You can buy cubed steak and make a really nice steak stroganoff. Normally I use ground beef instead of steak but the steak is a nice touch sometimes.
1-2 lbs cubed steak (I usually use 1 or 2 lbs ground beef)
1 bag wide egg noodles
chili powder
Chopped dried onion
3 cans cream of mushroom soup (reduced fat is ok)
1 med or small tub of sour cream (low fat is ok)
Start the noodles cooking. Boil per the bag instructions.
Fry the meat in a non-stick pot using a little oil (I use olive oil for the omega-3 acids but it has a stronger taste). Season to taste while cooking but don't go nuts. Maybe a little salt/pepper and some of the chili powder. If using ground beef, don't use cooking oil. Just brown it in the pan/pot.
After the meat is done, drain off some or all of the fat that may have collected in the pot/pan.
Add chopped dried onion to the meat and cook just a little bit longer so the onion flakes soak up some of the remaining meat juices.
Combine the meat, cream of mushroom soup, and sour cream. Add chili powder to taste (I add kind of a lot)
Heat over med-low heat until the sauce is mostly one color and warm to hot. Don't burn though so stir every once in a while.
After the sauce and meat is warm, add noodles and stir just enough to mix. Too much stirring will shred the noodles.
For extra nice results, add sliced mushrooms to the meat while cooking.
For variety, use rice instead of noodles and don't combine rice and meat/sauce in the pot. For serving, put a large spoonful of rice on the plate and ladle some meat and sauce on top of the rice.
Super yum, big complements when I bring this to potluck events and the serving bowl is easy to clean because it gets scraped clean every time.
