Vegetarian Stew - Bean Stroganoff
Bean Stroganoff - A Hearty Vegetable Stew
Here is a stomach filling, hearty stew made entirely of vegetables. Old fashioned comfort food without the guilt. It's a little more elegant than a stew as it has the flavor of beef Stroganoff.
This Stroganoff uses beans instead of beef. The large butter beans add chewiness and body to the stew. The mushrooms and onions make the sauce rich with the flavor of "meaty" goodness. You won't even miss the meat.
If you use sour cream substitute this is vegan. If you opt for regular sour cream this is still a delicious vegetarian meal.
This is a super easy vegan recipe for dinner and one of the most elegant vegan meal.
Bean Stroganoff Ingredients
I suggest you either open some windows, run the stove hood fan or burn some votive candles while making this recipe.
If you are sensitive to slicing onions, this will help.
Fair warning, to bring the onions to an near burnt state causes smoking of the cooking oil.
An open window or a votive candle will help with the onion odor and smoke.
Judge how much seasoning you want to add. I add quite a bit as the ingredients are by nature mild in flavor. Think of the flavor of beans and mushrooms. If you serve the Stroganoff the traditional way, over egg noodles, the noodles are also mild in flavor.
I recommend a low smoke point oil such as canola or safflower rather than olive oil which smokes quite early in heating. The onions get cooked to an almost burnt condition in order to make an onion gravy, and this causes a quite a bit of smoke. I would not use coconut oil as it imparts a sweetness to the dish which isn't really relevant to the flavor.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons cooking oil
- 1 medium yellow onion -sliced
- 1 cup of water
- 8 oz (227g) mushrooms - sliced
- 31 oz (878 g) butter beans (two cans) drained
- 1 - 3 teaspoons of salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 3/4 cup of sour cream or sour cream substitute, I use Tofutti Better Than Sour Cream. It is easy to obtain in a large supermarket.
Instructions
- Add cooking oil to a large heavy skillet and heat on high heat. Add the sliced onion and cook until dark brown and somewhat burned. Stir occasionally to distribute the onion and make sure it browns up evenly. When all the onion is dark brown, slowly add the water and stir, deglazing the pan. Add the sliced mushrooms, lower the heat and cook, stirring occasionally until the mushrooms start to get shiny, about 5 minutes. Add the butter beans, 1 teaspoon of salt, the pepper and nutmeg. Stir to distribute everything evenly. When the mixture starts to bubble again add the sour cream. Stir again and bring to a bubble again. Taste and correct seasoning.
- Serve over noodles or if you want to keep it gluten free, serve over rice.
Bean Stroganoff Recipe in Photos
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Bravo on kicking beef stroganoff to make a bean one. Very excited to try this out.
My sister used to make this with beef, but I didn't eat it. Now I can with your recipe. I can't wait to make this. Thanks so much!
This sounds wonderful. I used to delight in cooking beans, but don't do it any more. Maybe I will again now.
That looks very yummy :-) We are gonna try one of these days!
I live with a vegetarian, so only eat meat occasionally, this bean stroganoff looks very tasty!
am always on the look out for good veggie recipes!
Wow, this looks delicious. I'm off to the store to get butter beans. Thank you!
Bookmarked, will definitely be cooking bean stroganoff this week - thank you!
I love stroganoff but I've never had a bean one before. It's definitely a good idea to try and eat less meat and more beans.
I try to eat meat-free a couple or more times a week. I might give this a go soon.
Oh boy this sure is a yummy lens.
This looks delicious. Though we are not vegetarian, I only eat grass-fed beef and meats, which are expensive, or meat from animals that we have raised ourselves, which is an effort. Therefore, we don't eat meat every day, but instead substitute other protein sources. I will be adding this one to my recipe box. Thanks!
I'm not vegan, but I try to go for what's healthy as much as I can. This is a perfect recipe that I can add to my list!
Wow that is a great idea. I am going to throw this recipe in my "get fit" diet. Thank you for this recipe!
I love stroganoff and this recipe sounds delicious!
I guess you could say that your vegetarian bean stroganoff is "smoking delicious"! Stroganoff has that special flavor that has been missed by vegetarians until now.....there will be smiles! Love your "fair warning", always good to do your disclaimers out front....and then get those onions to smoking!
This looks really good and a perfect January recipe!
This looks very delicious. I will try the recipe. Thanks.
My sister used to make beef stroggie as we called it. This would still give the flavor without the meat. Adding it to my stew lens. Thanks.
excellent lens..my mouth filled with water
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I just ate dinner and this made me wanna eat more!! sounds very delicious and I'm gonna try it soon!!! Thanks for all of the wonderful pictures and information in this recipe!! I apologize if I drooled on your lens, look for my clean up drool lens coming soon to a diner near you, but only if they serve this recipe! Awesome lens!!
This looks delicious. Yum.
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