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Instant Pot Beef Stroganoff

Strips of beef cooked under pressure with mushrooms and onions, stirred through egg noodles with soured cream and mustard.

40 min total Serves 4 servings Easy
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Instant Pot Beef Stroganoff

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Don't Make These Mistakes

Slice the beef across the grain in thin strips.

Stir in the soured cream after the heat is off.

Do not stir the noodles before sealing.

Making Instant Pot Beef Stroganoff

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  1. Season the beef with half of the salt. Set the Instant Pot to sauté and brown the beef in the oil in 2 batches for 3 minutes each. Remove.

  2. Cook the onion and mushrooms for 5 minutes. Add the garlic and flour and stir for 1 minute.

  3. Pour in the stock, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, paprika and remaining salt, scraping the base. Add the noodles and press them under the liquid. Return the beef on top.

  4. Seal and cook on high pressure for 5 minutes. Release the pressure quickly.

  5. Stir well, switch off the heat and stir in the soured cream. Serve with the parsley.

Why the Method Works

Stroganoff takes its name from a Russian noble family, according to the usual account, and the dish has travelled widely since. The Instant Pot version cooks the noodles in the same pot as the beef, so there is one pan to wash and the noodles drink up the sauce as they soften.

Slice the beef thinly across the grain, into strips about the thickness of a finger. Sirloin or rump cooks fast, and thin strips stay tender in the short time under pressure. Brown the beef first, for flavour, then set it aside while you cook the onions and mushrooms.

Add the soured cream off the heat. If the sauce is boiling when the cream goes in, it splits into grainy curds. Open the lid, switch the pot off, stir the cream in slowly, and the residual heat will warm it through.

A spoonful of Dijon mustard and a splash of Worcestershire sauce add depth, and a little paprika gives colour. Serve straight away, scattered with parsley, because the noodles continue to absorb liquid as they sit.

Storage and Reheating

Keeps for 2 days in the fridge. Add a splash of stock when reheating as the noodles absorb liquid.

Common Substitutions & Variations

  • An eighth of a teaspoon of garlic powder per clove is the stand-in usually given when you are out of fresh garlic; it will not brown the same way, and it burns easily, so add it with the liquid.

Good With

  • Green salad
  • Pickled gherkins
  • Steamed peas
  • Crusty bread

What's in a Serving

Per serving, calculated from the ingredient list with USDA FoodData Central figures (SR Legacy). A calculation, not a laboratory analysis: brands, cuts and how you measure change the real numbers. How the figures are worked out.

607Calories
41gProtein
50gCarbs
27gFat
3gFibre
7gSugar
980mgSodium

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