Crock Pot Beef Stroganoff is a comforting family favorite meal. Tender stewing beef, onions and mushrooms simmer a perfectly seasoned broth until melt in your mouth tender! Just before serving, a scoop of sour cream is added in for the perfect creamy sauce.
Serve this dish over a bed of egg noodles with a side salad for a great meal!
How great is a recipe that you can ‘set it and forget it’ before going off to work? This crock pot beef stroganoff recipe is not only a winner for dinner but makes for great leftovers the next day at work…if there are any!
How to Make Beef Stroganoff in a Crock Pot
This savory slow cooker meal may take hours to simmer, but it can be made in just 3 simple steps!
- Heat oil in a skillet and brown stewing beef with salt and pepper (this adds flavor).
- Deglaze the pan with red wine and add the remaining ingredients to the crockpot to simmer.
- Cook until the beef is melt in your mouth tender.
Just before serving, stir in the sour cream and egg noodles and top with a sprinkle of parsley.
Beef for Stroganoff
When making classic beef stroganoff, I use a tender cut of beef and cook it quickly so it doesn’t overcook.
For slow cooker beef stroganoff use stewing meat (or chuck roast if you have it), the meat will become very tender as it cooks low and slow. If you use a lean cut of beef, it will dry out and become tough.
You can use ground beef in this recipe to create a ground beef stroganoff. Replace the stewing beef with 1 1/2 lbs of ground beef. Brown the ground beef and drain any fat, add to the slow cooker and proceed as written.
How Long to Cook Beef Stroganoff in a Crock Pot
Depending on your time frame, you can cook this dish on low all day in the crock pot while you’re at work. Or you can speed things by setting your crock pot to high, depends on you! Cooking either way develops so much flavor with tender meat!
- Cook on Low: 7 to 8 hours before the meat is tender.
- Cook on High: 4 to 5 hours to get the same tender meat effect.
I make this recipe with sour cream which is traditional however, you can also make crock pot beef stroganoff with cream cheese. It is a little creamier than regular sour cream and only requires just a tad more stirring!
What to Serve with Beef Stroganoff
Since beef stroganoff is so rich and filling, it stands alone as a complete meal. But a tossed salad dressed with a tangy lemon vinaigrette and a side of garlic bread definitely can feed a crowd! Perfect for a potluck at work or the holidays!
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- Slow Cooker Salisbury Steak – Reader favorite!
- The Best Meatloaf Recipe – Perfectly delicious
- Easy Swiss Steak – So tender.
- Instant Pot Beef Stroganoff – So easy to make!
- Crock Pot Beef and Noodles – Easy weeknight meal
Crock Pot Beef Stroganoff
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil more if needed
- 2 pounds stewing beef trimmed
- salt and black pepper
- ½ cup red wine
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 onion diced
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 12 ounces mushrooms sliced
- 2 cups beef broth divided
- 8 ounces sour cream
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 12 ounces egg noodles cooked
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a skillet. Season beef with salt and pepper and brown in olive oil in small batches. Deglaze pan with red wine and add to slow cooker.
- Place beef, garlic powder, onions, dijon, Worcestershire, mushrooms and 1 ½ cups broth in a 6qt slow cooker.
- Cook on high 4-5 hours or on low 7-8 hours or until beef is tender.
- Combine remaining broth with cornstarch and stir into slow cooker. Cover and cook and additional 15 minutes or until thickened.
- Stir in sour cream. Serve over egg noodles.
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Nutrition Information
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
Course Beef, Main Course, Slow Cooker
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This is good. My family has been telling me to make it again!
Easy and very tasty. My family loved it.
Absolutely delicious! After browning the meat, I went ahead and sautéed the mushrooms and onions for a bit, just to give them a bit of color. Other than that, I followed the recipe exactly. It’s been added to our Sunday Supper rotation! Soooo good!
this was bland
Thanks for trying our recipe, Katie. You can adjust the seasonings to your taste!
Cooked this today for 7-8 hours on low due to my work schedule. WOW, oh so good, the meat just fell apart. Loved the sauce. The leftovers will be so tasty. Next time I will have some crusty bread to dip in the sauce.
Bland and watery
Thanks for trying our recipe, Irene. I am sorry to hear it didn’t turn out as you expected.
This was incredibly bland. I even doubled the mustard and Worcestershire sauce. It begs for fresh herbs, maybe fresh garlic. Just a huge bummer. Only saving grace was the tenderness of the meat.
Thanks for trying our recipe, Dana. Those additions sounds delicious.
I grew up eating my grandmother’s beef stroganoff, and it was absolutely one of my favorite dishes she made. Watching her make the dish, I would always get intimidated when I would go to make it on my own; it never tasted as good. Now that I have started my own family and want to serve this dish, I decided to search for an easy crockpot recipe(working mom), hoping to find something that was even half as good as my grandmother’s. This is my second time making this dish; I love it, and so does my family. Thank you so much for giving us this easy and delicious recipe!
Just made this today and it turned out delicious! I browned the beef cubes last night, then the mushrooms and onions put it in crock pot and put in refrigerator overnight. Cooked on low 8 hrs, following the recipe exact. The meat was very tender, it took about 20 min on high to thicken sauce before adding sour cream. Served over mashed potatoes and noodles. Thank you for all the tips included in this great recipe. The comments were also very helpful. I will definitely make this again.
I don’t normally purchase prepackaged stew meat because the cuts are usually too small and overcook easily, but I had some on hand that I didn’t know what to do with. I decided to give this recipe a try. I wasn’t sure what to expect but it turned out wonderful. Meat fell apart perfectly. I saved it to my recipe book! Thank you for sharing.
I plan on making this but don’t have red wine. Can I deglaze with something else? What would work well to use as a substitute?
You can use additional broth.
Making it tonight ! Will let you know!