Easy beef stroganoff

cheap and tasty

Ingredients

• 300g minced beef
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 clove of minced garlic
• 1/2 a can of mushrooms (drained) you could substitute this for fresh but the can is slightly cheaper. Alternativly you could substitute for a can of cream of mushroom soup
• salt and pepper
• 160ml hot water
• 1 or 2 beef stock cubes
• 20g tomato paste/ purree
• 120ml water
• 10g plain flour
• A couple of tablespoons of double cream (optional but does give it a really nice creaminess)

Instructions

STEP 1:

1. In a large pan sautee the mushrooms, garlic, onion and minced beef until the onion is golden brown. Season with salt and pepper.

STEP 2:

STEP 3:

2. Stir the stock cubes, hot water and tomato paste into the meat mixture.

STEP 4:

STEP 5:

3. Stir together the cold water and flour and then stir into the pan. Bring to the boil and then reduce the heat to low and simmer for an hour.