The Blog of Tony "T-Bird" Burgess

Dinner Tonight: Beef Stroganoff

We are having Beef Stroganoff for dinner tonight. We will be making it in the crock pot so it will mean eating for a couple of nights. Cook once, eat twice!

• 2 ½ lb stew beef, cut into bite-size pieces
• 4 tbsp flour
• 2 tsp salt
• Pepper to taste
• 1 packet onion soup mix
• ¼ cup balsamic vinegar or red wine (optional)
• 1 cup beef broth
• 8 oz sliced mushrooms (drain first if using canned)
• 4 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
• 2 tbsp ketchup
• 1 tsp minced garlic
• 8 oz sour cream*
• 12 oz egg noodles or rice

Put beef, flour, salt, pepper, and soup mix in slow cooker and stir to coat evenly. Add vinegar, broth, mushrooms, Worcestershire sauce, and ketchup; stir lightly to blend and cook on low 4-6 hours. Stir in sour cream until fully incorporated. Add extra salt/pepper as needed. Serve over cooked noodles or rice.

(*Note: to make this more healthy, use low-fat or fat-free sour cream or plain yogurt instead of sour cream, and serve over whole-wheat pasta or brown rice. Conversely, to make it richer, use cream cheese or Philadelphia Cooking Cream for part or all of the sour cream.)