Stroganoff. This recipe uses a roux to create a beef gravy that is then thickened with sour cream AND cream cheese. A little bit of zip is added using pepper flakes. Beef stroganoff is the ultimate comfort food.

With all that flavor, you might assume it's a complicated dish, but it's actually quite the opposite. Stroganoff sauce is a sour cream gravy made with beef broth that's thickened with flour. It's flavoured with mustard and has mushrooms in it. You can have Stroganoff using 6 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Stroganoff

You need 1 lb of egg noodles.
It's 2 tablespoons of steak seasoning.
You need 1 quart of au jus.
You need 1.5 lbs of carne asada beef.
It's 1.5 cup of sour cream.
It's 3 packets of powdered gravy mix.

I love the pale brown creamy colour against the deep golden brown seared beef! This version maintains all the classic flavors of the traditional dish, combining lean beef and onions with a creamy sauce made of a roux, beef broth, and sour cream. Cook noodles according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, cook the beef, mushrooms and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink.

Stroganoff step by step

Season the carne asada meat with steak seasoning. You will be cooking this recipe in a crock pot..
Put the meat in a crock pot and add the whole can of au jus and cook on high for 4hrs..
Turn to low and cook for 4 more hrs..
Transfer to pot and add gravy mix and bring to boil till gravy thickens. Turn down to low and add sour cream. Mix the sour cream throughout the sauce..
Boil the noodles as instructed on the package. Once the egg noodles are cooked through drain and add to the sauce..
Stir and serve. Enjoy..

Remove the first batch to a bowl and cook the rest of the meat. Remove and set all the meat aside. Beef stroganoff is the ultimate cold weather dinner. Usually, dishes this hearty take hours of simmering or braising, but not ours. With a few flavor-building tips, you're only an hour away from.