Beef Stroganoff

This is the year of easy Sunday dinners.  We go to church at 11:00am now, and by the time we get home just after 2 pm, we are H-U-N-G-R-Y!  So we've decided we'll be using the crock pot a lot this year, and making meals that don't take a lot of time.  Today's menu was beef strogranoff, which I love, but we seldom ever have.  Total time, including prep and cooking was about 40 minutes.  Right up my alley!

I forgot to take a picture of the finished meal, but will do it when it's leftovers tomorrow....

Beef Stroganoff

1.5 pounds of sirloin steak
1 medium yellow onion
5 mushrooms
1 T butter
1/4 cup white wine
1 T Paula Deen seasoning
1 T flour

Pasta of choice

Sauce

2 cups sour cream(I use reduced fat to eliminate the guilt of a sour cream filled meal!)
1/4 cup heavy cream
2 t Paula Deen seasoning

Cut the sirloin steak into bite size cubes.   If you cut beef on the diagonal, across the grain, it will be more tender.  You can also used pre-diced stew beef, but it won't be as tender.  Dice the entire onion.  I'm not a huge onion fan, but do recognize that it adds flavor to meals.  Because of this, I dice my onions into very small pieces!  Slice the mushrooms.  I like the visual texture that leaving the slices whole gives to the plate.

In a large skillet on medium heat, combine the meat, butter, and white wine.  Sprinkle the Paula seasoning and the flour over the meat and stir both in.  Stir occasionally while cooking.  While your meat is cooking, fill a large pot with water to cook your pasta.  I say pasta of choice, because you can use whatever pasta you want.  I typically use linguine.  In my opnion, it makes the meal less heavy.

Cook the meat until it is almost all the way cooked.  Add the mushrooms, sour cream, heavy cream, and additional Paula seasoning.  Cook for aproximately 5 minutes, until mushrooms are barely cooked and sauce is well blended and heated all the way through.  Drain your pasta.  Serve the stroganoff over the pasta, with a vegetable of your choice.

Not only is this super simple to make, but the cleanup is a breeze, because you've only used two pans.  Definite plus in my book.  And judging by the two heaping helpings Josh had, it's a winner in his too!