Best ground beef stroganoff!. While it might not win any prizes for beauty, everybody asks for second-helpings when I make this ground beef stroganoff recipe for dinner. Using ground beef speeds up a dish that usually takes much longer; stroganoff is usually made from chunks of beef that benefit from a long slow braising. Using mushrooms and Worcestershire sauce helps boost the beefy, savory flavor with what's called umami.
HOW DO YOU MAKE GROUND BEEF STROGANOFF. For me, it's up on the list near fried chicken and okra. I love the humble roots of stroganoff. You can cook Best ground beef stroganoff! using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Best ground beef stroganoff!
- It's 2 lb of ground beef, turkey or venison.
- Prepare 2 of onion, chopped.
- You need 1 1/2 tbsp of Minced Garlic.
- It's 8 oz of Mushrooms sliced.
- Prepare 2 cup of Beef broth.
- It's 1/3 cup of Butter.
- It's 1/3 cup of All-purpose flour.
- It's 1 tsp of Salt.
- You need 1 tsp of Ground black pepper.
- You need 2 cup of whatever noodles you want to use. I used elbow cause it was what I had.
- It's 1 cup of Sour cream.
- You need 4 cup of boiling water.
I made this twice- once exactly per the recipe and once with stew meat that I cooked for a couple of hours to tenderize it. Since the base of your sauce is cream, you are going to want to use leaner ground beef so you don't have too much fat. If you must, you can ground beef with a higher fat content but it will release more fat. This has to be the best Stroganoff on earth.
Best ground beef stroganoff! step by step
- Brown ground beef/turkey/venison, whichever you choose. Sauté onions, garlic and mushrooms. Do this all together in one large pan..
- Make your roux by melting 1/3 cup of butter in medium sauce pan. Once melted slowly whisk in 1/3 cup of flour adding a little at a time. Slowly add the 2 cups of beef broth continuing to whisk..
- Pour your roux in with your ground beef/turkey and onions, add salt and pepper and stir..
- Add your sour cream and stir. Put on low heat for 10 minutes..
- Bring your 4 cups of water to a boil. Once boiling add your 2 cups of noodles for approximately 10 minutes. I eat a few noodles (or make my wife eat a few) as I'm cooking to test their doneness. Once the noodles are how you like them strain them..
- This is totally optional. Add your noodles to your ground beef, onions, roux, sour cream mixture and mix it all up real good. Or just put the noodles on a plate and pour some stroganoff over it..
- Last but certainly not least. Enjoy the delicious Beef Stroganoff you've just poured your heart and soul into because YOU deserve it..
MMMMM now that's a ground beef stroganoff I can serve my. My mom made this beef stroganoff weekly when I was younger. I don't have the same metabolism I did then, but it's still the best $%#&* beef stroganoff I have ever had. I just want to thank everyone for all the wonderful reviews and ideas, I too now add a splash of Worcestershire sauce! The Best Ground Beef Stroganoff is such a delicious, comforting dinner, we make it as often as we can!