Beef stroganoff with sour cream

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make beef stroganoff with sour cream? Prepare the necessary products. Both the cooking time and the taste of the finished dish will depend on the quality of the meat. To make the meat softer, juicier and cooked faster, it is better to choose young beef (I took veal). A tenderloin or fillet will do well. Sour cream choose any fat content. Instead of olive oil, you can take any vegetable oil without a pronounced smell.

2. Step 2:

   

   Wash the meat, dry it well. Cut the meat across the fibers into pieces no more than 1 cm thick. Why is it necessary to cut beef across the fibers? This will break the fiber structure, and the finished meat will turn out softer. Cooking time will also be reduced. To soften the meat fibers even more, lightly beat off the sliced pieces with a hammer on both sides.

3. Step 3:

   

   Cut the prepared pieces of meat into thin strips.

4. Step 4:

   

   Pre-peeled onion cut into small cubes.

5. Step 5:

   

   Heat 2 types of butter (butter and olive oil) in a frying pan.

6. Step 6:

   

   Put the prepared meat in the pan. Fry the meat over moderately high heat, stirring occasionally, until lightly browned. The formed crust will keep the meat juice inside the pieces, and the meat will turn out juicier.

8. Step 7:

   

   Add the chopped onion to the meat, mix.

9. Step 8:

   

   Fry the meat with onions over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until the meat is half cooked.

10. Step 9:

    

    Sprinkle the pieces of meat evenly with flour, mix. Pour hot water to the meat, add salt, and mix again. Simmer beef stroganoff over moderate heat under a lid for about 20 minutes.

11. Step 10:

    

    Add sour cream, ground black pepper, basil and a mixture of herbs to the pan, mix. Choose any spices and seasonings to your taste, suitable for meat.

12. Step 11:

    

    Simmer beef stroganoff with sour cream at a low boil under the lid for another 15-20 minutes until the meat is ready. The total cooking time may vary significantly, as it depends on the quality of the meat (the age of the animal and part of the carcass).

13. Step 12:

    

    Serve beef stroganoff with any side dish. Bon appetit!