What is Beef Stroganoff?

Series Summary

Nothing satisfies like a hot homemade meal after a long day at the office. Food has a unique ability to do more than keep our bodies functioning properly: sometimes it can just make us feel better, can nourish the soul a little. And home cooking is vitally important in a culture that does everything on the go, including taking meals. Getting back into the kitchen can help remind us what fresh, hot food tastes like. We might not even go back to fast food ever again.

In this free video series, our expert chef will teach you how to make beef stroganoff. This easy and delicious meal is both flavorful and filling. Get step-by-step instructions for seasoning, cutting and preparing the beef for beef stroganoff. You will also get tips for making the rich creamy sauce with mushrooms, onions and cream. Finally, get expert instructions for combining all your ingredients and serving this easy dinner for family or friends.

Video Transcript

"RICHARD BUCCOLA: Hi, this is Rich Buccola of New York City. And today, on behalf of Expert Village, I'm going to show you how to make beef stroganoff. All right, today, we're going to make beef stroganoff, and this is a great meal. It's actually name after a Russian aristocrat. I believe he was like a general or something and his last name was Stroganoff and his chef made this to him. And it became popular here in the States, I believe, after World War II when a lot of the soldiers or the GIs were coming back from Europe. They knew this dish and they brought it here to America. It's a great dish. You are going to use great meat with this. Definitely go out and buy top sirloin, you're best off. And it's a nice mix of mushrooms and you're going to have a little onion in there, and what's great about it is the sauce that goes on or the other cream sauce that's on top. And we're going to use some heavy cream and some sour cream together. That's how my grandmother used to do it. And I'm just going to keep following her recipes 'cause let me tell you, everything that I'm cooking here, a lot of them are my grandmother's recipes and I'm just the average guy. And I do cook a lot but if you do follow these recipes, you're going to love them and I promise you, you're going to have great memories in your house. So today, we're going to show you everything from ingredients to storage to cooking it, utensils, prep time and, of course, my favorite, eating it. Come back, we're making beef stroganoff here on Expert Village."