What to Serve with Beef Stroganoff
Wondering What to Serve with Beef Stroganoff? You’ll want a side dish that pairs with the rich stroganoff but isn’t too heavy. One that’s tasty and on the lighter side.
Beef stroganoff is a classic, comfort-food dish.
It’s perfect for an easy dinner in, for serving up at a dinner party, and is packed with salty, savory, delicious flavors and the best rich, creamy texture.
The one thing that can make beef stroganoff better is a delicious side dish! With that in mind, I’ve put together a list of all of my favorite side dishes to serve with stroganoff.
Pick one or a few to fill your meal out just the way you like it.
What is Beef Stroganoff Made Of?
Beef stroganoff is a classic recipe that features tender bites of beef and often mushroom simmered in a savory cream sauce.
It’s often served over cooked egg noodles but is also delicious served over mashed potatoes, rice, or spaetzle.
What Cut of Meat is Best for Beef Stroganoff?
The best cut of beef to use for beef stroganoff is anything tender, juicy, and well-marbled.
I usually use sirloin, boneless ribeye, or sirloin tips!
What is the Best Way to Thicken Beef Stroganoff?
There are a few things that help create a thick and creamy stroganoff sauce:
- Sour cream. My recipe for old-fashioned beef stroganoff uses sour cream to create a thick and creamy sauce.
- Simmering. The sauce simmers over low-medium heat which helps it thicken up before serving.
How Do You Add Sour Cream to Stroganoff Without Curdling?
Sour cream can split and/or curdle when it is heated too quickly.
To prevent that from happening, you can bring the sour cream to room temperature before adding it to the sauce.
Alternatively, you can add very small amounts of the warm sauce to the cold sour cream until it is warm enough to be added into the pan.
What is a Good Side Dish for Beef Stroganoff?
Whether you’re looking for something to serve as a side or something to serve as a base for the creamy sauce, there are so many delicious recipes that pair perfectly with your classic beef stroganoff.
Here are just a few favorites!
Make your beef stroganoff dinner extra comforting with a side of these German dumplings!
This recipe is quick and simple to make and yields the tastiest dumplings with a hint of earthiness from nutmeg.
To make this Spaetzle, simply mix together flour, eggs, milk, salt, and nutmeg.
Use a spaetzle maker or the back side of a cheese grater to drop the batter into boiling water, then cook until the pieces of batter float to the top. Add butter for an extra layer of flavor, then enjoy!
These Garlic Mashed Potatoes are a simple recipe for the best mashed potatoes.
They’re ready in a quick 30 minutes, as creamy as can be, buttery, and perfectly garlicky.
Start these potatoes by boiling cubed Russet potatoes and garlic in a pot of salted water.
Once the potatoes are tender, drain the water, then mash them together with the garlic, a combination of butter and cream, and a little bit of the starchy potato water.
The result is the creamiest, most velvety potatoes you’ll ever taste!
Make “baked” potatoes even easier by making them in your slow cooker!
This recipe is so easy and yields a ton. And it takes just 10 minutes to prep!
Start by washing and drying eight Russet potatoes, use a fork to poke holes all over each potato, then rub them generously with olive oil and salt.
Place the prepared potatoes into the slow cooker and cook on high for 3-4 hours or on low for 6-8 hours.
Load these perfectly cooked potatoes up with all your favorite toppings or enjoy them plain topped with butter.
Have you ever tried 7 Up biscuits? This is a recipe you’re going to want to have in your back pocket.
These biscuits are so simple to make and contain a special ingredient that creates the lightest, flakiest texture.
Simply mix together Bisquick and sour cream, then stir in 7-Up. Yep, you read that right.
We’re using 7-Up soda for these biscuits! It’s so good.
Next, press the dough into a buttered baking pan, bake until cooked through, then dig into these buttery, light, delicious homemade biscuits.
You can never go wrong with a side of homemade cornbread! And this Southern Cornbread is a favorite.
This recipe comes together in just one bowl and yields the perfectly soft, fluffy, and golden cornbread.
This recipe is made with a mixture of flour and cornmeal along with whole milk, buttermilk, and egg.
It takes just 10 minutes to prepare and is perfect for pairing with beef stroganoff.
Pair sweet with your savory stroganoff with this delicious homemade fruit salad recipe.
Fruit salad is always simple to make and can be customized with any and all of your favorite fruits.
I make mine with a tasty combination of strawberries, blueberries, mandarin oranges, blackberries, bananas, and grapes all tossed together in a lemon flavored simple syrup.
These baked sweet potatoes are the perfect sweet twist on a classic.
They’re made with sweet potatoes roasted until soft and slightly caramelized, then topped with homemade cinnamon butter.
Bonus: you probably already have all the ingredients you need in your kitchen already!
Just 7 ingredients and 10 minutes of prep.
Enjoy your beef stroganoff with a side of these tender, fluffy, buttery, cheesy bread.
It’s quick to make and stores beautifully for an easy side dish all week long.
To make this cheesy loaf, combine flour, baking powder, salt, garlic powder, and onion powder, then mix in shredded cheddar, beer, and melted butter.
Bake until moist, soft, and fluffy in the middle with a buttery, golden top.
Keep your meal on the lighter side with a batch of this quick and easy seasoned air fryer asparagus.
This recipe requires just 5 ingredients and yields perfectly crisp-tender asparagus.
Simply toss fresh asparagus in olive oil, salt, garlic powder, and black pepper, then air fry for just a couple of minutes or until cooked to your liking.
Serve this asparagus with your homemade beef stroganoff or any meal you love!
These rosemary smashed potatoes are the perfect side dish.
They taste and look fancy, but actually come together so quickly and so easily. Just 6 ingredients and 15 minutes to prepare.
To make these smashed potatoes, boil small gold potatoes in a pot of salted water, use a potato masher to smash the potatoes, then drizzle them with a homemade garlic rosemary butter.
Broccoli bacon salad is packed full of so many delicious flavors and textures.
It’s fresh, simple, and ready to enjoy in under 30 minutes.
This recipe is made with broccoli florets, salty bacon, walnuts, dried cranberries, purple onion, and sunflower seeds tossed in a sweet, tangy, creamy mayonnaise dressing.
Is there anything better than grilled corn on the cob with your summer dinner? It just hits the spot every time!
This recipe for corn on the cob features sweet yellow corn slathered with butter, parsley, garlic powder, salt, and pepper.
It’s the perfect combination of flavors and grilled to smoky, sweet perfection.
These homemade yeast rolls are the best dinner rolls you’ll ever get your hands on.
They taste like the ones you can’t wait to get at your favorite restaurant, except you can make them right at home.
The rolls are made with flour, milk, yeast, sugar, salt, butter, and egg that’s combined into a dough, formed into rolls, and baked until soft, fluffy, and golden-brown on top.
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