Aw Chef, this was a nostalgic video for me. When my mom had to travel abroad for her dad's funeral, MY dad took care of my brother and I by himself for the first time. And among the many mishaps during those several weeks there were a few instances of burned hamburger helper. Bless his heart. He passed away last month and I miss him so much. I also love beef stroganoff, so I think I need to try this out soon. For me, and dear old dad: Bob ❤️

@ A M, I’m truly sorry for your loss of your dad. This reminds me of years ago when my husband’s uncle would visit us every Wednesday evening. He never wanted anything else but beef stroganoff. Back then I made it with beef tips. And not this exact recipe, but pretty close. I haven’t thought about that in years. But it was such a small token to make an old man so happy. I’m glad I could do that for him.

My most sincere condolences ❤️

This is similar to the recipe I've been using, except I also add Worcestershire sauce and dijon/brown mustard. Delicious either way!

@Michael Carey - To taste, I guess. I much prefer the taste of crème fraiche over sour cream.

@Mike Fisher I think if I wanted a lighter version, I would go totally Russian and use 10 to 12% sour cream (smetana) and cut that fat in HALF from crème fraiche, and keep the taste right where it should be. Who knows what the envelope of magic white powder in the box was.

@Sandra Lewis 16 oz Omaha sirloin tips 960 calories 2 tbsp country crock light 70 calories 12 oz lightNfluffy Xwide egg noodles 1260 calories 8 oz fat free cream cheese 240 calories 8 oz light sour cream 320 calories 1 can beef broth 38 calories 1 medium onion 45 calories 8 oz sliced mushrooms 50 calories 1 tbsp minced garlic 15 calories salt, pepper, garlic powder, parsley negligible ----------- 2998 / 6 = 500 calories per serving

You know what is also great? The tiniest bit of tomato. Especially if you but it in with the beef and caramelize it a bit. In the end, it should be a small enough amount that no one knows it's in there, but it does give it a little more of a pop.

@squaminator  Thank you!

Watching and listening to Chef John's recipe always made me feel like the world is not actually that bad. Always brought a little smile. Thanks, Chef.

I too enjoy Chef John's calming lilting voice. And, he makes these various dishes look YUMMY !!

Making this tonight, I have all the ingredients already. I love how practical your recipes are...anyone can cook them.

Try it with cream cheese! Instead of adding flour, I add 8 oz cream cheese and 8 oz sour cream at the end.

Nicely done John, looks amazing! From the midwest here and around my neck of the woods this was what we called Stroganoff. I honestly didn't know there was another classic version until I was almost 30. Typically I add thyme in with the meat mix and Worcestershire sauce and/or balsamic vinegar into the sauce near the end for a little acidity. Quite good either way!

Not only did I eat Hamburger Helper pretty often as a kid, I also ate it regularly as a young adult when I moved into my first apartment! I even bought a 2qt microwaveable casserole for that purpose; it didn't shorten the cooking time at all, but it was less messy than preparing HH on the stove top.

Well, today I was thinking "WHAT am I going to make for dinner that's easy?" And of course, Chef John to the rescue! Made this tonight exactly as directed and it came out GREAT! Thanks, Chef John! This will DEFINITELY be in the regular rotation!

The way you show us to cook the pasta in the sauce rather than in boiling water, as in the recipe for orecchiette and sausage, puts these dishes in another category! My family and guest adore it! The pasta absorbs whichever herb or aromatic you’re using and I feel confident to be creative. Always a huge hit and now I’m asked for’to go bags’ as my husband bragged how much more the flavors develop by day 2 & 3!

I've been making ground beef stroganoff for a while now, and this looks like a great shortcut to get it all in one pan. Always hated having to cook the noodles separate. However, I would absolutely add some Worcestershire sauce!

This is ultimate comfort food! 😊 It’s also great seasoned like Swedish meatballs (parsley, pepper, nutmeg, onion, sweet cream).

I learned hot to make hamburger stroganoff from a woman on a ranch. She used bacon ends and cooked the mushrooms, onions, and hamburger in bacon grease. Oh yeah :) Happy cooking everyone!

@Alexis Grunden ever had candied bacon? Little bit of brown sugar and cayenne pepper, oh so good.

Oh lord, I wanna eat your comment. BTW i use bacon lard in almost everything i cook at work. Heck I even cook bacon in bacon fat. ;)

Damn---kick it up a notch, Emerald!

Bacon makes any savoury dish better. Not so much for sweet things, tho~😂

Try it with cream cheese! Instead of adding flour, I add 8 oz cream cheese and 8 oz sour cream at the end.

chef, i would love a playlist of one pot meals. cant wait to try this.

A bay leaf at the beginning & a grating of nutmeg at the end are the only things I would add to this! Yum!

