Vegan Mushroom Stroganoff With Savings You'll Love

You won't be able to get enough of this speedy vegan mushroom stroganoff recipe! It's:

So Quick
Easy
Creamy
Savoury
And Roughly $10 Less

The Thrifty Secret

Well, traditional Russian stroganoff is a dish of thinly sliced beef and tasty mushrooms in a creamy sauce made with sour cream. Julia at Vikalinka shares her traditional recipe and some great history on the dish.

So how do we make a super flavourful stroganoff for less?

• We use the tasty mushrooms
• Our quick homemade 4-ingredient sour cream
• And we replace the beef with strips of sun-dried tomatoes!

We've made stroganoff with just the mushrooms... and although tasty, we kind of felt like it needed another element. That's where the long, slightly chewy, flavourful strips of sun-dried tomatoes come in! They are reminiscent of the texture of the beef, and for:

CAD $1.11 vs. over CAD $10 for beef... sun-dried tomatoes are a winner!

We use either oil-packed or dry-packed sun-dried tomatoes. If using the dry packed version, you can rehydrate the tomatoes in some warm water while you chop your mushrooms and start the sauce. If you have lots of tomatoes on hand... Gimme Some Oven has a great homemade sun-dried tomato recipe!

The Beef Flavour

This is where the right seasonings make all the difference!

Mushrooms are fantastic little sponges for flavour and luckily, there are a few key ingredients that infuse them with the savoury, "beefy", quality lost.

• Liquid Smoke is a fantastic natural ingredient that infuses any dish with the smoky smell and savoury flavour of meat.
• Tamari is a type of soy sauce with less sodium and more of a savoury flavour than your regular soy sauce.
• Worcestershire sauce provides another kick of "beefy" taste.
• Nutritional yeast is a wonderfully rich seasoning that deepens all the flavours in a dish and adds to the creamy, savouriness.
• And finally a pinch of chilli flakes add just a hint of heat.

Making 25 Minute Vegan Mushroom Stroganoff

It may seem like adding all those seasonings will add to the time it takes to make this dish... BUT...

Not having to cook the beef makes this vegan mushroom stroganoff recipe super quick and ready in 25 minutes!

To make the sauce:

1. Saute the onion and garlic.
2. Add the mushrooms with the liquid smoke and chilli flakes.
3. Let them cook and infuse with the smoky flavour for about 5 minutes.
4. Meanwhile, dissolve the starch and nutritional yeast in the broth. Add in the tamari and worcestershire sauces.
5. Add the sun-dried tomatoes to your mushrooms.
6. Pour the broth mixture over the veggies.
7. Stir in the milk and sour cream.
8. Thicken for a few minutes.
9. And serve over pasta or mashed potatoes!

Recipe Cost

This recipe makes 6 generous servings and costs us: CAD $12.97! That's $2.16 per serving.

If we remove the sun-dried tomatoes, the tamari, and the liquid smoke; and we add in 1 pound marinating steak, our cost becomes:

• CAD $21.93 if we purchase the steak at our wholesale store.
• Or, CAD $24.47 if we purchase the steak from our local grocery store.
• That's a savings of: CAD $8.96 - $11.50!

And... by using our tasty homemade vegetable scrap broth our cost goes down to CAD $11.64... under $2 per serving!

So are you ready to give this speedy vegan mushroom stroganoff recipe a try? Let us know in the comments below how it goes!

And for another hearty recipe popular in Russia, try our favourite Borscht and use your leftover 4-ingredient sour cream to garnish the tasty beet soup!

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