Beef stroganoff. Definitely a comfort food dish. For me, it’s up on the list near fried chicken and okra. I love the humble roots of stroganoff. It isn’t pretentious, it uses simple ingredients and it is a cheap dish that can easily feed your entire family.
Over the years, I’ve sort of tweaked and twisted this recipe. This really is a combination of a few recipes combined into one and I think the result is yummy, filling and it can all be made on the stovetop. So it’s not only a comforting dish for the winter months but for summer as well. Also, this dish comes together fairly quickly. You could probably have dinner on the table within 25 minutes.
1 package egg noodles
3 tbsp. flour
Now add beef broth and whisk vigorously to remove any lumps, turning the heat up to high, bringing it to a boil for 2-3 minutes until you see it thicken slightly.
Bring temperature down to medium and whisk in sour cream and cream of mushroom soup. Stir until mixture is thoroughly incorporated.
Add salt & pepper. Keep tasting mixture until it is seasoned the way you like. I probably use a good teaspoon and half or more of salt and pepper. If it gets too thick on you, just add a tad more beef broth. Add ground beef back to mixture.
Ground Beef Stroganoff
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1/2 cup yellow onion chopped
- 1 teaspoon garlic minced (about 1-2 cloves)
- 3 tbsp butter
- 3 tbsp flour
- 1 1/2 cups beef broth
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 can cream of mushroom soup
- salt and pepper to taste
- egg noodles cooked according to package directions
Instructions
- Bring a pot of water to boil and begin to cook egg noodles according to package directions.
- In a large skillet over medium high heat, brown ground beef along with the onions and garlic until thoroughly cooked.
- I like to leave chunks of ground beef and not break it up too small.
- Drain ground beef to remove excess grease from pan.
- Put pan back on stove over medium heat (don't add the ground beef back in yet.)
- Add butter to pan and let it melt.
- Then add flour to pan, stir and let it absorb butter.
- Now add beef broth and whisk vigorously to remove any lumps, turning the heat up to high, bringing it to a boil for 2-3 minutes until you see it thicken slightly.
- Bring temperature down to medium and whisk in sour cream and
- cream of mushroom soup.
- Stir until mixture is thoroughly incorporated.
- Add salt & pepper. Keep tasting mixture until it is seasoned the way you like.
- I probably use a good teaspoon and half or more of salt and pepper.
- If it gets too thick on you, just add a tad more beef broth.
- Add ground beef back to mixture until reheated.
Recipe Notes
Serve over egg noodles.
Love the Duggars comment. 🙂
This is a great recipe, my husband and I used to eat this a lot- delicious.
*beef not beeg! ha ha
This recipe takes me right back to my childhood during the weeknights. My mom could pull this together in no time and we would gobble it all up. 🙂
I've never made beef stroganoff with ground beef, however this looks delicious; I can't wait to make it. I love how you grew your own mushrooms too, my husband would love that!
I'm a big fan of beeg stroganoff. I have a recipe similar to yours! I love how easy and yummy it is. I'm like you too Bran, Im not a mushroom eater, so I make my stroganoff without them as well : )
Wow does this recipe looks terrific. I am going to try your version. This is just such a great all around family friendly food.
Mmmmmm, one of my childhood favorites, too! And I can make it for my family and keep all the mushrooms for myself…yum!
Yum I love beef stroganoff! The hubs would love this!
By the way I made your spasagna again! It's a hit in our house!
I know what you mean in regards to beef stoganoff being comforting – I love it! Although I have never made it with minced beef before, I usually use strips of beef – but this looks far easier! X
How did you read my mind, Brandie? Just like that – I want some! Please.
Yum I love beef stroganoff!
I will NEVER purchase the box stuff again!!!!!
Oh Yummy! I cannot wait to try this. I've only ever made Stroganoff with cut up beef. Ground beef will be SO much easier! I just bought several pounds too so I think I'll add this to my menu this week! Thanks so much for sharing it!
Yummy! This sounds just like my mother-in-law's recipe – can't wait to try it 🙂
I made this last weekend and my husband and I nibbled on it several days. I did substitute light sour cream and reduced fat soups but it is an amazingly easy comfort food! Definitely staying in the from of my recipe binder!
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I Make a stroganoff very much like this but I use cream of mushroom with roasted garlic soup and my family loves it.
We had this for dinner tonight…. my husband claims he doesn't like stroganoff, but said he would try it because he has only had it with the chunks of beef (stew meat)…. he really like it!! I served mine over rice instead of the noodles for something different and we really enjoyed it:) I haven't made one thing from your site that we haven't liked. Thank you so much for the great recipes!!
Hi Casey! Thank you SO much!! I always appreciate feedback and I'm so happy this was a winner for you. You made my day! Thank you!
This was soo good! Thanks for the recipe. Stumbled on it on pinterest while looking to make something with ground beef. Is there any way I could get the nutritional info for this recipe?
Hi Dina! So glad you enjoyed it!!! I'm not really sure how to get the nutritional information for this. Maybe there is some sort of website or application that can be used?
Ground Beef Stroganoff is indeed a comfort food for me as well. I'll take note of the recipe and will make this later. Thanks for sharing.
