Vegan Mushroom Stroganoff (Best Recipe) - Elavegan (2024)

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Is Joe Woodhouse vegetarian? ›

Joe Woodhouse has been vegetarian since the age of 10, teaching himself how to cook. He later trained as a chef and spent years working in kitchens such as Vanilla Black and the Towpath Café, as well as contributing to events with restaurants such as the Quality Chop house.

It's commonly served with noodles, so you don't need another starch. Almost any vegetables would go well with it. Perhaps a broccoli and cauliflower medley or cabbage. A nice green salad with vinaigrette dressing would go well with beef stroganoff, along with crusty bread.

beef Stroganoff, dish of French origin by way of tsarist Russia that combines thinly sliced and lightly stewed beef and onions with sour cream and other ingredients. Beef Stroganoff is, in essence, the classic French fricassée de boeuf with the addition of equally classic Russian ingredients: onions and sour cream.

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Strict vegetarians, or vegans, eat plant foods and reject all animal products—meat, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy and sometimes honey. Those who also eat dairy products are called lacto vegetarians. Vegetarians who eat both dairy and eggs are called lacto-ovo vegetarians. Some vegetarians eat fish but not meat or poultry.

Crumble in the stock cube and stir in the paprika and tomato purée. Cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Add the beef consommé, mushrooms and mustard. Bring to the boil then lower the heat and simmer for 10–15 minutes, or until the volume of liquid has reduced by half.

If you choose to make your stroganoff in a slow cooker, add the combined mustard and sour cream in the last 40 minutes to prevent it from curdling. Beef stroganoff is an ideal dish to freeze. To do so allow it to cool, then spoon stroganoff into an airtight container or large snap-lock bag. Freeze for up to 3 months.

Greek yogurt is a healthy alternative to the traditionally used sour cream in beef stroganoff recipes, so you can be confident that your family is getting a satisfying, healthy meal. Fresh dill and paprika will provide a sweet, slightly smoky garnish to top off the dish.

Traditionally, tenderloin is the meat of choice for Stroganoff, and after testing out a few alternatives—strip steak and ribeye along with more inexpensive cuts like flap meat, hanger, flank, and skirt—I decided to stick with tradition (flap meat and hanger came in a close second).

Why do Brazilians eat stroganoff? ›

Russian immigrants made their way to Brazil around the 1920s after the revolution, with much of the population descending from Volga Germans who were booted out of the Soviet Union. In an unfamiliar country, stroganoff no doubt cemented itself as comfort food.

Beef Stroganoff is a popular Russian dish of small pieces of beef fillet sautéed in sour cream sauce together with onions and mushrooms. The dish was named after Count Alexander Grigorievich Stroganoff, who lived in the late 19th century in Odessa.

The dish is named after one of the members of the Stroganov family. A legend attributes its invention to French chefs working for the family, but several researchers point out that the recipe is a refined version of older Russian dishes. In Russian the dish is called Бефстро́ганов from the French Bœuf Stroganoff.

At the time, Russian aristocracy loved everything French so it's easy to imagine the richest family in Russia had a French chef. That part rings true. As such, the original recipe for beef stroganoff was a marriage of French cuisine (seasoning with mustard) and Russian tastes (a good dollop of sour cream).

Calories. One cup of raw mushrooms contains just 15 calories. That makes this a low-calorie food, especially since most people don't eat a full cup at one time and will take in even fewer calories than this.

Nutrition Facts

1 cup beef stroganoff with 1/2 cup noodles: 349 calories, 12g fat (4g saturated fat), 78mg cholesterol, 393mg sodium, 25g carbohydrate (5g sugars, 2g fiber), 33g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 3 lean meat, 2 fat, 1-1/2 starch.

Per Serving: 423 calories; fat 15.6g; saturated fat 5.7g; mono fat 5.2g; poly fat 1.4g; protein 34.7g; carbohydrates 34.8g; fiber 2.4g; cholesterol 115mg; iron 4mg; sodium 583mg; calcium 63mg.