Creamy French Onion Beef and Noodles is a creamy, easy, and delicious one pot dinner! Your family will love this savory combo of tender beef and egg noodles!
Beef and Noodles:
This post first appeared over at Eazy Peazy Mealz French Onion Beef and Noodles, where I’m a contributor. We first published this post in January of 2018 and it INSTANTLY became a reader fave! Now we are giving it a photo makeover as well as updating directions based on reader feedback!
I like to think of this recipe as kind of an upgraded beef stroganoff. Just adding a few extra ingredients like French onion soup, parmesan cheese, and crispy fried onions really take the flavor to another super hearty level. I’ll also say that this meal at first happened by complete accident! I had some beef stew meat to use up and basically just paired it with whatever else I happened to have on hand at the time as well. Now, this impromptu “man I really need to get to the grocery store” dinner, has become a part of our regular meal rotation. We all went back for seconds, it’s that good!
How To Make French Onion Beef and Noodles:
- Start by searing your stew meat in olive oil until browned on all sides. You can see in the photo that we still have some red/pink showing through, and that is just fine!
- Stew meat is super budget friendly, but it can also be tough. This is why we are going to simmer the beef in the broth and french onion soup for about 10 minutes before adding the noodles.
- Add the egg noodles to the pan and simmer, stirring the noodles around occasionally. It will seem like a lot of noodles at first, and that is ok. You’ll notice that they start to cook into the sauce. Continue to stir and push the noodles down in the broth so they cook evenly.
- Remove the pan from the heat and add in your sour cream and cheese stirring well until incorporated. Then, top with the french fried onions as desired.
If you’re looking for more tasty and easy dinners using beef, try these:
- Ground Beef Fried Rice
- Instant Pot Beef and Noodles
- Instant Pot Beef Stew
- Slow Cooker Meatballs and Gravy
- Slow Cooker Shredded Beef Enchiladas
- Easy Chopped Steaks and Gravy
Enjoy!
~Nichole
Creamy French Onion Beef and Noodles
Ingredients
- 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
- 1 Pound Beef Stew Meat
- 1 Teaspoon Onion Powder
- 1 Teaspoon Garlic Powder
- Salt & Pepper, To Taste
- 1 10.5 Ounce Can French Onion Soup
- 3 Cups Beef Broth
- 12 Ounces Egg Noodles
- 1/2 Cup Sour Cream
- 1/4 Cup Parmesan Cheese
- 1 Cup French Fried Onions
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium high heat.
- Add the beef and season with the onion powder, garlic powder, salt, and pepper.
- Cook for 3-5 minutes until beef is seared on all sides.
- Add French onion soup an beef broth to the pot and bring to a simmer.
- Simmer the beef on low for 10 minutes, then add the egg noodles and simmer for 10 more minutes, stirring occasionally until the noodles are tender.
- Remove the pan from the heat. Stir in the sour cream and parmesan cheese. Sprinkle with french onions as desired.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
This was excellent. I used hamburger instead of stew meat and I made it in my Instant Pot. I did everything else exactly the same. The only change I would have made of the recipe outside of the hamburger and the way I cooked it would have been to use a full 8 oz of sour cream, but it was still good even with 4 oz. I cooked it on HP for 2 minutes and did a 5-minute natural release and then did a full manual release. The noodles were perfect. I sprinkled the French fried onions on after I served it. I would definitely make this again.
I used hamburger. I’m thinking next time I’ll cook the noodles separately and fogo the 3 cups of bullion
Super tasty. I don’t know if i did something wrong with the stew meat but it was super chewy…maybe i needed to simmer it longer in the beef broth?
Beef stew meat needs to cook low and slow. Bring to a boil then simmer for an hour
Made this for dinner this evening. Was delicious! Flavor was great. My husband is not an onion fan, but had not complaints. I added a little cornstarch water to thicken it and served it with mashed potatoes.
Great recipe it is now part of our rotation I do use shaved steaks or hamburger and sub gruyere for Parmesan so yummy and easy to make!!
What can i do if i only have mexican shredded cheese? Skip cheese or use it?
You could try the Mexican shredded cheese if you want :). Or, just leave it out
If I don’t have parm how much of a difference would that make?
Ummm, I’m an addict to this- I do usually sub with a pound of ground chuck snd a envelope of onion soup- follow rest of recipe to a T. It is very good with garlic bread… I actually made for breakfast today- that’s how bad my craving was! ??
I like the idea of adding the onion soup packet. I think I’ll do that today. Agree. Love this recipe.
Do you do the French onion soup plus the packet of onion soup or do you sub the French onion soup with the onion soup packet? Thank you!
My family and I absolutely LOVED this dish! I only did 2 things differently:
1- I used Reames frozen egg noodles (I prefer these)
2- I cooked it in the pressure cooker according to comments from another fan.
Other than that, I would never change a thing about this! I’m so glad that I made double because everyone wanted seconds. Thank you for an amazing recipe!
did you use 12 oz. bag of reames noodles or 24 oz? Thank you
How long did you cook it in the pressure cooker?
Didn’t have the meat so just browned up some ground beef and followed the rest of the recipe. A big hit! Thanks
Sounds good! I make it by cooking my meat like you in olive oil and add Hungarian Paprika over the meat and stir till Brown & frothy. Then I add 1 pkg McCormick Beef Stew Mix with 1 1/2 cups of water & wire whisk till blended. Add to pan and simmer for 4 hours or 15 mins In a pressure cooker. Thicken with Cornstarch & a tiny bit of cold water ~ pour in the meat mixture & wire whisk in. Comes out delicious!!