CREAMY CROCKPOT BEEF STROGANOFF

I can't say that I have ever had Beef Stronganoff before.  The look of the meal just wasn't appealing. Gravy on noodles?? Well, over the years, I have become less picky. Actually, I'm not picky at all when it comes to food. I will pretty much try food at least one time. Unless it's still has it's head, or if it's still breathing.  I'm also not even really into spicy things so, if it's going to have me gagging from the spices of the food, I typically won't try it. 

I have been coming home at least once a week to put something in the crock pot. I try and find something easy so that I'm not late getting back home to work.  This one was really easy! It was so creamy that it can't be healthy!! But, it was really yummmy!!! My husband even said it tasted just like his mom's beef stroganoff. Which is a big compliment!!

INGREDIENTS: 

• 1-2 lbs cube steak, cut into one-inch pieces; or 1-2 lbs stew beef, cut into 1/2 inch pieces (I used stew beef but didn't have time to cut it, something I would definitely do the next time) 
•  2 cans condensed golden mushroom soup (no substitutes!)
• 1 cup chopped onion 
• 1 Tb Worcestershire sauce
• 1 14 oz can beef broth
• 8 oz button mushrooms, cleaned and quartered (optional) (I love mushrooms, and so does my son, so I added this. My husband picked them out and handed them over to us) 
• salt and pepper to taste (I didn't use salt, figured the soups had enough. But I used plenty of pepper)
•  4 ounces cream cheese, room temperature (I used the sour cream and chive cream cheese for more flavor)
• 1/2 cup sour cream
•  cornstartch (optional) 
• Egg noodles or Rice (I used egg noodles)
  DIRECTIONS: 
  
  
  1. In the crockpot, combine the meat, soup, onion, Worcestershire sauce, beef broth, mushrooms, salt and pepper. Stir it all up. Cover and Cook on low for 5-6 hours. 
  2. Stir in cream cheese and sour cream about half an hour before serving, stirring every ten minutes or so to break up cream cheese. If you think your sauce is not thick enough, add cornstarch & water mix to crock pot. It thickens up the sauce. (Didn't really measure the cornstarch mixture -- just took a guess.)
  3.  After the cream cheese & sour cream melted, I stirred the COOKED egg noodles into the crock pot for about 10-15 minutes. 
   

 Original Recipe from Heather's Bytes:
http://www.heathersbytes.com/beef-stroganoff/