Sounds good.

I just made this for breakfast and it was DELICIOUS 🤤! Thank you, Chef John, for the recipe 👍🏻

I made this and it was easy and DELICIOUS. I love stroganoff, but it takes a lot of time to make so sadly is not usually a week-day meal. This recipe was a gamechanger, however. And the next week, I did pretty much the same thing but made a one-pan chicken paprikash. These were the changes I made: swapped the beef broth with chicken broth; deboned chicken thighs instead of beef; skipped the garlic, mushrooms, and vodka; added 1 tablespoon of paprika. Chef John inspires me to do real good food, real simple! ^_^

I made this for dinner tonight! It was outstanding! My daughter Sophia and I make sure to watch your videos every day before she goes to bed! Thank you for the recipe and thanks for being part of our nightly routine!

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I did make this tonight! I replaced the vodka with white cooking wine. I have to say this is THE BEST beef Stroganoff I've ever eaten in my life. Wife loved it too. The one pan method is perfect. I did have to add a bit more water at the end though and let it cook for about three more minutes. Thank you, Chef John! Thank you for making your videos very pleasant and funny. Your videos concentrate on the food only. Really helps with the preparation too. We've made your Korean BBQ Meatballs, your Parmesan Chicken (your version is the best too), your Chicken Marsala Milanese and so many others. All delicious and you make everything so easy to understand. Can't wait for more recipes.

Ok Chef John, about 2 weeks ago I decided it was time to make homemade ground beef stroganoff (not Hamburger Helper lol) and I got a recipe and tried it out. Everything that could go wrong went wrong, (burning, spilling an entire grinder of whole peppercorns into the beef, running late, etc.) so I already decided I was gonna make it again soon. Then. The next couple days, Adam Ragusea AND you BOTH put out BETTER recipes!!! Well. Tonight I made your version, and it was DELICIOUS!! Doing it as a one pan makes it so much easier, adding in some alcohol (I had to sub white wine which was still delicious) adds so much flavor, and another nice side effect of the one pan version is that it adds all that flavor from the sauce INTO the noodles. So yummy, incorporated, and perfect! I highly recommend subbing sone of the salt for MSG to really enhance the beefy flavor if you’re like me and don’t like mushrooms 😂 Thanks Chef John!! I’ll be making it again another time or two before winter’s through! ✨❤️

This is such a good recipe. Made it the other night and it was a huge hit!

I've been making my own version of this for years. I usually add broccoli. It's such a nice comfort food.😊

My mom always made the sauce about 80% sour cream. One of my favorite foods growing up, and I'm excited to try it as a one pot recipe!

I love how you explain all the details and the parts that might seem like something went wrong.

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My go-to wodka for cooking stroganoff is definitely the Polish bison grass wodka called Zubrówka: it’s got an actual taste to it that fits in really well with sauces.

Growing up, Hamburger Helper stroganoff was one of my favorite foods (ok, it still is, but now days you gotta get the "Deluxe" box). I remember back when it came with the separate powered sour cream stuff that you mixed and added at the very end. But, HH introduced me to stroganoff in general and I think I've only ever had one recipe for it that I didn't love. So, happy to add this one to my arsenal of stroganoff recipes!

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Chef John, I just made this for my family, and they LOVE it! The pan is scraped clean. Lol So I can definitely say that we Enjoyed!! 😁 Thank you for another wonderful and easy recipe. YUM!!

Made this tonight and my wife actually loved it. Just nice comfort food.

we use this recipe with fresh dill and love it! thanks Chef!

@dbwinters Ok, that's cool.

@ProprietaryCurez lol we tried the dill one night when the market was out of fresh thyme and never looked back- though either one tastes great!

@ProprietaryCurez Dill is the more traditionally Russian herb

No thyme though? smh

Made this tonight. It was excellent. No leftovers 😭

It was the best beef stroganoff I've ever had. It was delicious 😋

This tasted delicious, John. Lovely recipe!

This is very much like a dish I make when camping, though instead of beef stock, I use canned tomatoes. Also very easy and yummy.

That looks very tasty and yummy.😍👍

I love this one-pan beef stroganoff recipe!💕 Looks delicious😋 and so easy! Thanks Chef John!🌟

Hey there Chef John. Huge fan here... I just made this for the second time and I must say I agree with you. I love classic beef stroganoff but as of tonight. this one pan treat is my favorite. It was so easy to make and everyone loved it. For everyone out there that is reluctant to try it I say give it a chance and get ready to be amazed.

This was such a helpful recipe. It certainly helped me remember my childhood dinner table. It is a huge help when it comes to helping me decide what is for dinner on those nights I need just a little help in the kitchen. Thank you for being so helpful.

