Beef Stroganoff. While this beef stroganoff recipe is the classic preparation usually associated with the dish, there are all kinds of fun new twists and streamlined time-savers to be found in Betty's best beef stroganoff. Rich, creamy beef stroganoff has plenty of sour cream and mushrooms. Serve this hearty classic dish over cooked extra-wide egg noodles.
Count Stroganoff was a dignitary in the court of Alexander III.
Count Stroganoff's chef (who was likely French), created the dish and named it.
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You can have Beef Stroganoff using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Beef Stroganoff
- It's 6 tbsp of butter.
- You need 1 lb of sirloin ot tenderloin cut in 1 inch wide by 2 1/2 inch long strip.
- Prepare 1/3 cup of chopped shallots or can substitute onions.
- You need 1 of salt and pepper to taste.
- It's 1/4 tsp of nutmeg.
- It's 1/2 tsp of dry tarragon or 2 teaspoon chopped fresh tarragon.
- It's 1/2 lb of cremini mushrooms, sliced.
- You need 1 cup of sour cream room temperature.
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Beef Stroganoff step by step
- Melt 3 tbsp of butter in a large frying pan on low/ medium heat. Increase the heat to high/medium and add strips of beef. Cook the beef quickly, browning on each side, so the temperature needs to be high enough to brown the beef, but not so high to burn the butter. While cooking the beef, sprinkle with salt and pepper. When both sides are browned, set aside in a bowl..
- In the same pan, reduce the heat to medium and add shallots. Cook the shallots for a minute or two, allowing them to soak up any meat drippings. Remove the shallots to the same bowl as the meat and set aside..
- In the same pan, melt another 3 Tbsp of butter. Increase heat to medium high and add the mushrooms. Cook, stirring occasional for 4 minutes. Sprinkle the nutmeg and tarragon on the mushrooms..
- Reduce the heat to low and add the sour cream to the mushrooms. You may want to add a tablespoon or two of water to thin the sauce or not. Mix in the sour cream thoroughly. Do not let it come to a boil or the sour cream will curdle. Stir in the beef and shallots. Add salt and pepper to taste..
- Serve immediately over egg noodles, fettcine, potatoes or rice.
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