Love a good hearty and filling meal? This Ground Beef Stroganoff is full of flavor, saucy, beefy and served over noodles! This classic dish will become a family favorite!

Ground Beef Stroganoff is one of those classic childhood meals we grew up on. Relatively cheap to make and super filling, leftovers held well and it was one of those things that families just loved to make.

This version is soooo much better than the boxed Hamburger Helper version that you can make. It’s ready in no time and the whole family will love this main dish.

Ground Beef Stroganoff is a comfort food recipe that everyone needs to have on their menu rotation. It is such a crowd-pleasing dish that everyone loves and requests over and over again.

I know my family is constantly asking for this belly-warming meal and I don’t mind making it since it’s super simple and we never have any leftovers.

Simple and quick are what we are looking for these days, especially now that school is about to start and everyone wants dinner on the table fast and this is the recipe to do just that.

So if you are looking for that crazy delicious and flavorful recipe that takes no time at all, you have to whip up my batch of Ground Beef Stroganoff.

Some of our other favorite beef and pasta recipes we have on our site include: Baked Ziti, Taco Spaghetti, and Ground Beef Carbonara.

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS:

This pasta dish pairs nicely with a slice of garlic bread and a side salad to make a complete meal.
Comes together with easily available ingredients.
Family friendly and leftovers hold well to enjoy again later!

INGREDIENTS NEEDED (FULL RECIPE AT BOTTOM):

Salted butter
Cremini mushrooms
Beef chuck
Sweet onion
Cloves of garlic
All-purpose flour
Beef stock
Heavy cream
Worcestershire sauce
Kosher salt
Pepper
Sour cream
Egg noodles
Parsley

HOW TO MAKE GROUND BEEF STROGANOFF, STEP BY STEP:

In a large skillet over medium heat, add the butter. Once melted, add the mushrooms, occasionally stirring, and cook for about 5 minutes until slightly softened with a light sear. Place them on a plate and set aside.
Add the ground beef and break it up into crumbles, occasionally stirring until cooked through with no pink left, 8-10 minutes.
Then add the onions and stir them into the beef. Cook until softened and translucent, 8-10 minutes, occasionally stirring.
Add in the garlic and stir until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add in the flour and stir until everything is coated and cook for 1 minute to get the flour taste out.
Slowly stream in the beef stock while constantly stirring. Add the heavy cream, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper, and stir to combine.
Add the mushrooms back to the skillet and stir them in. Bring to a simmer and simmer for 5 minutes.
Take off the heat and stir in the sour cream until combined. Taste and adjust seasoning if necessary. Serve immediately over egg noodles with fresh parsley if using.

WHAT ELSE CAN I SERVE WITH GROUND BEEF STROGANOFF?

As you see here, we commonly serve it over egg noodles. We also like to serve this with mashed potatoes, over rice, any cooked pasta, and I’ve even served it with toast.

The options are endless, feel free to use your imagination! Pretty much this recipe is super versatile you are surely able to find something that it goes great over!

WHAT KIND OF GROUND BEEF IS BEST ?

For this I used 80/20 beef chuck, not only is this one of the more affordable fat percentages of ground beef to buy these days, but you need the fat in the beef to cook the onions and you’ll also need the fat content from the beef for the flour to have something to absorb into when making your stroganoff.

You can use a leaner ground beef, but you would need to add 1 tablespoon of olive oil or more butter to the recipe to help incorporate the flour and to help thicken this.

DO I HAVE TO USE GROUND BEEF?

Nope. If you have other ground up meat options to use, feel free to do so. I think ground chicken, ground pork, and even ground turkey would all do well in this recipe, use what you have on hand!

HOW TO STORE:

Leftover stroganoff should be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator where it will keep for up to 3 days.

This can also be froze, place in a freezer container in the freezer where it will keep for up to 3 months. Occasionally, I’ll make a double batch to freeze for later so we have dinner ready to go in the future.

To defrost, remove from the freezer into the refrigerator overnight. To reheat leftovers, place them in a skillet on the stove until warmed through. You can also rewarm them in the microwave.

TIPS AND TRICKS:

You can use half and half in place of the heavy cream if that’s all you have.
Cremini mushrooms are mushrooms that we prefer and often have on hand, feel free to use a different kind if you prefer.
You can use ground beef, ground turkey, ground pork and even ground sausage for this recipe. Or a combo of any of them!
If you want to use lean ground beef, you’ll need to add butter or oil, see my tips on how to do that above.
We enjoy this dish over a bed of egg noodles, but feel free to swap them out for other pasta or starches.
You can freeze leftovers, see my suggestions above.

Want that classic belly filling recipe from your childhood but don’t want all the additives and junk that you get from the boxed version? Make this homemade Ground Beef Stroganoff at home!

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Ground Beef Stroganoff