Ground Beef Stroganoff
Creamy stroganoff made with ground beef — the classic skillet version, a crockpot one, a one-pot night, and stroganoff over egg noodles for busy weeknights.
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dinnerGround Beef Stroganoff
This is the best Ground Beef Stroganoff. It’s a flavor-filled creamy hamburger gravy that is best served over egg noodles. Budget friendly, family friendly!
Brad KellettIngredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- ½ cup diced yellow onion
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 3 Tablespoons salted butter
- 3 Tablespoons all purpose flour
- 1 ½ cups beef broth
- 1 cup sour cream
- 10.5 ounces cream of mushroom soup
- to taste salt and pepper
- for serving cooked egg noodles
Instructions
- 1In a large skillet over medium high heat, brown ground beef with diced onion and minced garlic until thoroughly cooked and crumbled.
- 2Drain excess grease from the ground beef.
- 3Add butter to the skillet and melt over medium heat.
- 4Add flour to the melted butter, whisk and let it absorb the butter to make a roux.
- 5Add beef broth and whisk vigorously to remove lumps, then bring to a boil for 2-3 minutes until it thickens slightly.
- 6Reduce heat to medium, whisk in sour cream and cream of mushroom soup until thoroughly combined.
- 7Season with salt and pepper to taste, adjusting thickness with more beef broth if needed.
- 8Add cooked ground beef back to the mixture and reheat.
- 9Serve over cooked egg noodles.
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Stroganoff used to mean strips of expensive beef and a long simmer. Ground beef gets you the same creamy, savory sauce over noodles in about the time it takes to boil water, and nobody at the table asks questions.
Cooks on Pepper reach for these on the nights when the fridge is thin and everyone's hungry at once — a pound of ground beef, an onion, a little garlic, and dinner is handled.
Every recipe here starts with browned ground beef. There's the classic Ground Beef Stroganoff, a Crockpot Ground Beef Stroganoff for mornings you can plan ahead, a One-Pot Ground Beef Stroganoff with cornstarch to thicken, Ground Beef Stroganoff Over Egg Noodles with hot sausage mixed in, and a version with caramelized mushrooms and crispy onions on top.
Quick Tips
- 1
Brown the beef hard
Spread the pound of ground beef in a hot skillet and leave it alone 3 to 4 minutes before breaking it up. Those browned bits are most of the flavor.
- 2
Drain but keep drippings
Pour off the grease, then leave about a tablespoon in the pan to cook the onion and garlic in.
- 3
Add sour cream off heat
Pull the skillet off the burner and stir in the sour cream so it stays smooth instead of curdling. Warm it 1 to 2 minutes only.
- 4
Undercook the egg noodles
Boil them 1 minute shy of the package time; they finish softening in the sauce and won't turn mushy.
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