Brazilian Strogonoff
By: Roberta Pipito
Published: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 - 6:43am

Ingredients




2-4 lbs beef,chicken or shrimp
1-2 garlic cloves, minced
1 medium onion, finely chopped
saltand pepper to taste
1 Can Table Cream, Brazilian creme de leite or crème fraîche
3-4 tbsp Ketchup
1 8oz can of Mushrooms
1/2 cup of Spainsh Olives

Preparation

1 Cut up meat into pieces 2 Put into a bowl and mix with garlic, half of the onion, salt and pepper 3 Add meat,chicken or shrimp to the pan and cook 4 If it is a bit dry, add a few tablespoons of water, and cook a little while longer 5 Add Mushrooms and Olives 6 Next Add Ketchup 7 When ready to eat, add cream and let cook for one minute 8 Top it off with Potato Sticks

About

In the United States we make Beef Stroganoff with a brown sauce and eat it with noodles.  In Brazil we make it with a pinkish sauce (Brazilian-style table cream sold in the U.S. under the Nestlé brand.  You can also use crème fraîche Or, in desperation, use good old heavy cream and Ketchup) You can use Chicken, Beef or Shrimp, with onions, mushrooms and spanish olives on a bed of whole grain or white rice.  Then top it with Potato Sticks.  My family has been doing this recipe for ages.  It's popular in Brazil, and was always a favorite dish of mine growing up.  My family would always make a Brazilian potato salad which I will be making soon to share with you all.

Comments:
Roberta Pipito

Enjoy!