Quick & Easy Beef Stroganoff
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Looking for a budget-friendly meal that’s both easy and delicious? This simple beef stroganoff is your answer! Made with just five affordable ingredients—cream of mushroom soup, egg noodles, ground beef, salt and pepper, and milk—this dish is perfect for those nights when you need a quick and hearty dinner without breaking the bank. In just a few simple steps, you’ll have a rich, creamy meal that’s sure to satisfy the whole family, without any fuss or fancy ingredients.
You’ll need: Cream of Mushroom (you can use fat free if you like), egg noodles (you can also use spaghetti, rice, or other noodles), ground beef, and a little bit of milk.
I cook up batches of ground beef and put them in little baggies in the freezer so that cuts out an extra step right there.
Place your cream soup, milk, and ground beef in a sauce pot.
I like a good bit of pepper in mine but you can pepper to suit your taste.
Remember, your guests can always add more pepper but they can’t take it out so it is best to under season if cooking for someone you’re not used to cooking for.
Stir that up good and cook over medium heat until nice and bubbly.
This won’t take long at all so go ahead and get your noodles cooking and rolls a browning! I am using brown and serve rolls for this but Jordan Rolls go great, too, if you want to make homemade!
Serve over egg noodles, rice, or whatever pasta you have on hand.
Enjoy and be thankful for the simple things in life 🙂
Ingredients
- 1 can cream of mushroom soup can use fat free
- 1 cup milk
- 1 pound or so ground beef, browned and drained
- Pepper to taste
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in a large sauce pot over medium heat. Stirring often, cook until bubbly. Serve over egg noodles, rice, or whatever pasta you have on hand. Enjoy!
This is true comfort food at its finest. My mother was raised on it, I was raised on it and my kids were raised on it. We add sour cream at the end (like another one said) and due to this politically correct nation, we’ve come to call it “Southern Stroganoff” which effectively ends that political debate. lol! We southerners have made it ours now. 😀
Sounds great my Mom had 5 of us to feed plus her and my Dad she called Sos and served on toast. Yummy
I have been making this for years adding sour cream just before serving. We call this dish ” High Hat Hamburger”. The addition of sour cream really gives this dish the Stroganoff flavor.
I was thinking about what to make for dinner tonight that included ground beef (hamburger) and I thought …. WHAT are you doing? Get on to SouthernPlate.com cause Cristy will have hundreds of them! …. this is a “contender” for tonight.
Thank you so much for posting this quick and easy recipe. It came out delish and my picky family even loved it! 🙂 I will definitely be making this again!
I was wondering what to do with the ground beef I thawed out. Thanks for this idea! I will probably add a block of cream cheese while cooking – makes it sinfully creamy. Love your recipes and so happy to have found your site. We live not far outside Huntsville, and I am happy to be your neighbor!
This is one of our favorites. We use sour cream added at the end, instead of milk. Also, we like the variety of using Golden Mushroom soup sometimes, and adding a can of sliced mushrooms. This was the first meal I made my husband when we were dating and he made the mistake of coming into the kitchen and looking in the pot, saying, “MMMM, Mystery Meat!” He’s still not lived that one down and has told our three children this is not a good thing to say!
LOL, I wouldn’t let him live that one down either!