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This Beef Stroganoff recipe takes the classic beef stroganoff recipe and turns it into an easy slow-cooker meal. Tender beef, hearty mushrooms and a creamy sauce poured over a bowl of warm egg noodles is the definition of comfort food. It also re-heats well. Read on to enter the giveaway!June is National Dairy Month and I for one am thankful for dairy. Butter, cheese, milk, yogurt; I wouldn’t want to cook without them! It’s also perfect timing for the release of this cookbook that compiles recipes from America’s dairy farmers, The Dairy Good Cookbook.
Great big thank you to all of the families who work hard to produce all the wholesome dairy products that our family enjoys and to Dairy Good for sponsoring this post (as always, the opinions and text are my own).
Ingredients for Slow-Cooked Beef Stroganoff:
1 1/2 lbs beef stew meat
1 Tbsp vegetable oil
2 cups sliced fresh mushrooms
1/2 cup sliced green onions or chopped yellow onion
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 tsp dried thyme, crushed
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper
1/2 tsp smoked paprika or paprika
1 bay leaf
1 1/2 cups beef broth
1/3 cup dry sherry
8 oz sour cream
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
2 tsp snipped fresh dill, plus more for garnish
12-16 oz cooked egg noodles
How to Make Crock Pot Beef Stroganoff:
1. Cut up any large pieces of stew meat. Heat oil in a large skillet over med/high heat. Brown meat in 2 batches in the hot oil. Drain off fat.
2. In a 3 1/2 or 4 qt slow cooker, combine mushrooms, onions, 2 garlic cloves, 1/2 tsp thyme, 1/4 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp pepper, 1/2 tsp paprika, and 1 bay leaf. Add browned meat then pour beef broth and sherry over all.
3. Cover and cook on low 8-10 hours or on high 4-5 hours. Meat will be tender. Remove and discard bay leaf.
4. (If using low heat setting, turn heat to high) In a medium bowl, whisk together 8 oz sour cream, 1/3 cup flour, and 1/4 cup water until smooth then stir in about 1 cup hot liquid form the slow cooker. Return to the slow cooker and stir to combine. Cover and cook for another 30 min on high until thickened and bubbly.
5. Just before serving, stir in fresh dill. Serve over warm egg noodles and sprinkle with additional snipped fresh dill.
Slow-Cooked Beef Stroganoff + Giveaway

Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lbs beef stew meat
- 1 Tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 cups sliced fresh mushrooms
- 1/2 cup sliced green onions or chopped yellow onion
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/2 tsp dried thyme, crushed
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 tsp smoked paprika or paprika
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 1/2 cups beef broth
- 1/3 cup dry sherry
- 8 oz sour cream
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp snipped fresh dill, plus more for garnish
- 1 lb Cooked egg noodles to serve
Instructions
- Cut up any large pieces of stew meat. Heat oil in a large skillet over med/high heat. Brown meat in 2 batches in the hot oil. Drain off fat.
- In a 3 1/2 or 4 qt slow cooker, combine mushrooms, onions, 2 garlic cloves, 1/2 tsp thyme, 1/4 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp pepper, 1/2 tsp paprika, and 1 bay leaf. Add browned meat then pour beef broth and sherry over all.
- Cover and cook on low 8-10 hours or on high 4-5 hours. Meat will be tender. Remove and discard bay leaf.
- (If using low heat setting, turn heat to high) In a medium bowl, whisk together 8 oz sour cream, 1/3 cup flour, and 1/4 cup water until smooth then stir in about 1 cup hot liquid form the slow cooker. Return to the slow cooker and stir to combine. Cover and cook for another 30 min on high until thickened and bubbly.
- Just before serving, stir in fresh dill. Serve over warm egg noodles and sprinkle with additional snipped fresh dill.
Recipe Credits: Recipe from The Dairy Good Cookbook (Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC).
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Hi – Can you recommend a substitute for the sour cream? I am currently (I hope temporarily) on a dairy-free diet.
Hi Lize, I wish I had a good answer for that but I just have not tried any dairy free substitutions. Maybe someone else has tried and can provide some insight? Thanks in advance!! 🙂
You might try a coconut cream, or see if there is a substitute in the aisle with the soy , almond, or rice milks. If it lacks the tang of sour cream, add a little vinegar.
No, I haven’t tried it so let me know if it works.
Many people I know use Greek yogurt as a sub-in for sour cream. Leaving out dairy would make it more like a beef stew.
I found that mine came out a little bland. I would add more garlic, more onion, more pepper and paprika. Meat was very tasty and cooked well!
Those add-ins sound great! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Stir in a Tbsp. of dijon at the end! Scrumptious! Just the trick!
Can you recommend a sherry to use in this recipe?
I have no experience whatsoever with sherry.
Thank you,
Vicki
Hi Vicki, I honestly can’t remember the brand that I used. If you go to the liquor store, any dry sherry you get should work – they run $7-$14 and I most likely bought one around $7-$9. I would not recommend cooking sherry since it has salt and other add-ins that are not desirable.
Thank you so much for your reply.
I am enjoying your recipes completely.
Hi,
I am wondering can I use chicken broth or vegetable broth instead of beef broth?
Hi Kristina, it will be slightly lighter in color but I do think either one of those will work fine in this recipe.
We just finished devouring this delicious stroganoff! My husband took one bite and instantly gave it a 10! I loved it too and we are big stroganoff fans!
I read the reviews about dry sherry but it was already too late and used cooking sherry – still delicious! Perhaps it may be an 11/10 with drinking sherry 🙂 Even my fussy daughter loved every bit of it!
