This meal is hands-down one of our family's all-time favorites. Here are just a few of the reasons I love this meal. First, it is unbelievably simple. Throw everything in the crockpot and walk away. Second, the meat is so tender it practically melts in your mouth and the flavor is fabulous. Third, it can feed a crowd and is great for company (it will always get you raving reviews!). Fourth, you can serve it over an endless number of options: potatoes, pasta, rice, etc. Fifth, it was given to me by one of my favorite people, my cousin's wife, Tami. I don't even think she knows I make it at least once a month! Thanks, Tami, for one of my best tried-and-true recipes.
The Ultimate Beef Stroganoff
Put in crock pot:
2-3 pounds stew meat
1 tsp. salt
dash of pepper
1 onion, sliced
Mix in a bowl and pour over meat:
¼ tsp. garlic salt
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 ½ cups beef broth or stock (made up from cubes or granules)
1 tablespoon ketchup
Cook in crockpot on low for 7-8 hours or high for 4-5 hours. When cooked make a simple roux by whisking 1/3 cup flour with enough apple juice (about 5-6 tablespoons) to make a thick but still pourable flour mixture. Whisk the roux into the crockpot and add 4 ounces sliced mushrooms.
Cook on high for 15-30 minutes. Then stir in ½ cup sour cream. Serve over pasta, rice or baked potatoes (pasta is my favorite option!).
18 comments:
We grew up on this stuff- crockpot and all!
I've actually never made it for myself. I think Mom overdid it for all of us. I'm ready to take the plunge though and try it out sometime!
I love this meal (the meal that started our friendship) We have it atleast once a month and best of all- it's easy!
I love beef stroganoff! I've always made it with Cream of mushroom soup and the good old store bought seasonings, but this sounds really good from scratch! I will have to give it a try!
i was raised on the cream of mushroom soup version and have never really known how to make it otherwise. it sounds great and is definitely worth a try!
I haven't had beef stroganoff since I was little. But this looks so good it makes me want to make some soon!
Oh, I'm glad you posted this. I have three recipes for Beef Stroganoff, and I'm turned off of all of them. I decided last time that I wouldn't make any of them again - I need to find a better recipe! This one sounds very promising! I'm surprised it calls for 1 1/2 cups bouillon - is that correct? How may cubes does that turn out to be?
I've never made beef stroganoff, but I think I'll be making this one this week!
so i googled a recipe (chocolate mint brownies aka BYU brownies) and your blog came up. And I am sooo glad to keep coming back for fantastic favorties.
Thanks and keep em coming.
Thanks everyone for commenting!
Nicole is right - this meal did start our friendship and it was definitely worth it! (Plus our boys that play together are really happy about that.)
Jaesi - thanks for commenting. I'm excited to check out your blog, too! Thanks for your praise and let me know if you try those chocolate mint brownies. They are fantastic!
We've always made strogie from cream, sour cream and mushroom. This sounds so good too! Just so you know, your blog is my favorite place to find dinner ideas!
Loved this recipe. My husband would never eat stoganoff because he always said the meat was too chewy. So I thought I'd give your recipe a try and he loved it. thanks
This looks good. I love stroganoff too. I have a good recipe for it too. I will need to make it and post it.
We had this and it was delish. Very yummy! The beef chunks were no longer chunks when we served it - perhaps it's supposed to fall apart or maybe it was from Jed stirring in the sourcream for me!!! :) (It doesn't matter - it was so good!)
This was every bit as good as you promised. I wasn't really sold on it but I had stew meat that I needed to use up. I found your recipe the night before and just had to believe you couldn't steer me wrong. I'm glad I did.
My mom even liked it immensely, but she picked around the mushrooms. Meanwhile, I picked around the meat and devoured the mushrooms.
fmandds - just for the record, if one of my recipes ever DOES let you down, I still want you to tell me. Meanwhile, I'm glad that you liked this - funny about you and your mom picking through for opposite things.
I've tried different recipes for this that all call for stew meat in the crock pot, and they always turn out with dry, tough meat for me. What am I doing wrong?
Emily and Patrick - hmmm, I'm not sure why the meat turns out dry and tough for you. The only thing I can think is if the meat doesn't cook long enough in the slow cooker it can be dry and tough (or if it doesn't cook in enough liquid). I'm not a slow cooker expert, but those would be my guesses.
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