Beef Stroganoff, The Best

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 -3 lbs lean stewing beef or 2 -3 lbs beef, strips
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 8 mushrooms, cut up in large chunks
• 1 cup dry red wine
• 5 cups low sodium beef broth
• 2 tablespoons ketchup
• 2 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
• 2 tablespoons hp steak sauce
• 2 tablespoons beef bovril powder or 2 tablespoons liquid
• 3 bay leaves
• fresh ground pepper
• 2 tablespoons no salt becel margarine
• 1 tablespoon flour
• fat free sour cream (optional)
• dill
• 1.5 (12 ounce) packages of yolk free egg noodles

Recipe

• 1 in large sauce pan heat 2 tablespoons olive oil and saute beef strips until brown. sprinkle with ground pepper. remove from pan and place in a deep pot.
• 2 add onions and mushrooms to pan and saute until golden. add to pot.
• 3 deglaze pan with red wine and add to pot. add beef broth, ketchup, hp sauce, beef bovril, worcestershire sauce and bay leaves to pot. cover and simmer (low simmer) for 2 hours.
• 4 mix the margarine and flour together with a fork in a bowl. bring stroganoff to a boil and add a teaspoon of this mixture at a time to the stroganoff, until you get your desired thickness. lower heat and add as much sour cream as you like. i'm not a big sour cream person, so i just add about 1/2 a cup.
• 5 boil egg noodles until al dente, drain and add to individual serving bowls. top with stroganoff and sprinkle a little of dill on top.