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Make Beef and Noodles Recipe 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. It is easy to make with easy ingredients.
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 and Crock Pot Beef and Noodles Casserole Recipe.
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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.
How to Make Beef and Noodles
- Step 1 – Heat a large skillet over medium heat.
- Step 2 – Add in the butter and onion and sauté until the onion is translucent. This takes about 3-4 minutes.
- Step 3 – Next, add in the beef and brown the beef in the skillet with the onions for about 8-10 minutes over medium heat.
- Step 4 – Then pour 2 cups of the beef broth into the skillet and add in the seasoning.
- Step 5 – Stir to combine and bring the mixture to a boil.
- Step 6 – Reduce the heat, cover and simmer for 20-30 minutes until the beef is tender.
- Step 7 – Watch closely and slowly add in the last cup of the beef broth as the broth starts to cook off.
- Step 8 – Mix the cornstarch into the ¼ cup cold water in a separate bowl.
- Step 9 – Stir this mixture into the skillet mixture and allow this to cook for 10 minutes or until the sauce has thickened.
- Step 10 – While the sauce is thickening, cook the egg noodles in a separate pot based on the package instructions.
- Step 11 – 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.
- 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.
Serving Suggestions
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- Easy Roasted Zucchini and Squash
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 and Noodles Recipe
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!
It turned out awesome
This dish was fine but a little too simple. Maybe add some carrots and more spuced
This was fantastic!! The only thing I did different was to add a splash of Worcestershire sauce to the meat while I was browning it. Sooooo delicious with a side of roasted butternut squash??
I love happy kids!
The kids ate it without arguing. I used stewing beef and shell noodles because we don’t normally have roast or egg noodles in the house. 4 full kids, 1 happy mommy. Couldn’t ask for more. Next time I’ll be doubling the recipe so I can have leftovers lol
Love the beef recipies
OMG THIS IS SOOOOO DELISH!!! so much so that it is a sin ? the flavor of the sauce alone, my damn i could drink that!
This was so good! I used beef tips, which was not the best option, but taste was great!
My husband said this is the best beef and noodles he’s ever had!
Simple and excellent. Super easy to make and, oh, so tasty! I added a scoop of sour cream for more of a Stroganoff feel.
I almost drank the sauce.
It was wonderful!
Made this tonight. Used flank steak and 2 cups broth only. Like gravy thicker so used flour. It turned out great
Sounds good! Think I will cook it this Week
Made this last night and it was amazing! My husband ate 3 plates full!!! He usually can’t eat stuff like this because of a stricture in his throat but this was so tender he could eat no problem! I did put 1/4 tsp. of better than bouillon. It made it a darker color and brought out all those wonderful flavors!
This is definitely gonna bs made once every month or two!!!!!!
That sounds great! so glad you liked it.
I seared my steak cut into cubes on high heat in cast iron. Seasoned with salt n pep and tossed in flour dredge. After seared added to crock pot on low for 6 hours. Did the cornstarch w crock pot liquid and cooked another 30 mins. It was DELISH
So glad you loved it!
Very tasty!!
Yes I would brown first.
I’m so glad you loved it!
This was pretty good I did however cut down the salt and pepper to half ( just because I don’t do salt and my roommate doesn’t like that much pepper) and used only 2 cups of beef broth instead of the 3 that was recommended.
This is an excellent recipe!! Thanks for sharing. Meat was so tender. I added in mushroom soup- this definitely will be made again and again!!!
This recipe looks so good. I want to try the slow cooker version and was thinking of browning the beef before adding to the cooker. What do you think?
Very good and easy to make. I added a can of sliced mushrooms and served over spaghetti noodles which were leftovers in the fridge. Will definitely make again! Thanks’
Looks good
This was so good, I made it on a snowy day and everyone loved it. I bought stew meat and it was cut into larger pieces than 1 inch cubes so I needed to cook it for about an hour.
I made this with a shredded elk roast, and it was delicious! Because I didn’t mix it with the noodles, we enjoyed the leftovers on rolls, and they made great sandwiches!
If using fresh broccoli, you can dice it and add it in with the cornstarch slurry to cook and cover the skillet to cook it through. I would watch it closely to ensure that it doesn’t overcook. It will take approximately 5-7 minutes to cook through once it’s covered.
If I wanted to add Broccoli how would I go about that?
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