a dish of thin strips of beef cooked with onions, mushrooms, and seasonings, served in a sour-cream sauce
Word origin
C19: named after Count Paul Stroganoff, 19th-century Russian diplomat
beef stroganoff in American English
noun
Cookery
stroganoff made with strips of beef
Word origin
[1940–45]This word is first recorded in the period 1940–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: airlift, blockbuster, set-aside, snorkel, update
Examples of 'beef stroganoff' in a sentence
beef stroganoff
A tenner says it wasn't lasagne or beef stroganoff.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
She loved her crab salad with poached egg and her beef stroganoff.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Dinner was vacuumsealed packs of beef stroganoff and chicken teriyaki.
The Sun (2013)
In autumn try warming squash and parmesan soup or beef stroganoff.
The Sun (2011)
Then a good plain beef stroganoff served with its rice in a copper kidney dish.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In addition to sandwiches and soups, full-fledged meals such as beef stroganoff and eggplant casserole are prepared daily.
Globe and Mail (2003)
Bale also keeps away from expensive restaurants, insisting he would rather eat his mum's beef stroganoff.
The Sun (2011)
If the food monster is home, it'll be pasta, ribs, beef stroganoff, doughnuts and chocolate cake.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
My mum's a good cook - she'd make beef stroganoff, chicken à la king - 1970s classics.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
There's a boutique trekkers' lodge across from the old wooden church and peppery beef stroganoff for dinner.