I used to serve this with some wine australia for dinner since my hubby loves this.
This is delicious!!! Thanks for sharing.
My bad,I ment the bomb!
Made it tonight ,used some nice steak tips. THE BOOM ! Add a little crush pepper on top , gives a nice little kick to it
Thank you so much!! Glad you enjoyed this one!! Thank you for taking the time to let me know! 🙂
I made this last night for dinner….halfway through realizing I had no flour. So I just cooked in an extra 10 minutes and it was thick enough! = There were no leftovers! My daughter (who doesn't eat meat normally) ate a bowl of it, and my 6 year old asked if he could have it again tonight! Thank you for making happy tummies everywhere!
I made this last week, everyone loved it! Thank you so much.
This was delicious!! Easy, fast and soo good! Hubby loved it!!
Made this on Thursday and it was so good! A fast meal for a weeknight.
Made this last night and it was Delish !!!! Quick, easy and family loved it 😉
I loved this dish! I made some crescent rolls to go with and Hubby and I finished everything off.. YUM!
This recipe was so good! I felt bad when I made it because we had hamburger helper stroganoff sitting in the cupboard and now I feel even worse because I might never get around to making it after having this. Thanks so much!
Made it. Ate it. Loved it.
Thanks!
I just made this, and even though I had to use chicken broth instead of beef, it turned out really yummy. I added a little parsley when I was sauteeing the onions and mushrooms, too.
Believe it or not, I had never had beef stroganoff (I know!). Anxious to try it after reading this recipe, I made it and REALLY enjoyed it! I served it with a salad and french bread which was an awesome combination! I did use fat free sour cream and the (almost) fat free cream of mushroom and it turned out great! Thanks so much for broadening my horizons with this recipe! 😉
Just had this for dinner and it was marvelous. I prefer it over traditional stroganoff because I don't enjoy the big chunks of meat, the ground beef is just perfect. Lots of flavor in this and it's going to be great reheated for lunch tomorrow. Thanks for two great recipes in one weekend, Brandie! The Southern Pecan Praline cake from yesterday is great reheated, as well. You cook the way I like to eat. 🙂
I just made this tonight for dinner. I LOVE beef stroganoff but wanted a recipe that was more made from scratch. I just substituted organic cream of mushroom soup (i can't have MSG) and added some Worcestershire sauce at the end. My husband and I LOVED it!
I'll be making this tonight! It's a go-to recipe! I might add in some of my Country Bob's Sauce!
I got in touch with Back to the Roots thanks to your post! Thanks for sharing.
I am 44 years old and I've been eating this for as long as I can remember. It's been a family favorite and a hit with my own children as well.
I'm excited to make this for dinner tomorrow!! Thank you for sharing 🙂
I didn't have the cream of mushroom soup and it turned out PERFECTLY! Thank you for sharing. I added a bit of horseradish and upped the sour cream. Returned to this for leftovers (I hate leftovers). Love your site!
This is one of my favorite last minute go to meals, but we've always called it, " Poor Man's Stroganoff".
So…..I didn't have all the ingredients for this, so I improvised! I used cream cheese in place of the sour cream and added a little heavy cream with chicken broth instead of beef (that's all I had at home). I left out the mushrooms but added about 1 Tablespoon of cooking sherry. It was yummy! Served it over mashed potatoes, and sent hubby to the store for egg noodles so I can serve it over those for tomorrow's lunch.
I just made this tonight for dinner. It is amazing. I was not sure if I would like it or not,but I am trying new recipes out. My family loved it.
Made this twice…love it with the ground beef. Instead of crumbling the ground beef, I made meatballs and added 2 teaspoons of brown gravy seasoning…Delicious!!
Made this for dinner tonight, had the meat but wasn't sure what I was going to make. Found the recipe on Pinterest. I have made what I thought was the quick version before, meat, noodles, cream of mushroom soup and that's it. Don't think I will be making it "my way" anymore. This recipe only took a few more minutes (sauté onions and mushrooms) and was much more tasty. Thanks!
Must I use sour cream?
When I made it, I used 3/4 cup plain greek yogurt and 1/4 cup sour cream to cut down on the sour cream taste that my friend dislikes. We both think it turned out wonderfully.
This was AMAZING. Used cream of mushroom soup with garlic. Yum, yum, yum.
I made this tonight and it turned out very, very well — my wife and I loved it. I was surprised how quick and simple it was, too!
Thanks so much for sharing!
Hmm, well for some reason it said posted anonymously. I'm not anonymous (hehe). Thanks again.
Just made this recipe tonight for myself and a friend. My friend has NEVER liked beef stroganoff, but this recipe surprised them. They LOVED it! Thanks for sharing the recipe, it was really great!
I have made this many times over the years, and my recipe was very similar (I guess great minds really do think alike?!) I love it, and the more mushrooms, the better! No one else here, though, likes mushrooms, they say, so I chop them really finely and they never know they're eating them. Sometimes I use strips of beef, but this is usually one of my low-cost meals, and I usually have all the ingredients on hand. This is a great quick and easy, low cost dinner. Thanks for making it more mainstream!
