Slow Cooker Beef Stroganoff
Slow Cooker Beef Stroganoff is a simple and delicious dish that is perfect for a busy weeknight meal. The beef is cooked in a savory sauce made with condensed golden mushroom soup, onion, and Worcestershire sauce. Cream cheese is stirred in just before serving, making the sauce rich and creamy.
Slow Cooker Beef Stroganoff is a simple and delicious dish that is perfect for a busy weeknight meal. The beef is cooked in a savory sauce made with condensed golden mushroom soup, onion, and Worcestershire sauce. Cream cheese is stirred in just before serving, making the sauce rich and creamy.
- Carbohydrate 3.84887559342707 g
- Cholesterol 31.18447541 mg
- Fat 9.72687670945691 g
- Fiber 0.340000009824162 g
- Protein 1.90112672001598 g
- Saturated Fat 5.4775899964591 g
- Serving Size 1 1 Serving (181g)
- Sodium 134.044469236678 mg
- Sugar 3.50887558360291 g
- Trans Fat 1.39217517482573 g
- Calories 108 calories
Step-by-step
- In a slow cooker, combine the meat, soup, onion, Worcestershire sauce and water.
- Cook on Low setting for 8 hours, or on High setting for about 5 hours.
- Stir in cream cheese just before serving.
Velvety golden mushroom sauce coats tender pieces of braised beef, creating a dish that relies heavily on proper dairy management for its success. When protein and dairy emulsions cool down, they frequently break, releasing pockets of fat upon reheating. Preventing this separation requires gentle heat applied gradually over low burners, or short intervals in a microwave accompanied by immediate stirring.
Transforming leftovers into an entirely new meal works exceptionally well with this base. Chilled beef stroganoff can be rolled inside crêpes or folded into puff pastry sheets for a savory hand pie. Alternatively, thinning the thickened sauce with a splash of beef stock restores the original consistency when tossing the mixture with wide egg noodles.
Dairy products like cream cheese curdle if subjected to boiling temperatures. Stir the cream cheese into the slow cooker only after the heat source has been turned off, allowing residual warmth to melt the dairy smoothly without scorching the sauce solids.
