airtight container in the fridge.
- Reheating: Reheat gently on the stove or in the microwave.
- Freezing: If you plan to freeze the stroganoff, do so before adding the noodles. This approach ensures you enjoy a freshly cooked taste after freezing and reheating.
🍽️ More Family Dinners
- Lipton Onion Soup Meatloaf
- Shake And Bake Pork Chops
- Marry Me Chicken
- Chicken Broccoli Rice Casserole
- Beefaroni
- Dutch Oven Pot Roast
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Easy Beef Stroganoff
Ingredients
- 1 lb flank steak (any beef cut will work; slice thinner when using tougher meats)
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoon vegetable oil
- ½ teaspoon each, salt & pepper (to taste)
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- 1 cup water (to add the beef bullion cubes to)
- 2 cubes beef bullion
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 cup mushrooms (sliced, use your preferred mushrooms)
- 16 oz sour cream
- 3 cups pasta (3 cups dry egg noodles - cooked, drained and rinsed)
(Note: 2x or 3x only changes the ingredient list)
Instructions
- Slice 1 lb flank steak. Preheat a large skillet with vegetable oil to medium-high heat.
- Place sliced beef in a bowl, coat it with 1 cup all-purpose flour, and then add it to the heated 2 tablespoon vegetable oil in your skillet. Add seasoning: ½ teaspoon each, salt & pepper, ½ teaspoon paprika, and ½ teaspoon onion powder. Cook until meat slices are browned around the edges.
- While the meat is cooking, heat 1 cup water with 2 cubes beef bullion in the microwave for 2 minutes, stir, and then heat an additional 1 minute. Stir again, then add to the skillet once the meat slices are ready. Add 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce and stir to combine.
- Bring gravy to a boil, then reduce heat to low and simmer.
- Add 1 cup mushrooms and cook for 8-10 minutes.
- Remove from heat when gravy is slightly thickened, and add 16 oz sour cream. Stir in sour cream until evenly distributed throughout the cream sauce.
- Serve beef stroganoff immediately combined with 3 cups pasta or atop your cooked (and buttered, optional) noodles. Garnish with chopped parsley, if desired.
Notes
- If your sauce is too thin after adding the sour cream, remove it from the burner completely and allow to sit for 5-10 minutes to thicken.
- My family and I like stroganoff with a strong Worcestershire sauce flavor, however, when making this recipe for the first time you can start with less and add more after combining the sour cream as needed.
- Different brands of Worcestershire sauce will yield different flavor results (ie. Heinz is sweeter than Lea & Perrins). Lea & Perrins is also stronger flavored, so be sure to start with even less.
Sarah says
This was SO watery. Followed the recipe exactly, even let it sit to thicken which it didnt! I think it called for too much liquid.
Angela @ Delectable Cooking and Baking says
Hello Sarah, sorry to hear that it didn't turn out for you (this time). As a standby recipe for me that I use as a quick anytime meal, this is one that I know backwards and forwards by heart so the liquid amount is right. There may have been an issue in whether or not it reached a full rolling boil and/or how long it simmered...please, if you have any questions feel free to follow up with me 🙂 Thanks!
Anonymous says
For my family's taste, I would cut the Worcestershire sauce way back. I might would add 1/4 instead of 1 full cup. The sauce tasted too much like Worcestershire:)
Angela @ Delectable Cooking and Baking says
Thanks for the comment, yes please adjust to your taste 🙂 My husband absolutely loves the heavy Worcestershire sauce flavor!
Angel O. says
Thank you so much! Making it tonight for dinner for he first time and your video really helps 🙂
Angela @ Delectable Cooking and Baking says
Glad to hear! This is truly a family favorite (although I use other methods as well) and is certainly quick, easy, and very tasty!!
Patty Goethals says
How many people does your beef stroganoff recipe serve? I'm having 20 for Christmas. Thank you
Angela @ Delectable Cooking and Baking says
Hello Patty, this beef stroganoff will easily serve 6-8 people. Our family of four (now three) usually has it one night with plenty of leftovers to serve 4 again. It can feed more depending on portion size and sides. Enjoy!