Beef Stroganoff - Quick Recipe

recipesbynation: This recipe is a quick and easy way of preparing this classic Russian dish. Beef Stroganoff is a dish of Russian origin popular all over the world. It consists of sautéed pieces of beef in a sauce made with sour cream and is usually served with rice.

Beef Stroganoff - Russian Cuisine

According to Wikipedia various explanations are given for the name, presumably derived from a member of the important Stroganov family, perhaps Alexander Stroganoff of Odessa or a diplomat, Count Pavel Stroganov. An alternative explanation relates the name to the verb “strogat” (to shave), after the shaved meat used in the dish.

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Beef Stroganoff Recipe

Ingredients

450g Rump or Sirloin Steak trimmed of all the fat
1 large Onion thinly sliced
250g Mushrooms, sliced
284ml Soured Cream or Double Cream
1 large tbsp of quality Mustard
Salt and Pepper to taste
White Wine
Long Grain Rice (enough to serve 2)

The Preparation

Cook rice separately
Add Mustard to Cream or Soured Cream
Add White Wine according to taste
Add Beef to a very hot pan
Wrap Beef in foil when browned - set aside
Add Onions to same pan on high heat until soft
Add a little more oil if necessary
Add Mushrooms
Add Beef when Mushrooms cooked through
Add sauce to Mushrooms and Beef
Cook further on medium heat until sauce is thick
Serve on a bed of rice

It exists many variations of the Beef Stroganoff recipe - with or without wine, with canned sweet corn, with ketchup instead of tomato sauce and further with even more culinary imaginative results. Beef Stroganoff is truly an excellent dish for experimenting and it is not complicated and it doesn’t take a lot of time to prepare.

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