Crock Pot Beef Stroganoff has tender chunks of beef and mushrooms in a rich creamy stroganoff sauce. It slow cooks all day for a cozy, hands-off dinner.
Browning the beef first gives the sauce a deep, savory flavor you’d never guess came from a slow cooker.
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- This slow cooker stroganoff is so easy, it practically cooks itself. The beef is extra tender.
- The sauce has all of the flavor of a traditional stroganoff recipe with an extra goodness from slow cooking the beef in a rich broth.
- Prep ahead: Prep ahead friendly—brown the beef the night before and pop it in the crockpot in the morning.
Ingredients for Crock Pot Stroganoff
- Beef: The best beef for slow cooking is chuck roast as it has a lot of flavor and becomes very tender. If you have a roast, cut it into bite-size cubes. You can also use stewing meat.
- Mushrooms: Use white or cremini mushrooms. Short on time? Use 2 cans of drained sliced mushrooms.
- Broth: A rich beef broth gives the best flavor. If using low sodium broth, add a bouillon cube for depth.
- Sour cream: Add sour cream just before serving so it doesn’t separate or curdle. You can replace sour cream with Greek yogurt.
Variations
- Meat: You can replace the meat with 1 1/2 pounds of lean ground beef. Brown it, drain the fat, add it to the slow cooker, and proceed with the recipe.
- Seasonings: I like to keep the seasonings simple, but herbs such as thyme can be added to taste.
How to Make Beef Stroganoff in a Crock Pot
- Brown: Browning the beef adds another layer of flavor. Sear in small batches, if you overcrowd the pan, the beef won’t brown as well. Deglaze the pan with wine or broth and scrape up the browned bits.
- Slow Cook: Add the beef and remaining sauce ingredients, except sour cream, to the slow cooker. Cook until tender.
- Finish the sauce: Once the beef is tender, thicken the sauce with cornstarch and add sour cream.
- Cook on Low (preferred): 7 to 8 hours
- Cook on High: 4 to 5 hours
Serving Suggestions
I most often serve beef stroganoff over egg noodles but it’s also great over mashed potatoes or any type of pasta. To stretch the meal further, add a tossed salad and a side of garlic bread.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil more if needed
- 2 pounds beef chuck roast or stewing beef, trimmed
- ½ teaspoon salt and black pepper more to taste
- ½ cup red wine
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 medium yellow onion diced
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 12 ounces mushrooms sliced, white or cremini
- 2 cups beef broth divided
- 8 ounces sour cream
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 12 ounces egg noodles cooked
Instructions
- Cut the beef into 1-inch cubes and trim any fat.
- 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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The beef stroganoff was very good,
the only change i made was to use
more worstachire sauce after it was cooked, added a bit more flavor.
What if you don’t have cornstarch? Can you use flour?
Sure you can! You’ll need to mix it with cold water/broth before adding to ensure there are no lumps.
Here is a tip for thickening with flour. Mix the flour with melted butter. This works great for thickening gravy also!
Thanks for the tip Ashley.
This turned out really well. I was unable to get ahold of stew meat, so bought a chuck roast and used it and didn’t have red wine so I just used all beef broth. Everything was so yummy! Thank yo for this easy crockpot version!!
I have beef tenderloin pieces. Could I use them if I added them later? And how muchn later would you think?
We have only tried this recipe as written, but if you try it with beef tenderloin let us know how it turns out.
Made this twice now and it is delish!! Even our 3 kids ate it up. I’m so happy to have found your website a few months ago. Always great tasting recipes that my family enjoys. Thank you so much!!
Thank you so much Carrie!
So good! Perfect recipe the exact way it is! I have been loving all your crockpot recipes. Thank you!
Will switching from low to high, to speed things up after four hours mess up the tenderness of the beef??
This should be no problem. You could cook on high for about 1-2 hours. Enjoy Kristy!
Interesting recipes
Thanks Marlene!
I only made half a recipe for my Mom and I and there was leftovers. So I shared with my Neighbor. She had never been on Pinterest before..Anyways it was very Yummy..Thanks
Thanks so much Rebecca. I am thrilled that you had enough to share and that everyone enjoyed the stroganoff!
The Pot Beef Stroganoff looks delicious!
I hope you love it if you get to make it Shelly!
Made this tonight and man was it good….BEFORE adding the sour cream. I was leery to put a full 8 ounces of sour cream in it at first, and could only bear to put half in, and even that amount completely changed the flavor and basically ruined the whole thing. I understand sour cream is a huge part of ‘stroganoff’ but it is definitely not for me. Otherwise, the recipe was great.
I am so sorry you didn’t enjoy the stroganoff with the sour cream Alisha.
Clearly you dont like sour cream so maybe stroganoff isnt for you? Or you could try cream cheese next time instead.
hi! To make half a recipe, would it work to split all ingredients in half? Thanks!
Hi Maria, yes that will do it!
Good
Thanks Bear :)
I’d like to try the crockpot beef stroganof
Definitely Roxanne! For the full recipe, you can scroll almost to the bottom of the page or select the jump to recipe button at the top! Enjoy.
Looks yummy
Thanks Ann! Enjoy!
Yummy
My granddaughter hates sour cream can you use cream cheese instead and how much?
Hi Ellen, we haven’t tried this recipe with cream cheese but you can usually substitute the same amount greek yogurt for sour cream.
I made this for dinner tonight and it was a HUGE hit with my family of 6; everyone commented on how good it was! I’ll definitely be making this again and again. I have more of your recipes that I am trying this week and am excited to see how they turn out!
I’m so glad your family loved this Shelly!! Hope you enjoy the rest just as much!
This may seem like a silly question but my husband HATES mushrooms. Will leaving them out drastically affect the flavor? Is there a substitute that could be used?
I’ve only made this as written with mushrooms. While I think it may change the flavor slightly, it should still work out just fine without. Please let us know how it goes!
Try adding carrots? I know it will change flavor, but it might be good
what can I use in place of wine if I don’t have that readily available?
I would suggest adding extra broth. Enjoy!
I made this tonight and didn’t have red wine so I used red wine vinegar.
That’s a great substitution Christi, thanks for sharing.