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Soft Beef Stroganoff

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Level 6: Soft & Bite-Sized · 45 min · serves 4

Soft Beef Stroganoff prepared as an illustrative IDDSI Level 6 serving
Serving illustration. Follow the measurements below and run the IDDSI test before serving.

The family’s version

  • Beef stroganoff
  • Egg noodles
  • Mushrooms
  • Parsley

The Level 6 version

  • 450 g stewing beef, braised until fork-tender
  • 180 g egg noodles, cooked very soft
  • 300 ml thick smooth stroganoff sauce
  • 120 g smooth mashed potato if needed
Convert it
  1. Braise the beef until it squashes completely under fork pressure; remove every piece of fat, gristle, and browned crust.
  2. Cut beef and very soft noodles to pieces no larger than 1.5 cm.
  3. Coat every piece in thick smooth sauce with no thin liquid pooling. Leave mushroom slices and parsley off this portion.
  4. Fork-pressure test the thickest piece of beef and a noodle. Both should squash and stay flat.
EquipmentSlow cooker or covered pot, fork for measuring and testing
SLP tipIf even one beef piece resists the fork, use a more tender portion or convert that serving to Level 5.

Before serving: run the fork pressure test on the finished plate. Recipes guide you to a texture. Only the test confirms it.

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