Saturday, March 6, 2010

Beef Stroganoff

Yummy! Blake's Favorite!

Beef Stroganoff

1 1/2 lb steak
6 Tbl flour
1 Tbl Kitchen Bouquet gravy (use a packet of brown gravy mix because I can never find Kitchen Bouquet)
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
6 Tbl oil
2 cps beef broth
1 cp sour cream

Optional toppings:
1/2 lb mushrooms
1 onion
4 Tbl butter

Preheat oven to 350
Cut steak into bit size pieces if not already, stew beef is perf for this recipe!
Mix flour, salt and pepper in mixing bowl or large plastic bag, add beef and
coat. Heat oil in large skillet. Brown beef pieces, once browned add remaining
flour mixture to beef in skillet, stir and remove from heat.

In a large casserole dish add beef, beef broth and gravy.
Bake at 350 for 1 1/2 hours.

While baking start your rice or noodles, whatever you prefer to eat under your
stroganoff. Also saute any additional toppings, always mushrooms for Blake!
Heat butter in pan and add mushrooms, cook till golden brown. Do same for onions.

After stroganoff has baked, add sour cream. Some people are pros and don't need to temper their sour cream, I'm not and think it's easier to get clumps out that way. If your stroganoff is not as thick as you would like, you may whisk in additional flour till as thick as you desire! Just remember it will thicken as it cools!

Serve over rice or noodles.

Blake's favorite side for stroganoff is corn and is recommended!

Crockpot instructions: Brown steak in skillet. Add all ingredients to crockpot except for the sour cream. Cook 4 hours on high or 6 hours on low. Add sour cream right before serving.


Recipe by Kerry and Jeanne Thackeray