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Easy To Make 5 Ingredient Crock Pot Beef Stroganoff

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Crock Pot Beef Stroganoff is an easy way to make this classic American dinner. Ironically, it originated in Russia. It’s true! Different cuts of meat can be used for this dish and are sometimes diced, cubed, or cut into strips. Other variations include mushrooms and onions or other vegetables and varied seasonings.

Over the years, we have adapted this comfort dish one of our own using strips of beef filet with a mushroom, onion, and sour cream sauce, and served over egg noodles. My crock pot beef stroganoff recipe is one of the easiest recipes you can make. Not only is it an easy recipe to follow, it’s a delicious tasting dinner. And it only consists of 5 ingredients. Only 5!

Equipment

A crock pot can be your favorite method of cooking. This is the perfect recipe for a dump-and-go dinner and it will make your life so much easier! this is the kind of crock pot I use, but you can choose whatever you would like.

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs Stew Meat Or you can use any meat that is cut up
  • 2 cans Cream of Mushroom Soup
  • 1 package Onion Soup (dry)
  • 1/2 cup Sour Cream
  • 8 oz Sliced Mushrooms optional
  • 16 oz Egg Noodles

Did you notice that I said you only need 5 ingredients to make this recipe yet there are 6 ingredients listed? I knew I couldn’t slip anything by you! Well, technically the 6th ingredient is what you serve the beef stroganoff OVER, so it isn’t technically one of the beef stroganoff ingredients. Comprende? But if you think I’m being slimy and should include that as an actual ingredient because it is part of the crock pot beef stroganoff dinner, then you are correct and it can be considered a 6 ingredient meal. Nonetheless, there are still minimal ingredients in this dish, which is pretty freaking amazing, don’t you agree?

My recipes are all easy to make meals, snacks, desserts, etc. If I look at a recipe and it’s as along as a CVS receipt (those things can be a mile long!), I’m probably not going to be interested in making it. It would have to be a darn good recipe for me to attempt something so insanely long. This crock pot beef stroganoff is not long at all. In fact, it only consists of 5 ingredients.

Instructions

This crock pot beef strognanoff will make you look like amazing chef. Yet, you really don’t have to have any formal training in culinary arts. It’s a beautiful thing to find recipes like this!

  • Place meat, cream of mushroom soup, onion soup package, and mushrooms (if using) in the crockpot.
  • Cook on low for 6-8 hours.
  • About 10-15 minutes before eating, prepare egg noodles according to package directions.
  • Just before serving, add sour cream to crock pot and stir well.
  • Serve over egg noodles.

Easy Dinner Recipe

If you are a busy mom, dad, entrepreneur, or someone who just doesn’t want to spend too much timing cooking for whatever reason, this is a recipe you will want to pin for later. I mean, if you like beef, creamy sauces, and noodles, especially when they are combined to make a yummy dinner, then this recipe is a no-brainer. All you need to do is toss the beef, onion soup, cream of mushroom soup, and mushrooms in the crock pot in the morning. Later in the day, your dinner will be just about ready. The only thing left to do is prepare the egg noodles and mix in the sour cream into the beef mixture just before serving. Easy! I’m positive you will be handle to squeeze that into your crazy schedule and look like a hero! Everyone will love this warm and hearty meal.

Family Favorite Meal

As you can see, this an easy to make dinner for a regular family dinner. However, don’t let that fool you into thinking this isn’t good enough for you to serve on a special occasion like holidays or when you have dinner guests. This is absolutely a meal you can serve for those fun occasions! And you don’t have to tell anyone how incredibly easy it is to make. You can if you want to, but if you want to let them think you slaved over the meal, go ahead. I won’t tell!

Finally, another reason you will love this recipe is that cleanup will be a breeze. There won’t be an oily mess to clean off the stove or tons of ingredients that need to be put away. Just clean up the dinner plates, clean the crock pot, and the egg noodle pan. It’s super easy to cook and easy to clean up. What an added bonus!

More Comfort Food To Love

Creamy Crock Pot Chicken

Sweet Baby Ray’s Chicken

Cowboy Casserole

Marsala Pork Chops

5 ingredient crock pot beef stroganoff is an easy dinner recipe that cooks by itself over a low heat and is a family favorite meal
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Crock Pot Beef Stroganoff

Only 5 Ingredients in this Crock Pot Beef Stroganoff
Course Dinner
Keyword beef, crockpot, crockpot pork, easy dinner
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 6 hours
Total Time 6 hours 5 minutes
Servings 8 people
Author jenahoward

Equipment

  • Crock Pot

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs Stew Meat Or you can use any meat that is cut up
  • 2 cans Cream of Mushroom Soup
  • 1 package Onion Soup (dry)
  • 16 oz Egg Noodles
  • 1/2 cup Sour Cream
  • 8 oz Sliced Mushrooms optional

Instructions

  • Place meat, cream of mushroom soup, onion soup package, and mushrooms (if using) in the crockpot.
  • Cook on low for 6-8 hours.
  • About 10-15 minutes before eating, prepare egg noodles according to package directions.
  • Just before serving, add sour cream to crock pot and stir well.
  • Serve over egg noodles.
  • ENJOY!
    5 ingredient crock pot beef stroganoff is an easy dinner recipe that cooks by itself over a low heat and is a family favorite meal
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Nutritious And Healthy Steak Tip Salad

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Steak Tip Salad is a healthy alternative to heavier foods. Just coming off of Christmas break and all the chocolate, cheese, and wine that comes along with it, I was ready to get back to normal. Normal meant, a regular routine with work/school, bed time, and eating REAL meals. Don’t get me wrong, I love eating rich foods and I love my wine, but if I ate one more appetizer in place of a meal, I was going to lose my mind!

