Ground Beef Stroganoff
This is the best Ground Beef Stroganoff. It’s a flavor-filled creamy hamburger gravy that is delicious served over egg noodles. Budget friendly, family friendly!
Also Known as Hamburger Stroganoff
Beef stroganoff with ground beef is 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. Just some ground beef, seasonings, an easy gravy mix and boom – dinner is served!
I have made this recipe for years and I am sorry that I waited so long to say thank you for such an amazing keeper of a recipe! It’s an easy version of a childhood favorite, and I almost always have the ingredients on hand! I get asked for this recipe a lot!
– Tina
Frequently Asked Questions:
I always serve ground beef stroganoff on top of egg noodles. Then I like to have a nice vegetable side dish like some Maple Glazed Carrots, or Italian Green Beans.
Sour cream is a pretty integral in flavor to beef stroganoff. You can substitute with plain Greek yogurt. Or you can leave it out if you just really don’t like the taste. In this recipe I use cream of mushroom soup so it is plenty creamy without the sour cream if you really just can’t stand the flavor.
You want to use one that has some fat. That’s where you get good flavor. So I generally use an 85/15 ground beef. You don’t need anything fancy here. Use what is within your budget. If you want to avoid draining any grease, try using a lean meat like 90/10.
Leftovers can be stored in a covered container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. I don’t recommend freezing as sometimes the creamier ingredients tend to separate when you go to reheat it.
Ingredients Needed: (See Recipe Card Below For The Full Recipe)
- ground beef – if you use a lean meat, you won’t really have any grease to drain. You could also easily make this with ground chicken or turkey.
- onion – if you don’t like onion, just leave it out.
- garlic – this recipe works well with freshly minced garlic or the jarred garlic (whichever is easiest or whichever you prefer.)
- salted butter – you can use unsalted butter.
- all-purpose flour
- beef broth – if you want to keep the sodium down, try using low or no salt beef broth.
- sour cream – this is a love/hate ingredient but it is essential to any stroganoff recipe so I don’t recommend skipping it. You could substitute with plain Greek yogurt or creme fraiche.
- cream of mushroom (or chicken) soup – I have recipe for Homemade Cream of Mushroom Soup and Homemade Cream of Chicken Soup if you prefer homemade. Use whatever flavor you like.
- egg noodles
How To Make Ground Beef Stroganoff
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, whisk 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 and 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. Stir and then allow to simmer for about 5 minutes.
Serve over egg noodles.
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- Chicken Stroganoff
- Instant Pot Hamburger Helper Stroganoff
- Beef Stroganoff Cups
- Amish Country Casserole
- Crock Pot Salisbury Steak
- Garlic Parmesan Beef Pasta
- Creamed Chipped Beef
- S.O.S. (Hamburger Gravy)
- Ground Beef and Gravy
- Crock Pot Beef Stroganoff For Two
Originally posted: July 2011
Update photos and republished: September 2025
Easy Ground Beef Stroganoff
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- ½ cup diced yellow onion,
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic (about 1-2 cloves)
- 3 Tablespoons salted butter
- 3 Tablespoons all purpose flour
- 1 ½ cups beef broth
- 1 cup sour cream
- 10.5 ounce can cream of mushroom soup
- salt and pepper, to taste
- cooked egg noodles (for serving, optional)
Instructions
- In a large skillet over medium high heat, brown 1 pound ground beef along with 1/2 cup diced yellow onion, and 1 teaspoon minced garlic until thoroughly cooked and crumbled.
- 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 3 Tablespoons salted butter and allow it to melt.
- Then add 3 Tablespoons all purpose flour to the pan, whisk and let it absorb butter.
- Add 1 1/2 cups 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 1 cup sour cream and 10.5 ounce can cream of mushroom soup. Stir until mixture is thoroughly incorporated.
- Add salt and pepper, to taste. Keep tasting mixture until it is seasoned the way you like. If it gets too thick, just add a tad more beef broth.
- Add ground beef back to mixture until reheated.
- Serve over cooked egg noodles and enjoy!
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Notes
- This can be served over rice or over toast or however you enjoy it!
- We like to serve this with a salad or steamed veggies and sometimes some buttered bread.
- This can be made with ground sausage, ground chicken or ground turkey. If making with ground chicken or turkey, you may want to use chicken broth instead of beef broth.
Nutrition
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I have made ground beef stroganoff for years and similar to this recipe. The proportions here are wonderful! This is a keeper and will be how I make it from now on. I did add extra canned mushrooms in the end as we love mushrooms.