Chef John, I made this for dinner tonight. It’s so good and comforting. This is going to be a regular comfort food for my family. Thank you!

We made this today and it’s sooo good! Adding to our list of regulars. Thank you!

I love this recipe! Easy to make, simple ingredients, and one pan cleaning! Just need the beef, beef broth, and sour cream but definitely will be making this soon. Thanks, Chef John!

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This was delicious. I added some paprika and Worcestershire. Such a deep meaty flavor, paired with the sour cream, to die for.

Thanks Chef John for a quick, easy and delicious comfort food recipe! Way better than the ol boxa boxa stuff😂!

Made this for dinner tonight. It was DELICIOUS!!!

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This is a family favorite around here. We serve it with ketchup and horseradish as optional condiments. SO yummy especially at this time of year. Thanks Chef John.

Made this tonight and added caramelized onions! Sooo yummy

I made this for dinner the other night. It was delicious and will be a repeat.

The perfect comfort food supper for cold January evenings 👌. Thanks, Chef John!

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I love one pot meals of deliciousness!

You’ve made so many good dishes over the years just want to say thank you I’m not sure if this is in your top 10 or maybe even top five but my goodness absolutely delicious hamburger helper on steroids

I watched this last night, it drove me nuts. I went to the store today and got the few items I didn't have to make this. It's on the stove now. I can't wait! Thanks for the post

One of my all time favorite comfort foods! Now I know what I’m going to do with the ground beef in my freezer this week.

Nice!! Love the one-pan wonders... more of them please

My mom couldn’t help hamburger even with the box. She did a decent job with the Campbell’s cream of mushroom soup version of hamburger stroganoff though. My kids are unknowingly spoiled since I’ve helped hamburger from scratch for years now. Thank you for this lovely tie-in recipe :) 🤌🏻

It's like Chef John knows exactly what is in my fridge/pantry right this second... or Youtube does. Either way, I'm equally creeped out and hungry - and I'm definitely making this for tomorrow's dinner.

Yay! This was one of those weeknight meals in our house when I was growing up. On the weekend mom would break out the steak and mushrooms instead of Hamburger Helper. Happy New Year Chef John 🎊🥂

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Just made this recipe for my son & his fiance this evening. It was a HIT! Thank you. :)

This is the kind of recipe the world needs in these times. Delicious, cheap and easy.

I opted out of noodles and went with white potatoes. Missed the vodka too (I've never bought it) but it was delicious. Thanks, chef John. another winner.

Thanks Chef John. I couldn't hit the like button fast enough.

I was really expecting a rhyming metaphor when it came to how small to break up my ground beef. The setup was there, but you kept cooking. Totally made up for it with a Fred Biletnikoff reference. Solid recipe, going to have to try this as soon as I pick up some sour cream.

Just needs some sort of stick-um reference to go with it.

How often do you get to work in a Biletnikoff rhyme, really? Superb.

ditto, that's one for his rhyme HOF

What a killer recipe chef John! So easy and so darned flavorful, and very few ingredients required. Used white wine since I didn't have vodka on hand, and it was still delish! Definitely listen to the video not just read the recipe, John's tips on what to "see" were very helpful on the first go❤🙏😋

Paprika is a great addition to this. As is diced bacon, which is in the classic Better Homes and Gardens cookbook. (which also uses cream of mushroom soup as well)

This sounds amazing. I'll have to make it sometime!

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I make this often. My secret ingredient is dijon mustard, rather than vodka. Yum!

👍 One of my Grandma's favorite dishes! Thanks! 😍 _My only wish concerning this recipe is you'd gone through what makes a great beef broth to use!_ ✌

Oh my gosh! This was exactly what I was hoping this recipe would be when I saw your teaser yesterday!! I can’t wait to make it! Thank you!!

Made this last night - SO GOOD!!!

Hi Chef John, when pan frying, is there a reason why sometimes you should use oil, butter, or an oil butter mixture? Other than instances where butter will burn, what would make you choose one over another?

I only had recently ground black pepper but it still turned out great.

Made it today, and it turns out perfect! The souse is extra delicious! One note, it would be better if ingredients were measured by weight and not by volume. For example, the quantity of noodles depends on their shape if we measure them in cups...Just recommendation.

I've been using just sour cream on my ground beef to make it's own gravy. Plus, it's gluten free! :D

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Chef John I love how you made this dish. My Aunt makes it the same way you only she will add 4 ounces of cream cheese to her’s.

I got a couple of those frozen thinly sliced steak packages really cheap, and they work great in this kind of one-dish meal. You can swap the sour cream for a mix of american/velveeta/whatever melty cheese and some good cheese for flavor, and you get a better version of the cheesy mac box!

