Tender pieces of beef seasoned just right, combined with fresh mushrooms in a beefy gravy served
Everybody has a favorite meal from their childhood days, right? A certain meal that brings back memories? For me, it’s beef stroganoff. A little weird, I know. But I remember numerous times having sleepovers at my grandma’s house, and requesting that she make this meal for me because it was always so tasty. It’s definitely on the list of comfort foods that I adore.
While there’s a lot to adore about beef stroganoff, there’s not a whole lot to love about the fact that most recipes out there call for cream of ____ soup, whether it be mushroom or chicken. Let me be honest here, these days I’m not much of a fan of cooking with cream soups from a can. Some of my favorite recipes call for the stuff, so I’ve been working to remake the recipes (or find recipes already out there),to avoid cream soup.
Several months ago I wanted to find a good beef stroganoff recipe that I could tinker around with that would give me the same flavors I was used to, but without the canned soup. I ended up finding a fantastic recipe that not only tastes delicious, but is cooked in the slow cooker. What’s not to like about that? You dump the ingredients in, turn it on, walk away and come back hours later to dinner that’s ready to be served (and a house that smells delicious).
The fact that it’s cooked in the slower cooker also means that the beef has time to get super tender and just falls apart in your mouth. It can be served over rice, or egg noodles (my favorite) and heats up wonderfully as leftovers.
INGREDIENTS
- Rice or Egg Noodles cooked according to directions on package
- 2-3 pounds stew meat
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon coarse black pepper
- 1 yellow onion diced
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 1/2 cups beef broth
- 1 tablespoon ketchup
- 1/3 cup flour
- 6-7 tablespoons apple juice or water
- 10-12 ounces sliced mushrooms
- 1/2 cup sour cream
DIRECTIONS
- Dice onions. Place stew meat in the crockpot, top with onions and add in salt, black pepper, and garlic salt.
- In a small bowl combine worcestershire sauce, beef broth and ketchup. Whisk together until all ingredients are combined. Then pour over beef/onion mixture. Stir to combine.
- Cook in slow cooker on low for 7-9 hours or on high for 4-5 hours
- A half hour before you serve, in a small bowl combine flour and apple juice (or water) whisk well, then pour over beef mixture in the crock pot and stir vigorously. Add in mushrooms. Cook for another 30 minutes on high.
- Right before serving, stir in sour cream.
- I like to combine the egg noodles with the beef mixture BEFORE serving versus just plopping some of the beef mixture on top of the noodles. The taste is so much better when everything is combined before plating.
Recipe adapted from
Mel’s Kitchen Cafe
This looks wonderful, and just what I was looking for: an easy slow cooker beef stroganoff recipe without cream of “x” soup. One question, however: How many does this serve?
Hi Madeleine, this serves 6-8. Enjoy! :)
Onions are discussed in the ‘directions’ section but not listed in the ingredient list. How many?
Oh geez! My apologies! I just noticed onions listed. You couldn’t imagine how many times I reviewed the ingredient list and passed right over onions. Terribly sorry!
No worries, Haley! Thanks for stopping by! :)
I was looking for a stroganoff recipe without the soup too. This worked so well my family loved it and I have passed this on to several co-workers who also enjoyed it…
Hi Debra, thanks for passing this on to co-workers! And thanks so much for the feedback. I am so glad your family enjoyed it! :)
I bought ingredients today so I can try this tomorrow. Can I use tomato paste instead of ketchup??
Hi Michelle, it should be fine, but I haven’t tried it myself to say for sure.
This is an amazing dish. I made it once before and I am making it again tonight. I have dredged the beef in flour and browned it before I put it in the crock pot. I wanted to see how that tasted. Thanks for a fab recipe!!
Must try!
Beef stroganoff is one of my ultimate favorites. This is a fantastic recipe for it! Very good and easy!