Beef Tips & Wine with Noodles

This is another big favorite in our household.  You will have some leftovers but not for very long!

Beef Tips & Wine with Noodles

Ingredients:

• 1 and 1/2 lbs. beef tips
• drizzle of olive oil
• 1 small onion, halved then sliced thinly
• 4 cloves fresh garlic, minced
• 2 Tbsp. butter
• 2 c. beef stock
• 2-3 big splashes of your favorite red wine (I use a blackberry merlot)
• 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
• 1/8 tsp. paprika
• 1 tsp. dried parsley
• 1 tsp. sea salt
• 1/2 tsp. cracked black pepper
• 1 bag egg noodles

Drizzle some olive oil in a large skillet.  Add onions and sauté a few minutes, then add garlic.  Sauté for another 3-4 minutes.  Add butter and let melt.  Stir in beef stock, spices and a few large splashes of wine.  Cover and let simmer over medium-low heat for about 15 minutes.  Add dried noodles to skillet and stir.  Add a little extra stock or water if needed; cover again and cook according to package directions, usually about 7 minutes.  Remove from heat and enjoy! Serve with a side veggie if desired.

This looks similar to my stroganoff but the taste is very different! The wine adds such a wonderful richness.  You can also add mushrooms (which I LOVE) while cooking but my kids aren’t big mushroom fans.  It’s really easy to make but actually quite an elegant dish.  I probably should’ve busted out the real plates for this one.  Well actually the frozen peas & carrots probably brought the class factor back down a notch so paper plates were just right!