Recipe's from the Ranch' - Grillin' That's Better The Next Day on Sure Champ's Blog for March

As a rancher and advocate for agriculture, I know first hand how beef has helped shape our lives.  Raising our own Certified Hereford Beef on our ranch allows our family the benefit of taking part first hand in the daily process of knowing where our beef comes from.....aka 'ranching heritage'.  Knowing beef producers from across our nation affirms our pride in the US beef product because we've also witnessed how when it comes to feeding the world as they do, both safety and a great tasting and lean beef product are paramount for these ranchers, their associations, and on the state and national levels.  

This month for Sure Champ's Blog and my Recipes from the Ranch blog contribution I chose to showcase a few meals we prepare using left over CHB steak and brisket.  These recipes are quick and easy to make.  A little thinking ahead by grilling or smoking extra beef the weekend before makes these dinners come together in a snap allowing the cook (me) the ability to not spend all their time in the kitchen!

 Sure Champ's Brisket Stew

You can click here at Sure Champ's Recipes from the Ranch Grillin That's Better The Next Day's March Post for three recipes for Sure Champ's Brisket Stew above, and The Ranch Kitchens' Brisket Fajitas and Beef Stroganoff from both grilled steak and brisket below. 

  The Ranch Kitchen's Brisket Fajitas

                

The Ranch Kitchen's Beef Stroganoff

As the temperature warms finally here in Texas and spring begins to peak it's head out from behind the clouds, do your best to get out and grill!  Make enough extra beef to help plan your week aheads meals.  And all the while as you are planning ahead remembering that no one ever said cooking had to be hard!  It's just takes a little planning ahead that will result later in some great meals with minimal effort and overall savings of your hard earned cash in the process!

Enjoy!

And in closing from my favorite television commercial....Beef.  It's what's for dinner!

Alise - The Ranch Kitchen




The Ranch Kitchen's Beef Stroganoff

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One of my favorite things to do is re-invent leftovers.  I wrote years ago on my blog of my husbands sudden like of leftovers after the first grocery bill and week of marriage.  He decided then and there on our limited income that I could cook every other night and reinvent my left overs. 

God love his mother as she cooked fresh every night for her three sons and husband.  My mom being a working mother cooked every night as well, but learned to use what she had and be creative on those nights when leftovers were what was left! 

Tonight was definitely one of those nights when the leftover steak from a few nights ago became my version of beef stroganoff.  I simply sliced against the grain the sirloin steaks, sliced up an onion and quickly tossed them both over a little olive oil mixed with one teaspoon of my favorite Tony Chachere's Creole Seasoning. 

I then added a can of cream of mushroom soup, one can of beef broth and continued to cook on medium heat until the mixture came to a low boil. 

                                

The heat was then turned down to low and I added one cup of sour cream, mixed that all together and continued to cook on low for about ten minutes.  I served this beef stroganoff over fettuccine noodles. 

                                           



You'll notice in the first picture above that my simple salad did not have a tomato in it, but yellow squash instead.  I got this little jewel of an idea years ago from my good friend Sandra Southwell who is a great cook in her own right.  I'd never had fresh squash in a salad and it's a really fresh addition.  Looking back now that was some twenty or so years ago, but I still remember the great meals we had at her house when her daughter was a new born. 

So, take what you have and reinvent dinner.  It's definitely cheaper and usually is far better than how you cooked it the first night. This stroganoff was husband and daughter approved and looked like I had cooked from scratch!

  

The Ranch Kitchen's Beef Stroganoff

2 precooked sirloin steaks, sliced against the grain
1 onion, sliced in half, then quarters and into one inch slivers
2 teaspoons olive oil
1 teaspoon Tony Chachere's Creole Seasoning
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can beef broth
1 cup sour cream
Prepared noodles, rice, or mashed potatoes

Slice sirloin steak against the grain.  That means do not cut the meat in the same direction the meat runs, but across it.  Slice one onion in 1 inch slices.  In a skillet add 2 teaspoons olive oil with the steak and onion.  

Saute on low until steak and onion are cooked through and onions are translucent.  Add 1 can of cream of mushroom soup and 1 can of beef broth.  Cook on low until mixture begins to boil.  

Add sour cream and continue to cook on low heat until mixture is heated through and on a low boil.  

Serve over noodles, rice or mashed potatoes.  

Traditionally this is served over egg noodles, but tonight the pantry only had fettuccine!  

Cook's Note: You can also used ground beef that has been browned as the beef in this dish instead of steak. 

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Hope you'll give my version of beef stroganoff a try.  When grilling or smoking measts, always cook extra and your meals for the rest of the week are a snap.  

I've used brisket and leftover roast to create this beef stroganoff as well and it always turns out great!

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Alise @ The Ranch Kitchen