Beef Stroganoff
This meal reminds me of when I was a kid, it was one of my favourite dinners my mum would make!
Now the real question is - are you a pasta or rice person when it comes to beef stroganoff?! I find the concept of having it with pasta so strange, but when I made it this time around we tried it and it actually wasn’t too bad!
The perfect beef stroganoff must have melt in your mouth beef, mushrooms and my secret ingredient - capsicum!
You don’t have to make this recipe in the slow cooker, if you wish to do it on the stove - follow all steps and then cook on a low heat for 2-3 hours until the meat is tender.
Another trick for this recipe is mixing the sour cream at the end with some of the liquid and then adding it back into the pot. This will ensure you don’t get bits of sour cream and it mixes through nicely!
Prep Time: 20 min
Cooking Time Slow Cooker: 8 hours
Cooking time stove: 2-3 hours
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
1kg beef chuck/gravy beef (about 1.25kg with the fat)
Salt & pepper
1 TBS Olive oil
1 onion chopped fine
4 garlic cloves, crushed
375g punnet of sliced mushrooms
1 capsicum, cut into small pieces
4 TBS flour
2 cups beef stock
1 TBS Worcestershire Sauce
2 TBS Tomato paste
2 TBS sour cream'
Fresh parsley and rice to serve!
Method:
Heat a pot over a high heat
Cut your beef into cubes, about 3cm in size. Coat in salt & pepper
Add the olive oil into the pan and add the beef in batches and fry until browned on all sides. Remove from the pan
Add the onion and garlic and fry for a few mins. Add the mushrooms and capsicum and fry for 5 mins
Sprinkle the flour all over and mix until combined - it will look crumbly but thats okay it will dissolve later on!
Add in the Worcestershire Sauce, tomato paste and beef stock and stir until combined. Bring to a simmer
Once simmering, if you are doing it in a slow cooker then transfer to a slow cooker and cook on low for 8 hours.
If you are doing it in a stove, reduce the heat to low and cook with a lid on for 2-3 hours until the meat is tender.
Remove a cup of liquid and whisk in the sour cream until combined. Add it back into the pot and mix until combined
