My kids issued me a challenge the other day. They asked me why I wouldn’t buy Hamburger Helper Beef Stroganoff when I had admitted earlier that day that I loved when my mom made that when I was growing up. Of course I did, it was all meaty and saucy and was a great meal as a kid.
Now I have grown up and my tastes have changed. I am making things from a whole state. Transforming it into a healthy family meal.
Their challenge was to make a copycat version that was much tastier but not 10 times the cost. I mean-when you can get HH at the grocery store at 10 for $10 then I can see why people buy it.
Night one: I made 2 boxes of the HH version for them to get a baseline taste. That didn’t go over well.
Night two: I made my creation.
Needless to say I think you know who won…..
Save RecipeIngredients
- 4 strips of bacon, chopped
- 1 small onion, diced
- 2 cloves of garlic, chopped
- 1 1/2 lb Angus meat, ground
- 3/4 C port wine
- 1/2 tsp dried thyme
- 1/2 C light sour cream
- 1 TB of all purpose flour
- 1 can of low sodium and low fat beef broth or stock
Instructions
- Saute the bacon , onion and garlic in a large skillet until cooked, translucent and fragrant.
- Add the meat and cook until brown.
- Sprinkle the meat with the flour and stir.
- Add the port and allow to cook into the meat.
- Stir in the broth.
- Allow to thicken.
- Remove from heat and add the sour cream.
- Serve over buttered egg noodles or mashed potatoes.
- Add a dollop of sour cream, if you want, at the end!
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| This would have been great with mushrooms thrown in but my kids don’t like them so I left them out. |
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