When your life has more day than you have energy you need a recipe that is quick and easy enough that you can get in some time to take a deep breath, sip some wine, and maybe watch an episode of you favorite show. This is that recipe.
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❤️ Why you'll love it
- Hearty, family friendly comfort food!
- Takes just 30 minutes ( it really only takes about 15!)
- One pot option!
Meatball stroganoff is one of my favorite recipes because it's quick, inexpensive, and filling - no one leaves the table hungry! You really only need to add a salad to have a delicious, complete meal.
🧾 Ingredients
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Here are the ingredients used to make this hearty meatball stroganoff!
- meatballs
- cream of mushroom soup
- mushrooms
- green onions
- sour cream
- egg noodles
- worcestershire sauce
- beef stock
🔪 Instructions
Note: This is an overview of the instructions. The full instructions are in the green recipe card below.
Step one
- Melt the butter in a high sided frying pan or all in one pan.
- Add sliced mushrooms and green onion bottoms and saute until they begin to soften.
Step two
- Add the frozen meatballs, beef stock, and Worcestershire sauce.
- Cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
- While the meatballs simmer bring a medium saucepan of salted water to a boil and cook the egg noodles until done. Drain and set aside.
Step three
- Add the cream of mushroom soup and a bit more beef stock if the pan seems too dry.
- Stir to blend and add the noodles.
- Simmer for 5 minutes or so, just to heat through and let the noodles soak up some of the sauce.
Step four
- Stir in the sour cream and heat through.
- Garnish meatball stroganoff with sliced green onion tops and serve immediately.
🥄 Equipment
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You'll need the following items to make this recipe successfully.
- all in one pot with cover
- sharp knife
- wooden spatula
- measuring cups and spoons
🥫 Storage
Meatball stroganoff can be tightly covered with plastic wrap and stored in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.
I don't recommend freezing - the texture suffers.
💭 Tips
Expert Tip: You may need to add more liquid while the meatballs simmer. Beef broth, water, or a little milk works fine. Don't let them go dry and stick to the bottom.
- No need to thaw frozen meatballs - just dump them right in frozen.
- You can use cooked ground beef or sliced round roast if you prefer.
- Use a can of French onion soup instead of the beef broth for more oniony flavor.
- You can make a big batch of meatballs in the slow cooker - drop them right in raw. When they're cooked freeze them for your own, homemade convenience food. If you use this recipe you'll want to replace the marinara sauce with beef broth.
👩🍳 FAQs
Here are the questions I am most frequently asked about this recipe.
You can blend the same amount of cottage cheese in a blender and stir that in or you can use plain Greek yogurt. Cream cheese or mayonnaise can also be used. In a pinch you can just leave it out but the finished dish won't be as good.
Traditionally it's served with egg noodles but you could serve it over rice, mashed potatoes, or even toast!
Don't let the sauce boil after the sour cream is added. Just a quick stir to blend it in and warm it through then remove from heat and serve.
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📞 The last word
There are times when I like to spend time lovingly preparing a meal for my family; making a sauce from scratch, browning the meat, choppoing the vegetables...
But my life is increasingly busy and, like you, I find that, while I can lovingly prepare a meal for my family, I often need to cut corners to save time.
I used to feel guilty and like I was short-changing my kids. I had visions of my inner 1950's "Mrs Cleaver" clutching her pearls and tsking me while shaking her head in disappoval.
I'm getting over it -- and if you have that same inner dialogue I hope you'll give yourself some grace and get over it, too.
Try this meatball stroganoff recipe - it's so good your inner Mrs. Cleaver will hush right up!
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📖 Recipe
Meatball Stroganoff
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Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon butter
- ½ cup mushrooms, sliced
- 3 green onions, sliced - reserve the sliced tops for garnish.
- 1 pound meatballs
- 1 tablespoon worcestershire
- 1 cup beef stock
- 21 ounces cream of mushroom soup
- 16 ounces egg noodles
- 1 cup sour cream
Instructions
For top of the stove method
- Melt the butter in the high sided pan.
- Add sliced mushrooms and green onion bottoms and saute until they begin to soften.
- Add the meatballs, beef stock, and worcestershire sauce.
- Cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
- While the meatballs simmer cook the egg noodles in salted water until done. Drain.
- Add the cream of mushroom soup and a bit more beef stock if the pan seems too dry.
- Stir to blend and add the noodles.
- Simmer for 5 minutes or so.
- Stir in the sour cream and heat through.
- Garnish with sliced green onion tops and serve.
For slow cooker method
- Add everything except noodles and sour cream to a slow cooker.
- Cook on low for 4 hours.
- Stir in the sour cream.
- Cook 30 more minutes.
- Cook the noodles, stir into the slow cooker and serve.
For one pot method
- Follow the instructions above but increase the beef stock to two cups and add the noodles in with the meatballs.
- Cover and simmer for 20 minutes or until noodles are done.
- Stir in the cream of mushroom soup and the sour cream
- Garnish and serve.
Notes
- No need to thaw frozen meatballs - just dump them right in frozen.
- You can use cooked ground beef or sliced round roast if you prefer.
- Use a can of French onion soup instead of the beef broth for more oniony flavor.
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