AWESOME!! My husband does not like mushrooms but I think they would really add to it. Easy, taste fantastic. Highly recommend
You can never go wrong with this recipe. Just follow exactly what she says and it will turn out fantastic every time! I like egg noodles and/or rice. I like making my rice on the sticky side so that the gravy doesn’t make it too mushy. You got to have yeast rolls to stop up the gravy and I love English peas on the side.
Loved it!! Will definitely make again..
I grew up on a similar version of this, with a different name! My dad called it glop, which my husband refuses to call it that, lol! I won’t tell you all my changes, since this is your recipe, but since my hubby’s bypass, I have changed the meat to 93% fat free ground turkey, and use 0% Greek Yogurt. Those changes haven’t been noticed, and taste just as good. I once used ground beef, after making it with turkey for a number of years, and that tasted weird,lol! But yes, one of my childhood and adulthood’s favorite comfort food. Oh, I always serve it over plain Uncle Ben’s White rice. That’s probably one out of two dishes I use the Uncle Ben’s for, but it has to be rice. The other is another comfort food, my version of city chicken.
I absolutely love food memories!! Thank you for sharing Patti!
Try adding a dash of Worchestershire sauce. In my opinion, it improves the flavor. This is the only recipe that I use .
Great easy recipe. Only additions I made were 12 oz thick sliced Baby Bella mushrooms after the beef removed, then added back in with beef after sauce made. Also, a dash of Worcestershire sauce. Loved it!
I like this recipe. I of course being me had to tweak it. I added some sauted mushrooms and also added Worcestershire sauce . Will definitely be making this again.
All recipes are meant to be tweaked – ha! Thank you Caroline!
The recipe is great however I modified it by draining the fat from 80/20 ground beef leaving a tablespoon to mix with the butter. I am allergic to mushrooms I used cream of chicken and added a beef bouillon reducing chicken taste. I was simply amazing. Thank you country cook.
Sounds delicious Sandra!! Thank you!!
I have a recipe that is similar to this but cooked all in one pot. I must say I definitely prefer this one. I added a couple of teaspoons of butter to my egg noodles along with salt, pepper and garlic. Delicious!!! The whole family loves it. Makes great leftovers. Just dump it all in one container.
I really love hearing that! Thank you so much, Elizabeth, for taking the time to come back and comment!
THANK YOU for this recipe. This is DELICIOUS!!! I used a can of Golden Mushroom soup which is what I had in my pantry. Gives the dish a beautiful color. It’s sooo good–heading to kitchen for a second helping! (shhhhh!)
Best stroganoff ever! Yay Brandie!
very good! added some more seasoning as the meat was cooking and then more salt and pepper for taste! Yum!
Thanks so much Jamie!
Have you tried substituting plain Greek yogurt for the sour cream? I have lactose intolerance issues with sour cream. I like the idea of substituting French onion soup for cream of mushroom. Thanks.
I make mine with Greek yogurt all the time, to cut fat and calories. No one has noticed the difference! I use 0% fat Faje, which is very thick and creamy.
Perfect!! Thank you for letting us know!
I used French Onion Soup mix instead of Cream of Mushroom and it turned out amazingly!
Loved this. I always liked Hamburger Helper when I was younger, but as a mature adult I want to make it myself. Until now I haven’t found anything that comes close to the comfort I enjoyed. Loved this!
Simple and yummy
Hi,
Did you put the cream of mushroom in straight from the can, or did you mix it with milk like the soup directions?
Really easy to make. Made with mashed potatoes. We loved it!
Made this tonight and it was great! Do you think the leftovers would freeze well?
Yay! So happy it turned out good for you Anya! I haven’t actually tried to freeze leftovers for this before so I am not 100% sure. Perhaps. If you try it, please let me know!
Love this I added mushrooms to it… Best I ever had
Thank you so very much Toni!
My family loves this dinner! Talk about comfort food. I was wondering, if I were to triple the recipe and transfer to a slow cooker to be eaten throughout the day, would it get too thick over time? I see adding broth helps with the thickness but wasn’t sure if a slow cooker would dry it out too much.
Hi Sandy – I am so happy you love this recipe – yay! As for the slow cooker. If you keep it on the ‘warm’ setting, it should be fine as long as you check it periodically for liquid reduction. You are correct about the broth. Adding al little here and there will definitely be needed so it doesn’t over-thicken. 🙂
How much egg noodles?
Depends on how much you enjoy but I usually make about half a bag. 🙂
is this about 8 oz of a 16 oz bag? if I want to double recipe do I do 2 lb of ground meat and full bag of noodles?
thank you!
