Mom's Beef Stroganoff

This is a warm, savory dish that's not at all traditional but definitely delicious! The mushrooms, garlic, and beef are very hearty and the sour cream adds a richness and brightness to the meal. This is a doubled recipe, so feel free to cut it in half.

The recipe is here, and pictures of how it is made are below

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup minced onion

• 1 minced garlic clove

• 4 Tbsp. salted butter

• 1 lb. ground beef

• 2 tbsp. flour

• 2 tsp. salt (or to taste)

• 1⁄4 tsp. black pepper

• 8 oz. (227 g) mushrooms, sliced into 1/4 inch thick

• 1 10.5 oz. (300 g) can cream of chicken soup (don't use reduced sodium/fat)

• 1-2 cups sour cream (to taste)

• 2 tbsp. minced or dried parsley

• 10 oz. egg noodles (curly noodles)

Directions:

1. Sauté onion and garlic in butter for about 5 minutes on low-medium heat. Add meat and cook completely. Drain excess fat out when the meat is cooked, if desired.

2. Meanwhile, start boiling the water for the noodles.

3. Add flour, salt, pepper, mushrooms. Cook 5 minutes or until mushrooms are no longer raw. Drain out and discard excess fat, if desired.

4. Add cream of chicken soup and mix in.

5. Cook the noodles, strain and toss in a little butter to keep them from sticking together.

6. Simmer sauce for 10 minutes. Stir in sour cream, tasting as you go to decide how much cream is needed. Heat through. Serve on noodles. Sprinkle with parsley.

7. 3-4 servings.

Melt the butter in the pan and add the onions.

After frying the onions and garlic. Now time to add the meat!

Add the meat and cook completely (while breaking it up into pieces). Drain off excess fat if desired.

After cooking the meat add the mushrooms, flour, salt, and pepper. Cook for about 5 minutes, or until mushrooms are cooked.

After cooking the mushrooms. If you want to discard excess fat now is the time to do it! Then add the soup.

After adding the soup and simmering for 10 minutes. Then we mix in the sour cream.

Before mixing in the sour cream.

After mixing in the sour cream and heating up the mixture.

Mix it into the noodles or serve it over noodles, top with parsley and you're good to go!