I have made this for over 30 years…. brown hamburger – onions etc. – add one can of mushroom soup and a can of beefy mushroom soup and a can of boiling water. Add 1 cup of sour cream – (all this is done in one skillet) add salt pepper. Once stirred – add 2T of kitchen bouquet (to darken the stroganoff) While browning hamburger and onions – cook dumpling style egg noodles. For something different you can add mexican corn to the mix!
I'm going to make this for my in-laws tonight!! Sounds delish! Maybe I'll make some biscuits to go with it!!!
Thanks for the idea!!
I made this meal today for my family. They love it. I will be making it again!!!!
Thank you:) hubby and I enjoyed it
My mom's old Betty Crocker cookbook has a similar recipe. I add about 1/4 cup of sherry. Yummy!
I am a lover of ground beef stroganoff . Researched several recipes and yours' was the most appealing. Directions were easy and simple to follow. Felt like I was cooking beside you. The end product was AMAZING!! Looking forward to viewing more of your recipes.
My mom's stroganoff NEVER tasted like this! This was wonderful! Perfect as written, no changes necessary! Thank-you!
I got home late for dinner tonight && everyone had already eaten. We had some ground beef already defrosted && came upon this recipe on pintrest. It was quick, easy && I know my house will indulge in leftovers tomorrow! Absolutely delicious. (I too am not a mushroom fan so left those out but the cream of mushroom soup was perfect!)
This is the 4th recipe I've made off your site and I have yet to be disappointed! Was very yummy! I added 1/8 tsp paprika and a sprinkle of parsley. Thanks for sharing!
Love this recipe but surprised you do not add a small amount of Worchestershire sauce if you are calling it stroganoff. I've made this recipe as is but add 1 can of drained yellow wax beans and serve over mashed potatoes. No fancy name, just called it creamed hamburger.
I grew up with this recipe. There was
10 people in our family and this was a good way to stretch a penny. Delicious! Thanks !
2nd recipe I have tried of yours. YUMMY! Added a little wine. Perfect!
I made this tonight and it was great! I found you on Pinterest
It is my home to recipe! All of the kids love it!
Made this tonight and I must say it was really really good
My husband and I have been using this recipe since 2013. It is one of his all time favorites (and that means a lot because he is PICKY). I opened the page today and almost thought I was in the wrong place because I didn’t recognize the pictures! Just wanted to stop by and say the updated pictures are beautiful and thanks again for such a classic and easy recipe :).
I used Chicken stock and turkey.. I’m going to say this is not a good idea. I will try this recipe over with the right stuff soon. My kids liked it though.
Bravo! One of the best family meals I’ve ever made with an on-line recipe. It’s exceptional,… none left over to stowe in the fridge,
This is a staple in our house, always in menu rotation! There are NEVER leftovers!! Thank you!
Thank you SO very much Traci!! Loved reading your comment! 🙂
Much more economical than using steak, thanks for the recipe. I did add some Worcestershire sauce to taste.
Can i make this in my crock pot?
Hi Tami! I’m sorry, I haven’t tried that yet so I can’t say for certain.
Hi , I Have made This Before ,although Never Without the Actual “Beef Stroganoff Powdered Mix” So We are Trying Your Recipe Tonight ! We Have Alot of Basic Food In our Kitchen But Although We are an Older couple with Teen and Adult Sons. That are Very Very hard to please everyone. But I Am Hoping That Tonight They will all Enjoy this as We actually do Have every thing for this Recipe ! And It’s a little different then The one we typically make! And we are able to Double it either to Freeze or If Our Sons Love it then it will be gone by Tomorrow at Lunchtime !
Crossing my My Fingers With all My Sons That are VERY Picky Eaters and Not much they will all like at the same time !
I Will post later To Share how this Went !
Thanks So Much
Desiree
I like to add a few dashes of Worcestershire (to taste) to the sauce. It gives it a nice little kick. Otherwise, this recipe sounds spot on to me. Just like the one I ate as a kid.
This was delicious! I was looking for something to make with standard ingredients and this won. I used cream of mushroom with roasted garlic. Very tasty.
Hi Bethany! Good call on the roasted garlic cream of mushroom!! Thank you!
This was amazing! I made this last night for my mom, dad, and my fiance (when he came to visit). Oh my gosh! I swear it’s even better leftover (since I ate it for lunch today and it was still delicious). I served it with egg noodles, green peas, and rolls. Probably the best meal I’ve had all week! I haven’t found a recipe from this site that wasn’t out of this world good.
Not only is it budget friendly; it was delicious! The only changes I made were I added mushrooms and worcheshire sauce. I think the worcheshire sauce gives a little depth of flavor. Just my opinion. Thanks for a great recipe! Will definitely be making again.
I’m a HUGE fan of ground beef recipes, and I’ve been making ground beef stroganoff for well over 50 years now. The only thing(s) I do “differently” is that I use cream of onion soup now (don’t like cream of mushroom), and I use baby Portabella mushrooms. I like ‘shrooms, just not the creamed soup. Even my very fussy 66 year old brother-in-law will eat stroganoff this way, and he’s mighty hard to please (but a super guy, nonetheless, and I do love him very much!)