Hi Heather – I would say that’s about right. I almost never measure though so I am just guessing here to be honest. And also yes to the doubling. 🙂
I added a few slices of white single cheese slices to add a little cheese flavor. This is an Amazing recipe. Could probably add a small amount of cream cheese in place of a little sour cream.
Delicious!
Thanks so much Nancy!!
My kids, who never agree on anything, both like it!! I didn’t have any cream of mushroom, but did find a can of cream of chicken/mushroom mix. It was a hit! Win 1 for Mom.
This makes me so happy to hear Amy!! I know all about that so I sympathize. So happy they agreed on this one!!
Easy and Delicious!
Thank you so very much Sidney!
I need to make this for a large group. Wondering if I mix it all together will it reheat well?
Hi JR! That is a good question. I think you could. Perhaps layer it into a baking dish? You might need some extra broth on hand in case it has dried out a bit.
This was very easy to make and so good. Will definitely make again but will add more garlic. The Mr loved it!
Love hearing that Teresa – thank you for coming back to comment. You can never go wrong with more garlic – ha!
This looks yummy! Did you use a 16 oz. bag of egg noodles, or 12 oz.? Could’t find anywhere that it said, I apologize if I missed something.
I love your site and all of your recipes!
xoxo
Hey Bobbie! I just used the 12 oz bag. But it’s totally up to you in how many noodles you would like to mix with it! 🙂
Great easy recipe I used a can of stems and pieces mushrooms to the mix tasted even better the next day
Delish sub sour cream with Greek yogurt and added mushrooms
Delicious! Made it tonight. Made some modifications to be psychologically healthier.
2/3 cup of sour cream
1 tbsp of worcheshire
2 tbsp of butter
Salt and pepper
This was so easy and absolutely delicious! We added sliced baby bella mushrooms once the ground beef started cooking, and it was just fabulous! My son hates mushrooms and he ate this, saying the mushrooms reminded him of beef pieces! He’s got autism and for him to eat this was awesome! Definitely a keeper!!!
I cannot day enough about this dish!!! Is is AMAZING!!! I will most def be making it again and again for my family. Going in the recipe book for sure!!
Woo hoo!! Absolutely makes my day to read that! Thank you for taking the time to come back and comment Sarah!
This was just fabulous I will be making this recipe again.
Thank you so very much Diane!
Kids enjoyed it. Easy and fast.
Fantastic recipe! Easy to make and a hit with my family. I added a can of drained diced tomatoes because my dad makes stroganoff that way. Thanks for a great recipe!
Love the added tomatoes!! Thanks so much Autumn!
Great just added half and half
Made this a few nights ago, it was so so good! The sour cream, minced garlic, and cream of mushroom go so well together. It was a hit at our house!
Woo hoo!! So thrilled to hear that Kaitlin!
Really good. Have tried others that were similar & this is the best so far.
Yay!! I love hearing that Heather!! Thank you SO much!!
This is a great recipe my family love this. I. have made this many times. I add fresh mushroom which everyone loves. Thank you.
Thank you so much John! Mushrooms are a definite must for all the mushroom lovers!! Thank you so much for coming back to comment!
Can I subsitute any type of pasta instead of egg noodles. I don’t feel like going to the for just egg noodles
I don’t see why not. Whatever you personally enjoy. We just like it with egg noodles, that’s all.
Told my roommate I was cooking tonight and have made this recipe multiple time in the past for other friends and family. Everyone has loved it so far. I serve mine over rice rather than noodles because I have a lot of friends with gluten sensitivity and it still tastes great!
Hi Faith! Thanks so much for taking the time to come back and leave feedback. It truly makes my day. Love, love hearing abut successes!!
This is a new dinner staple in our house! So easy and all four of us love it. That is rare!
Woo hoo! I totally understand that! It’s the same in my family – ha! Thanks SO much for coming back to review. I really appreciate it!!
How would brown gravy mix and water compare instead of flour and beef broth?
I imagine it work. I suppose it depends on what sort of flavor you prefer. Let me know if you try it out! 🙂
I’ve made this recipe forever and basically the only difference is that I don’t add the sour cream until the end and also a Tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce.
Hi Sharon! Love the addition of Worcestershire. I will definitely try that. 🙂
Fabulous recipe measurements are on point. I hope my family enjoys the work put in. Then you know for sure that it was great!!!
Love hearing that Shirley!!
Love this great and simple version of a classic dish. It has joined my list of favorite, go-to recipes.
Has anyone succesfully used plain Greek yogurt instead of sour cream for this recipe? Interested to know because I already have the Greek yogurt in my fridge.
I substitute Fage’ greek yogurt for sour cream in everything. It is the best consistency and flavor similar to sour cream!
Outstanding flavor! Even without onion and with low-sodium broth.