I’m happy to hear your family enjoys the recipe as much as mine does! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Is there any substitute for the mushrooms in this dish?
You could omit them or add onions for extra flavor 🙂
I made this today, currently needs 20 min and it will be done. When I read dry sherry I thought you meant cooking sherry…And just now I read the comments and realized you were talking about dry sherry wine not cooking sherry… We will see what happens.
Hi Anna, I follow the rule of thumb that you should cook with wine that you could drink (even though I don’t drink). Cooking wines have additives that alter the taste. I used to use cooking wines but I have had much nicer results using table wines. You don’t have to pay an arm and a leg for decent bottles – most wine brands are better than cooking wines and they run as low as $7 or so per bottle. I love cooking with wine because it adds really unique flavor that is hard to substitute. This is why I have several bottles of wine on hand all the time 😉
I really want to try this recipe but I am hesitating because of sherry. I am not a drinker so I am worried if it would be a waste of buying sherry only for trying this recipe. Can I keep sherry for a long time if I buy it?
Hi Jooha, We don’t drink either (at all), but we keep some nice bottles of wine for cooking purposes. You can keep sherry for a long time after buying it. I think it would still turn out ok if you added a little more beef broth instead of sherry.
Hi Natasha, I found your site not long ago and its amazing how many things are here 🙂 Question: can this slow cooker beef stroganoff stuff be frozen? My husband is on a diet and my 5 yo is not a great eater, I dont want to waste a good meal that can be preserved for the next week? I am wondering if it will lose the original flavor and texture if frozen…
Hi Anastasia, I haven’t tried freezing it but I imagine it would work fine.
Great recipe, made it once and loved it and everyone else. I skipped the wine part but it was very good! Perhaps will try adding some wine next time just to compare what tastes better to me 🙂
I’m so glad you liked it! 🙂
Can you make this with chicken?
Hi Ursula, I haven’t tried this with chicken so I can’t say for sure. My go-to creamy chicken casserole is this recipe. I hope you love it if you try it! 🙂
Ok! Cooked it on my stove/hob and it went really tasty..really good..thank you for sharing this lovely recipe. Merci
Oh wonderful!! 🙂 Thanks for reporting back and now I know what a hob is! 😉
Natasha, hi! I dont have a slow-cooker.. can I do it in a traditional way?:))) on the hob:)? merci!
Yes, this can work on the stove-top. I’ve never heard the expression “on the hob” before so hopefully I got it right (stove?) ;). I hope you enjoy it!
Hello! Perhaps, it is the way English say it;) thank you for the reply!:)
Hi Natasha,
Thank you for sharing. Can I use a Sherry Cooking Wine?
My rule of thumb with cooking wine is if It’s drinkable (although I don’t drink), it’s good to cook with. The cooking wines in grocery stores have additives that make them pretty awful to drink. I think the flavor would be better with a good table wine but if you must, I’d suggest cutting the cooking wine in half to reduce the chance of off flavors.
Do not use ‘cooking’ wines for any dish, they are not fit for drinking, thus not fit for cooking. We don’t drink but keep a red, blush and white on hand, good wine, just for cooking. The heat evaporates the alcohol. You want ‘good’ food, use good wine. If it turns to vinegar, you have the most wonderful wine vinegars for marinating meats. Never wasted.
i made this and my family loved it thank you so much 😀
Inessa, I’m so happy to hear that! Thank you for sharing your great review! 😃
So I did this recipe today and oooh my, it is AAAAMAZING!!! Thank you Natasha for the recipe:)
Alla, thank you for such a nice review and you are welcome 😁.
Made this one yesterday with some corrections. I used dry white wine instead of sherry, I had frozen mushrooms, so I used them and I had vegetable broth instead beef. It turns out to be very delicious! One thing, it was more watery that your, but it’s fine. Absolutely love this recipe! Will definitely make it more! Thanks for shearing it!
I’m so happy you liked it! Thank you so much for sharing that with me 🙂
Thanks for *sharing* it!
As unfortunate as it is, my husband does not like mushrooms. Do you have any thoughts of what I could use in their place for this recipe?
Hi Julia, that’s a tough one because they add so much to this dish, but I guess you could replace it with onions as they also add good flavor to meat dishes.
I hate giving bad reviews but I wasted meat (which was around $12 not including all the other ingredients) and my time on this one. The 8 oz of sour cream made this dish sour tasting. It was just not good. Will try to find a stroganoff without sour cream. If you still want to try this recipe, take out the sour cream or at least half it.
Hi Julie, I’m sorry you didn’t like it :(. Adding sour cream is the traditional way of making stroganoff but if you aren’t a fan of the sour cream taste, I think you’d really like this stroganoff recipe instead: https://natashaskitchen.com/2011/04/03/marias-russian-beef-stroganoff/
Julie, sour cream could not spoil you recipe so bad. I think your dish turned out so sour because of the kind of wine you were using. I made this dish several times already and it was great every time!
Are you sure you used sherry and not sherry vinegar (or wine that had turned to vinegar)? The sour cream doesn’t make this dish very sour.
Hey Natasha what kind of sherry do you use? Can dry red wine be used here?
It just says dry sherry on the bottle. Red wine would darken the color of the sauce and would give it a pinker tint. I haven’t tested this recipe with red wine so I can’t say for sure how it would affect the flavor but I would probably try a dry white wine before trying a dry red one.
dry vermouth is a good sub-in for sherry