Clean Eating

I was craving something healthy that wasn’t overly heavy and tasted clean. Steak tip salad it was! And it’s really easy to make which is a bonus. Marinating steak a day or two ahead of time is advised. Mainly, so you don’t forget and then the night of, it’s too late to do a marinade. Additionally, the longer it marinates, the more you taste the marinade, of course.

Prep Is Easy

To prep this steak tip salad, I marinated my steak the day before. Randomly, I happened to have a few extra minutes so I threw the steak in the marinade and popped it in the refrigerator. I figured I was ahead of the game since it would be ready the next day. I thought, “whew, that was easy…now, what was I working on again?” Ever have those moments? You are on your way to do something and then get distracted by something else. That is basically how the steak was prepped!

Since I was “so prepared” by marinating the steak ahead of time, making dinner was pretty easy. First, I fired up the grill and put the steak on. While the steak was cooking, I started making the hardboiled eggs. I don’t know about your house, but in my house, everyone loves those. I have to make 12 hardboiled eggs for 8 people. And sometimes they are still looking for more.

Now that the steak and eggs were cooking, I turned my attention to chopping veggies. Easy enough? Of course, but it’s dinner time which means kids were running in and out of the kitchen and screaming. Running and screaming is not a great combination while I’m chopping vegetables with a Santoko knife! Oh, did I mention that they were “starving” and wanted some of the sliced peppers? Meanwhile, theg they asked, “when is dinner going to be ready?” Ugh! Every time!

Extra Time On Your Hands

Lucky for me, the steak tip salad was just about done. The steak had a few more minutes and the eggs needed to cool a little more. So there was just enough time to set the table and get the littles their drinks. Once that was all set, the steak was done and the eggs magically came out of their shells (if only that could really happen). Since the steak should needed to sit for a few minutes, it was actually better for it to wait for everything else to come together. Finally, just had to slice it up and plate everyone’s meal. Voila! Dinner was served. And it was DELICIOUS!

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Steak Tip Salad

This steak tip salad is your meal, not your side
Course Main Course, Main Dish, Salad, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine American
Keyword cobb salad, salad, steak salad, steak tips
Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 18 minutes
Total Time 18 minutes
Servings 8 people
Author jenahoward

Equipment

  • Grill
  • Pot

Ingredients

Steak Tips

  • 1.25 pounds Steak Tips

Marinade

  • 1/4 cup Soy Sauce I prefer the low sodium soy sauce
  • 1/8 cup Worcestershire Sauce
  • 1 tbsp Garlic Powder
  • 1 tsp Ginger Ground ginger is what I use
  • Salt To taste
  • Pepper To taste

Salad

  • 16 oz Salad Mix
  • 1 pint Grape Tomatoes
  • 1 can Olives Drained
  • 1 Red Pepper Chopped
  • 1 Orange Pepper Chopped
  • 1/2 Onion Yellow or Purple Onion
  • 8 Eggs Hardboiled
  • 1 Cucumber Peeled & Chopped

Instructions

Marinade

  • Mix together all marinade ingredients.
  • Pour over steak tips.
  • Cover tightly and shake container well to get the marinade all over the steak.
  • Marinate for 30 minutes or 24 hours (make sure your steak will be fine to eat by then).

Steak

  • Preheat Grill to medium high heat
  • Put steak on grill for approx 7 minutes (based on Med. Rare with a pink center), will take 9 minutes for Medium
  • After 7 minutes, turn the steak and cook for an additional 7 minutes (will take 9 more minutes for Medium).
  • Test the steak. For rare, it should be done. For Med Rare it might take a few more minutes. If the steak seems squishy with the tongs, it might not be done. The more firm it is, the more it is cooked. I prefer Medium Rare and like it a little squishy, but with some firmness.
  • Once cooked to your liking, cut steak into bite sized pieces and set aside.

Hardboiled Eggs

  • While the steak is cooking, place eggs in a medium pot and then fill 3/4 of the way with water.
  • Turn heat to medium high and let the water boil (with the eggs in it).
  • When the water begins to boil, turn the heat to medium and continue cooking the eggs for 8 more minutes.
  • When the eggs are cooked, flush the water in the pot with cold water and let the eggs sit for a few minutes before de-shelling them. They will be really hot for a few minutes.
  • Peel shells off of each egg and set eggs aside.

Salad

  • While the steak and eggs are cooking, pour salad mix into a large bowl..
  • Chop up the red pepper, orange pepper, cucumber, and onion.
  • Put all ingredients in the salad bowl.
  • Drain and then dump the olives directly into the salad bowl.
  • Wash and dump the grape tomatoes into the salad bowl.
  • Don't add the eggs yet. Mix all other salad ingredients with tongs.
  • When the salad has been made, the eggs have been de-shelled, and the steak has been cut up, plate each person's plate with salad, an egg to the side, and steak on top of the salad.
  • Add salad dressing of any choice, if desired. Enjoy!