Best Ever Russian Beef Stroganoff

Description

Being of Norwegian descent, I really don’t know how this Russian beef stroganoff came into the family. My grandma has made this recipe for 50 years that I know of and it is truly my favorite. Serve over noodles. For a wintertime comfort food this is the best. I actually like it so much that my wife and I will have this for dinner and the next morning we will eat the leftovers with a couple of eggs on the side for brunch. You can’t beat it!

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • ¾ teaspoon salt
  • ⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 pound beef sirloin, cut into 1/4-inch wide strips
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • 1 cup thinly sliced mushrooms
  • ½ cup chopped onion
  • 1 clove garlic, minced, or more to taste
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon tomato paste
  • 1 ¼ cups cold beef stock
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 3 tablespoons cooking sherry

Instructions

  1. Combine 1 1/2 tablespoons flour with salt and pepper in a bowl. Dredge beef strips in the mixture.
  2. Melt 3 tablespoons butter in a skillet over medium heat. Add the dredged beef strips; cook and stir until browned
  3. about 5 minutes. Add mushrooms
  4. onion
  5. and garlic; cook until onion is barely tender
  6. 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer the beef and mushroom mixture to a plate.
  7. Melt remaining butter in the same skillet; reduce heat to low. Stir in 3 tablespoons flour and tomato paste; cook until slightly browned
  8. 1 to 2 minutes. Increase heat to medium. Add beef stock slowly
  9. stirring constantly
  10. until gravy is thickened and no lumps remain
  11. 5 to 10 minutes.
  12. Return the beef and mushroom mixture to the skillet with the gravy. Stir in sour cream and sherry; heat until bubbling
  13. about 5 minutes.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 20 mins

Total Time: 40 mins

Servings: 4

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