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Grandma Anne’s Beef Stroganoff

This recipe was passed down to me from my stepmom via her grandma. We’ve tweaked it a little bit, but it is a fantastic and crowd pleasing recipe. Serve with a good crusty bread to mop up the rest of the sauce when you’re done. Yum! I usually double the recipe and eat leftovers for lunch and dinner over the week.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Grandma Anne’s Beef Stroganoff

Why it works: Beef and mushroom are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,232 recipes. Both carry 2,4-nonadienal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Grandma Anne’s Beef Stroganoff

Serves 6
Prep15 min
Cook1 hr 15 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

975Calories
60 gProtein
29 gFat
114 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Beef100g cooked250
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Beef + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,232 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  2. Onion + beeftop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,092 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Butter + mushroomtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,525 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  4. Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  5. Sauce + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,787 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, beef, meat, sauce, mushroom, flour, cream):

  1. Shallotfits better
  2. Potatofits about as well
  3. Onionthe original
  4. Asparagusfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, beef, meat, sauce, mushroom, flour, cream. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.