@0623kaboom all these "supposed to-s", just do whatever you want, love! Your kitchen, your rules. Real cheese will probably separate in hot saucy dishes, so velveeta, with its citric acid emulsifier, will work best for silky smooth mac n cheeses, or, indeed in this one pan stroganoff. But you do you!

@0623kaboomwhy are you so rude?

@0623kaboom Kraft cheese would work just as well, yes, so long as it's one of their actual cheese-based offerings. The point here is that it's a quick and easy way to get sodium citrate or an equivalent emulsifier into your cheese sauce. You could also just get your own sodium citrate, but that adds an extra step to the process.

velveeta EWWWW .... may as well use kraft cheese slices ... or better the plastic they come in ... same difference ... just add some extra hydrogen and you have them ... real cheese ALWAYS real cheese ... and sour cream is best because stroganoff is supposed to have an acid tang ... and is normally paired with a spicey dish like a curry or hot wings etc ... the acid and the spice blend well in the mouth and counteract each other JUST enough to make your mouth come alive

I haven’t been on youtube for yearsssss. So glad that you’re still around cooking amazing food ❤

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I made something like this from leftover ham gravy. The gravy was sweet and savory and I added some cayenne for that sweet and spicy flavor. It was like sweet hamburger helper and it was amazing.

Love beef stroganoff, even better if it's a one-pan recipe! This is a keeper. Thanks!

This was just what I needed for a quick weeknight dinner!

This is one of the true "I am drunk. How make good food?" of all time. it is simple but damn is it good

@Green_Irishman literally any spirit can be used and each will impart a different subtle flavour. just don't use anything too expensive!

Could other spirits be used instead of vodka? Whiskey?

@James Quatro Can't imagine the monte cristo was invented sober.

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the genesis of much cuisine

I'm imagining my in-addition ingredients to this amazing dish, which I'll call my base. I am going to use a spicy beef broth, Fresh grated parmesan , fresh grated carrot, a bit of oregano.

Yum, gotta make this! "Optional... NOT optional." HA! (Btw, those were the cleanest, most perfect mushrooms I've ever seen!) Thank you Chef John!

how does he always know what i have in my pantry? i only need to go get the ground beef, mushrooms, sour cream, egg noodles, chives, and some beef broth and an onion. amazing!

i like a couple of handfuls of frozen peas, never bad to add some veg, and i find that peas are a textural addition that i love in this dish. Making this tonight with fresh egg pasta, since here in the UK, its not easy to find the american style wide, flat egg noodles..i'm going to increase the flour to make up for the fact that fresh pasta will absorb less liquid.

Made this last night, so good!

Looks delicious!

I ate so much Hamburger Helper during my college years, I can’t even look at it in the grocery stores now. But this looks good.

More one pot dishes pls & thank you 🙏🏾☺️

My mother made beef stroganoff like this all the time. She boil the noodles separate. She added Worcestershire sauce and I used to like to put they still pickles on it.

I had ground beef and mushrooms in my fridge, bought the other ingredients on my way home. It was DELICIOUS! Thank you chef John. Not all heroes wear capes.

So I am eating this right now, and I made it how I usually do: more mushrooms, more garlic, and too much broth so I have a deliciously flavored stroganoff soup 😂😂 Great flavor though!

Tested it and it's delicious. Will be making this regularly for the community refrigerator in downtown Durham.

I've used this method for sometime now. I feel validated now that the Chef of Chefs has recognized it

I was just looking for a ground beef stroganoff recipe when here you come with the goods! Thank you, Chef John!

he reads your mind!

Wow this is amazing. Going to modify this to a meal prep recipe too it’s going to be tighttttt

This looks so good, John.

Same dish without the mushrooms (or vodka, believe it or not) is called navy noodles where I'm from, and it's a fantastic weeknight meal!

I needed this. I grew up having hamburger helper in the food pantry. It was a quick and tasty meal. Unfortunately, over the past few years they have changed something. It tastes like nothing now. It is now so bland it's hardly edible. Hopefully this new recipe you just showed us will help me get that hamburger helper fix that I miss. lol

I got hamburger helper stroganoff last year, it tasted like cardboard! Apparently it's a Chinese product these days. I was really bummed out.

i made this yesterday and it was delicious, ty chef john.

I made this, and it was tasty. However, if I made it again I would use two or three times the amount of mushrooms - they cook down anyway, and were very good.

Just made 2 boxes of Hamburger Helper stroganoff last night 😂 probably gonna polish off the 2nd box when I get home from work later Definitely leaving the shrooms out when I give this a try but otherwise looks good!

Looks amazing. I'm making this tonight, and I'm adding some leftover turnip greens to it.

I just used my last groundbeef tonight for some meatballs, but this is gonna be my next recipe to try :)

Chef John for prez! Did not miss those 40 ingredients.