Cook Once Eat Twice - Beef Stew And Stroganoff For 2

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 lb lean stewing beef, cut into bite size pieces
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1/2 cup red wine
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper (or to taste)
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1 cup sliced carrot
• 1 cup sliced button mushroom
• 2 medium yukon gold potatoes, peeled and cubed
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme leaves (omit if you prefer, we liked it) (optional)
• 1 (10 ounce) can condensed french onion soup
• 1 (10 ounce) can condensed golden mushroom soup
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can condensed beef broth
• 2 cups chicken broth (or use another can of beef broth)
• 1/2 cup low-fat sour cream (more or less-see notes below)
• 2 large baked potatoes (i use yukon gold)

Recipe

• 1 meal 1:.
• 2 heat the oil in large stew pan over medium-high flame.
• 3 dredge meat cubes in flour then place them in the oil. brown on all sides then remove with a slotted spoon.
• 4 in the same pan, saute the onions and carrots until onions are tender.
• 5 carefully pour in the wine, stirring and scraping up any brown bits stuck to the bottom of the pan.
• 6 return meat to the pan and add all remaining ingredients.
• 7 cover and simmer until potatoes, meat and carrots are tender; about 45 minutes.
• 8 taste for seasoning; add more salt and pepper if needed.
• 9 serve in bowls, garnished with minced fresh parsley and hot crusty bread on the side.
• 10 after eating and resting a bit, attend to the cooled leftovers by removing and discarding any remaining potatoes and carrots.
• 11 refrigerate(or freeze) meat/broth/mushrooms etc. until time for meal #2.
• 12 meal 2:.
• 13 bake potatoes per your usual method.
• 14 as they bake, reheat your stew.
• 15 when stew is hot, remove from heat and stir in the sour cream.
• 16 n.b.: the amount of broth you had leftover will determine the amount of sour cream to use. add more or less to reach your desired taste and consistency.
• 17 split open those hot, fluffy baked potatoes and generously spoon stroganoff over the top.
• 18 enjoy again!