Best Beef Stroganoff Recipe | Classic Russian Dish

Tender and juicy beef steak strips with mushrooms and onions, smothered in a savoury sour cream sauce. Making best Beef Stroganoff is easy! All you have to do is to follow along with this video.

Invented and named after a member of a Russian noble family Count Stroganoff by his personal chef, this delicious beef recipe has travelled far and wide across the globe since the 19th century. It’s time I share my version, which I have to admit is classic.

This classic beef stroganoff recipe uses traditional Russian ingredients like mushrooms and sour cream made this elegant dish stick around for centuries in its homeland, and interestingly enough the world over.

INGREDIENTS
1 tbsp oil
1 tbsp butter
1 onion
0.5 lbs mushrooms
1 lbs beef steak such as sirloin or rump
60ml/1/4 cup brandy
salt to taste
pepper to taste
125ml/1/2 cup beef stock
1 bay leaf
1 tsp whole grain mustard
250ml/1 cup full fat sour cream or creme fraiche
chopped parsley for garnish

TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:35 Preparing beef
0:45 Frying the ingredients
1:39 Making the sauce
2:20 Serving suggestions
2:43 Taste test!

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[evareid]

I've made this recipe a few times and it is BONKERS delicious.

[GH-oijf]

I just made this, with a few adjustments. I rarely follow a recipe exactly. As is my usual practice, I reviewed several recipes to get a feel for the essential aspects of the dish. Then I picked one (this one) as my reference. Here are my adjustments:

1. I used common white mushrooms, but I am sure cremini would do as well, despite MPW’s admonition.
2. I cooked the meat (top sirloin) and mushrooms separately in their separate pans, then set them aside. I feel this gives me the best control as I am focussed on only one ingredient.
3. Then I sautéed the onions alone in the main sauté pan.
4. Added the prebrowned meat, brandy, broth, mustard, etc. (I use Better Than Bouillon for broth.)
5. I added a little flour, as some other recipes do, to thicken the sauce, and simmered to cook the flour and heat up the meat.
6. Added the cooked mushrooms.
7. Stirred in the milk product. The Russian expert in my family advises that the sour cream we have in the USA is not the same as what is used in Russia, so anything we can do is a variation. I can get crème fraîche, but it is expensive, so I decided to experiment. I used Pavel’s Russian style yogurt. I don’t say it was the best choice — my sauce came out a little thin — but it certainly works.

Overall, I am very pleased with the result.

[ngamoeroajimtepau]

Reminds me of when my dad used to make it when I was younger with mash potatoes on a cold rainy day but he would add broccoli in it as well because I love broccoli and it was just for me

[amaiamontenegro]

This was bomb! The mustard and brandy does wonders. It's a new comfort food for me.

[petermaddison]

Just making this tonight. Your short and simple explanation is wonderful. I will post later what we think of the dish. Looks like we can’t go wrong though. Thanks Peter

[carolyn]

Such a mouth watering recipe for the winter. I will be making it next week. Thank you for sharing.

[taurus]

Love your work … simple but elegant and I’m making it tonight 😊

[ernesto.delaluzmtz]

It is a very good recipe, I cooked and I loved, thank you for sharing it!

[lanebashford]

So simple, so easy, so delicious! Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful recipe.

[coconoir]

I made this recipe today. I had a Russian roommate in grad school and she would make this and I feel in love with it, so yummy and now I can make it for myself. Thanks

[mikefire]

Yes the bayleaves were remembered in this recipe. So many recipes forget the bayleaves and believe me it will never be the same without bayleaves.

[elenatg]

Sooo excited for your YouTube channel !!!!

[paulina]

So happy you are here!! I loved your Dubrovnik photos and videos and love your beautiful recipes ! Btw, you're never too old to try new things 🙃

[charleslalli]

Yes i made this tonight very good thank you

[pedrinholimarodrigues]

I Gonna try that recipe. It looks really yummy and easy to make.

[sloopy]

A fan of your website for a very long time now, so I've made this more a than a few times already...but...it is good to see it on video!! I'm glad you have your own channel now Julia, very much looking forward to seeing more of your wonderful recipes here. You really are one of my go-to sites, top 3. :) Incidentally, this recipe is very comforting to say nothing of delicious!!
All the best in your new venture!

[culturalstudiesenglish]

This is the best Stroganoff recipe on the internet.

[kaarlows]

Thanks for the recipe. That’s the one closest to my former mother-in-law cooked back in Russia.

Best regards from Brazil and success for your channel.

[andersbergqvist]

As a Swede I just realized this is the original for my childhood´s "korv stroganoff". It´s a very common dish here, but like a cheaper version with "falukorv", a certain sausage, in stead of beef. Commonly served with rice. I will definitly try this one. Back to the original!

[smtty]

How can such a good cook only have 274 subscribers?