Description
A comforting and flavorful Slow Cooker Beef Stroganoff recipe that is perfect for a hearty meal. Tender beef cooked in a rich and creamy sauce, served over pasta, noodles, or mashed potatoes.
Ingredients
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Beef:
- 1.75kg/ 3.5lb beef chuck or other stewing beef, cut into 4cm / 1.5” cubes
- 1.5 tsp salt
- 1.5 tsp pepper
- 2 tbsp oil
Stroganoff Sauce:
- 20 g/ 1 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1 large onion, sliced
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 7 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 4 tbsp Dijon Mustard
- 1 litre / 1 quart reduced-salt beef stock/broth
- 1 1/2 cups full-fat sour cream
Garlic Butter Mushrooms:
- 3 tbsp/ 45 g unsalted butter
- 700 g / 1.2 lb mushrooms, sliced
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
Serving:
- Pasta, wide egg noodles, mashed potato
- Chives for garnish
Instructions
- Season beef: Pat beef dry, sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Brown beef: Sear beef in oil until browned. Repeat with remaining beef.
- Sauté aromatics: Cook onion and garlic in butter until softened.
- Add flour and mustard: Sprinkle flour, add mustard, and stir.
- Add stock: Pour in stock, stir until thickened into a gravy. Simmer.
- Cook using chosen method: Slow cook in a slow cooker, on the stove, or in an instant pot.
- Garlic Butter Mushrooms: Sauté mushrooms, garlic, salt, and pepper in butter.
- Finish stew: Mix sour cream with liquid from slow cooker, then stir into stew. Add mushrooms.
- Serve: Over noodles, pasta, or mashed potato. Garnish with chives.
Notes
- Use economical stewing beef cuts like chuck or boneless beef ribs.
- Mix sour cream with liquid to avoid specks in the sauce.
- For Instant Pot, skip flour and follow gluten-free option in Note 5.
- Stove method may need extra water to adjust sauce thickness.
- Leftovers can be stored in the fridge for 4-5 days or frozen for up to 3 months.
- Transform leftovers into a pie with puff pastry or mashed potato.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 450
- Sugar: 4g
- Sodium: 780mg
- Fat: 28g
- Saturated Fat: 12g
- Unsaturated Fat: 14g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 16g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 35g
- Cholesterol: 125mg
