Turkey Stroganoff

At it’s core, stroganoff is a Russian dish that’s meant to be prepared with beef and sour cream. But as interpretations of the dish have changed from culture to culture over the years, the version that we know today most commonly has mushrooms and onions added to the sauce, as well. So, that’s how we’re making ours today!

Let’s start with the meat. I’m not a huge beef eater overall, so I opted to lighten up the protein a little bit and swap the beef out for ground turkey. Growing up, my mom used to make the boxed hamburger helper, put sour cream in it, and call it stroganoff. So to me, having ground meat in this dish reminds me of my childhood.

For the veggies, we’re going to cook up some mushrooms and onions in butter until they start to caramelize, then finish them with some garlic. Now, we all know that I’m not eating mushrooms if they’re not chopped up into itty bitty pieces. And, I actually think that works better here. The mushrooms almost blend in with the ground meat, and I kind of love that. But, if you don’t have an issue with the texture of mushrooms, feel free to leave them sliced.

After our meat and veg are cooked, we’re going to create our sauce. We’re going to use some white wine to add a little depth to the sauce, some flour to help thicken the sauce, some chicken stock to make the sauce, and some worcestershire to add a little umami and help give this sauce a little bit of a beefy vibe without using any beef. Then, once the sauce has completely come together, we’ll stir in a nice cup of full fat sour cream until it’s just heated through in the sauce.

While our sauce is going, we can have our egg noodles cooking simultaneously. Egg noodles are classic in this dish, and I really don’t think there’s another choice. There’s a richness to an egg noodle that can’t be beat. And, it’s the perfect size and shape to stand up to our thick and meaty sauce.

When we’re ready to eat, we’ll load up our noodles with sauce, give the whole thing a sprinkle of chives for color, and get ready to dig in. This plate of food is basically the definition of comfort food. It’s warm and creamy and rich and hearty and loaded with flavor. Considering we used pretty basic and humble ingredients, we really have absolute deliciousness sitting in front of us with this one.

Ok, everyone. I’m in definite comfort food mode right now. So stay tuned for more soul warming recipes.

Enjoy, and let’s eat!