Crockpot Beef Stroganoff

This was a good recipe.  I used Beef consume for the soup, it's rich and flavorful--good alternative to the golden mushroom.


400-500 gms stewing beef, cut into cubes
2 medium onions, sliced into wedges
3 cloves garlic, chopped

Gravy;
2 cans of Campbell’s mushroom soup, normal or wild mushroom or Golden mushroom
1 Campbell’s can of water
100 ml cream

Seasonings;
6-8 dashes of Worcestershire sauce
1/2 tablespoon paprika
1 teaspoon cayenne (optional)
Black pepper
A small pinch of salt (be sparing! The canned soup is salty and so is the cream cheese)



Others;
Mushrooms, sliced
4 ounces/ 113 gms cream cheese (I chickened out from using the whole 8 ounces, was afraid it’d be too rich, but it was the right call for me…if you live dangerously….go ahead and use the whole 8 ounces)
Olive oil
Dill (for garnish), optional

1. Cut the beef into cubes and pat them dry with paper towels. Heat olive oil in pan and brown beef cubes on all sides. I still do this even though I’m using the crockpot because I think browning them gives awesome flavour.


2. Dish out the browned beef and set it aside. In the same pan and oil, cook your onions and chopped garlic. Do not cook them until they’re soft, just de-glaze the pan till all the brown bits are coated in the onions.

3. Open and pour the two cans of soup into the crockpot. Pour some warm water into the can and add it to the soup. Stir till you have a rather thick cream consistency. Pour in the cream. It is cream of mushroom after all.


4. When that’s done, mix everything in. The browned beef, the onions and garlic to the soup-gravy. DO STEPS 1 TO 4 BEFORE INTENDED COOKING TIME ON THE CROCKPOT.


5. Season with Worcestershire sauce, paprika, cayenne, black pepper and salt. Don’t add too much salt at this point because you have other things that are salty. Adjust the seasoning at the end if you feel the need to.
6. Give everything a final stir and cook it on ‘high’ for 5 hours, stirring every 2 hours. Check after 5 hours the tenderness of the beef. It should fall apart easily. Switch it to ‘slow/low’.
7. 1 hour before serving, break up the cream cheese to cubes and stir it into the gravy. You might have to break it up further in the sauce.
8. Half hour before serving, add the sliced mushrooms. Basically, my self-planned timing was;


9. Serve over rice or pasta. Garnish with dill (optional).







Enjoy!