Recipe: Simple Hamburger Stroganoff

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If a recipe has the word "easy" or "simple" in it, I'm game to try it. I totally agree with the creator of this recipe: "I've always loved the taste of a good Stroganoff, but I hated the expense and preparation of beef tips or steak or roast beef to make it. So I created my own creamy Stroganoff." This recipe on AllRecipes.com uses ground beef instead, which is super-easy!

Ingredients

• 1 (16 ounce) package egg noodles
• 1 pound lean ground beef
• 1 (.75 ounce) packet dry brown gravy mix
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese

• 1 (6 ounce) can chopped mushrooms, with liquid
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 (8 ounce) container sour cream
• 2 (10.75 ounce) cans condensed cream of mushroom soup

Directions

1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add egg noodles and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
2. In a skillet over medium heat, brown the ground beef until no pink shows, about 5 minutes; drain fat.
3. Mix brown gravy, cream cheese, and mushrooms with hamburger, stirring until cream cheese melts. Add milk, sour cream, and mushroom soup to cooked pasta. Blend hamburger mixture with pasta.

I used a lot of store brand items, like the gravy mix, the canned mushrooms, and the cream of mushroom soup. They are cheaper but just as yummy! I also just happened to have a coupon from Safeway's Monopoly game for a free sour cream, so I made this recipe just in time to use it! I'd recommend leaving the cream cheese out of the fridge while you're cooking the pasta and browning the beef so it warms up a little; it will be easier to melt it into a sauce that way!

All Recipes even provides a video for this recipe! Click here to watch it.