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Make Beef Tips and Noodles for a quick and delicious weeknight dinner. Tender beef with the best flavor make an incredible dish to serve over pasta.
Our schedule is super busy so easy dinner ideas like this beef and noodles recipe help us so much. It is perfect for those busy weeknight meals, because it only takes 20 minutes to make.
The great thing about this recipe is that you can make this either in your slow cooker, instant pot or on your stove. This dinner idea can be make with beef tips or stew meat served with a creamy gravy on top of egg noodles. It is the best comfort food served on a busy weeknight and is a crowd pleaser.
Check out these other similar recipes – Mongolian Beef and Noodles Recipe, Slow Cooker Beef and Noodles and Crock Pot Beef and Noodles Casserole Recipe.
Why We Love This Recipe
We love how easy this recipe is. The ingredient list might seem long, but trust me you probably have the majority of the ingredients in your pantry.
My family loves a good meal that is warm and comforting after a long day. This recipe is delicious and just warms your soul. It reminds of my grandma’s beef and noodle recipe.
The best part is that I can make it in the iron skillet on a busy weeknight or put in the crock pot for a perfect Sunday Night meal.
Ingredients
- Beef Roast – If using a roast cut into small bite or buy beef stew meat.
Scroll to the bottom for the full list of ingredients and recipe in the recipe card.
Substitutions and Additions
- Meat – We used Beef Chuck Roast but you can also use beef stew meat. It is already cut into bite size piece. This stew meat can easily be purchased at the grocery store.
- Cream Soup – To make the sauce creamier, add in a can of cream of mushroom soup.
- Noodles – We used egg noodles, but you can use other types of noodles.
- Vegetables – Add in vegetables such as broccoli or carrots to make it a complete meal.
- Ground Beef – You can also use ground beef instead of roast for the meat.
- Sauce – Worcestershire Sauce can be added in. It is great combined with the other ingredients.
- Onion Soup Mix – Any easy substitute for chopped onion is add a packet of onion soup mix or make Homemade Onion Soup Mix.
- Bouillon Cubes – For even more flavor, you can add in 2 beef bouillon cubes when adding in the broth.
How to Make Beef Tips and Noodles
Step 1 – Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add in the butter and onion and sauté until the onion is translucent. This takes about 3-4 minutes.
Step 2 – Next, add in the cut of beef and brown the beef in the skillet with the onions for about 8-10 minutes over medium heat.
Step 3 – Then pour 2 cups of the low sodium beef broth into the skillet and add in the seasoning.
Step 4 – Stir to combine and bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce the heat, cover and simmer for 20-30 minutes until the beef is tender.
- Step 5 – Watch closely and slowly add in the last cup of the beef broth as the broth starts to cook off.
- Step 6 – Mix the cornstarch into the ¼ cup cold water in a separate bowl.
- Step 7 – Stir this mixture into the skillet mixture and allow this to cook for 10 minutes or until the sauce has thickened.
- Step 8 – While the sauce is thickening, cook the egg noodles in a separate pot based on the package instructions or al dente in a large pot of salted water.
- Step 9 – Serve the beef mixture over the egg noodles and enjoy.
Recipe Tips
- Chopped Veggies – To save time, we also like to keep diced onion and bell pepper in the freezer so it is easy to add to any recipe we like. See How to Freeze Onions for simple tips.
- Must Have Kitchen Gadget – Another time saving tip is to use a small food chopper or food processor to quickly and easily chop the onions.
How to Cook Instant Pot Beef and Noodles
You can easily cook this meal in your instant pot. Just like in your skillet, you can sear your meat in the instant pot. Here are some easy steps:
- Heat olive oil in the instant pot, then add in meat and sear.
- Then you would add in the other ingredients except for the noodles. Secure the lid and cook on high pressure for 15 minutes.
- While you beef and gravy are cooking, boil your egg noodles. Once done boil, then drain and set aside.
- Serve and enjoy
How to Make Crock Pot Beef and Noodles
This meal is great cooked in the crock pot. I put the cut up roast and all the ingredients except for the noodles in the crock pot and cook. We cook on low for about 6-8 hours.
I still cook my noodles separately and top with the beef and gravy. Perfect meal to come home to. Your house will smell amazing.
Frequently Asked Questions
We love having leftovers for this meal. It is perfect to put in individual containers and store in the fridge. This is probably one of my husbands favorite meal to have leftovers and will stay fresh for up to 4 days.
Just reheat in the microwave for about 1 minute increments, stirring after each minute.
If you need to thicken the sauce for the beef and noodles you can make a flour or cornstarch slurry. Mix one tablespoon of flour or cornstarch with one tablespoon of water.
Once the flour and water are combined, add into the beef and noodles mixture. Turn the heat on medium to high heat to thicken the sauce.
This is the perfect recipe to freeze. We like doubling the recipe so that I can have it for an easy meal. You will only want to freeze the beef and gravy mixture and not the noodles.
Put the beef and gravy in a freeze safe container. When you are ready to reheat, remove from the freezer and let it thaw in the refrigerator. Reheat meal on the stovetop or microwave.
We use a cast iron skillet and it’s perfect for this recipe. Cooking with a cast iron is amazing. You can make so many different recipes and they are great for skillet recipes.
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Beef Tips and Noodles
Ingredients
- 1.5 Pound Beef Roast cut into 1 inch pieces
- 1 Tbsp Butter
- 1/2 Onion diced
- 3 cups beef broth
- 2 Bay Leaves
- 1/2 tsp Dried Thyme Leaves
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Pepper
- 1 Tbsp Cornstarch
- 1/4 cup Cold Water
- 12 oz Extra Wide Egg Noodles
Instructions
- Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add in the butter and onion and sauté until the onion is translucent (3-4 minutes).
- Add in the beef and brown the beef in the skillet with the onions (8-10 minutes) over medium heat.
- Then pour 2 cups of the beef broth into the skillet and add in the seasoning. Stir to combine and bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce the heat, cover and simmer for 20-30 minutes until the beef is tender. Watch closely and slowly add in the last cup of the beef broth as the broth starts to cook off.
- Mix the cornstarch into the ¼ cup cold water in a separate bowl. Stir this mixture into the skillet mixture and allow this to cook for 10 minutes or until the sauce has thickened.
- While the sauce is thickening, cook the egg noodles in a separate pot based on the package instructions.
- Serve the beef mixture over the egg noodles and enjoy!
Recipe Video
This was delicious!
I also added in the sour cream as some other comments recommended and it was so good and flavorful. The entire family enjoyed it.