Beef stroganoff with pickles

1. Peel the onion from the husk and cut into half rings.

2. Pour 1 tbsp into the pan. vegetable oil and put it on the fire, as soon as the oil warms up, put the chopped onion into the pan. Saute the onion for 3-4 minutes until it becomes soft.

3. Cut pickled cucumbers into thin strips along the length of the cucumber

4. Put the chopped cucumbers in the pan with the onions and fry the vegetables for another 5-7 minutes, stirring occasionally.

5. The most important thing in preparing beef for this dish is its proper cutting. The meat must be cut across the grain and into very thin strips. If you have a thick piece of meat, it is better to first lightly beat it with a kitchen hammer, and then chop it.

6. Sprinkle the chopped meat with flour and roll the pieces of meat in flour.

7. Pour the remaining vegetable oil into another pan and fry the pieces of meat over high heat for 4-5 minutes, stirring so that the meat turns gray, but does not burn.

8. Then we shift the fried cucumbers and onions into the pan to the meat, add mustard, tomato paste.

9. Only now salt and pepper the meat to taste.

10. Pour meat with vegetables with cream or sour cream. Mix everything well and simmer the dish until the meat is fully cooked and the sauce thickens over very low heat. This may take 20-25 minutes.

11. Ready-made beef stroganoff with pickles is usually served with potatoes and slices of fresh tomatoes.

12. The beef in the dish just melts in your mouth, and the sauce makes the dish very rich. Pickled cucumbers give the sauce a rather original sourness. In general, it turns out quite an interesting and tasty meat dish.

Bon appetit!