Beef Stroganoff
So yesterday I needed some comfort food in a wicked bad way. I did a cursory Google search and immediately came up with an awesome simple beef stroganoff recipe from Simply Recipes. This is an outstanding site with outstanding recipes. I’ve been following this site for a long, long time.
As usual, I added my twists to the ingredient lineup and changed things up a bit. This is my approach:
- 6 Tbsp butter
- 2 slices of bacon
- 1 pound top sirloin, cut thin into ¾-inch cubes
- 1/3 cup chopped shallots
- 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
- ½ pound button mushrooms, sliced
- Fresh Italian flat leaf parsley, chopped
- Salt to taste
- Pepper to taste
- ¼ cup flour
- Pinch nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon of dry thyme or 2 teaspoons of chopped fresh thyme
- ½ cup red wine
- 1 cup of sour cream at room temperature
See the original recipe here and follow the instructions. I made a few changes … First off I chopped a slice of bacon and browned it in the pan before adding the butter. Instead of cutting the beef into thin slices I diced the it into ¾-inch cubes. Mix the flour, salt and pepper then toss the steak in the seasoned flour and brown quickly in the butter. add the garlic with the shallots. Add the wine when cooking the mushrooms. Other than that and switching out the tarragon for thyme, my version is relatively the same. I definitely needed to thin everything out after adding the sour cream with a little milk. I figure mine was too thick since I added flour to the beef. Flour always makes things thicker. I also added some fresh chopped Italian parsley. Love that stuff.
Thank you Simply Recipes and never forget, Yankees suck!
I will try this. Have you thought about using vegetable oil for it’s healthiness, and non-lean meat for the fat? How long does this cook for?
The cook and prep time isn’t long at all. Just enough to brown each of the ingredients.