Homemade Beef Stroganoff Hamburger Helper (Gluten Free, Paleo, AIP)
This homemade beef stroganoff hamburger helper is an easy and delicious one-pot meal that tastes like the real deal but healthier!
What is Beef Stroganoff Hamburger Helper?
Beef stroganoff is the perfect comfort food! It’s creamy, hearty, and filling… perfect for cooler weather. It gets even easier with something like the American convenience classic of hamburger helper! If you’ve never had hamburger helper, it’s a boxed mix that includes pasta, seasoning, and all you do is add the beef and cook it all together. It’s certainly easy, but not exactly healthy or allergen-friendly… until now!
This homemade beef stroganoff hamburger helper is a gluten-free, dairy-free, and can even be made paleo and AIP!
Why you’ll love Beef Stroganoff Hamburger Helper
- It’s such good comfort food. It’s hard to beat the warm, comforting flavors of beef stroganoff!
- The American convenience of hamburger helper. The classic boxed mix flavor made healthier and allergen friendly!
The Ingredients for Homemade Beef Stroganoff Hamburger Helper
- Ground Beef and Beef Broth. I haven’t tried it but you could likely make this with ground turkey and chicken broth as well.
- Coconut Cream. This is the substitute for sour cream to make this dish nice and creamy! You can either use the cream that hardens on the top of a can of coconut milk when left in the fridge overnight or Arroy-D coconut cream which is my personal favorite!
- Gluten or Grain-Free Pasta. I love the jovial brown rice fusilli, but you can also use their cassava fusilli to keep it grain-free, paleo, and AIP! The only ingredients are cassava flour and water.
- Baby Bella Mushrooms.
- Salt, Pepper, Onion, and Garlic.
- Parsley. For topping!
- White Wine Vinegar.
- Arrowroot Starch.
How to make Homemade Beef Stroganoff Hamburger Helper
- Combine the broth: Combine the broth, vinegar, and arrowroot. Set aside.
- Cook the ground beef: Use a large, deep pot to brown the ground beef and season with salt and pepper. Set aside.
- Cook the vegetables: Add the onion and garlic and saute for 2-3 minutes or until lightly translucent. Add the mushrooms and saute for another 4-5 minutes or until tender.
- Combine: Add the beef and pasta back and simmer, stirring often, until the pasta is cooked through and the sauce is reduced.
- Finish & Serve: Stir in coconut cream until melted and fully incorporated and remove from the heat. Serve topped with parsley.
Can you use other types of pasta?
I think fusilli works best for this recipe, but you can try to use other shapes as well!
Can you make this recipe coconut free?
Since beef stroganoff is made with sour cream, coconut cream is used to make it dairy-free. So, if you can tolerate sour cream, that works just as well as a swap!
Can you use ground turkey instead of beef?
Personally, I’ve never tried this recipe with turkey, but it can likely be done just as easily! I would probably use chicken broth instead of beef broth if you chose to try turkey.
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Homemade Beef Stroganoff Hamburger Helper (Gluten Free, Paleo, AIP)
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Ingredients
- 3 cups beef broth, see notes
- 1 tbsp white wine vinegar
- 1 tbsp arrowroot starch
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 tsp sea salt
- ¼ tsp black pepper, omit for AIP
- ½ onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 cups baby bella mushrooms, sliced
- 2 cups gluten-free fusilli pasta, Jovial rice pasta for gluten-free, or jovial cassava pasta for paleo/AIP
- ½ cup coconut cream
- 1 tbsp parsley, chopped
Instructions
- Using a large bowl, stir the broth, vinegar, and arrowroot. Set aside.
- Use a large, deep pot to brown the ground beef and season with salt and pepper. Set aside, leaving about 2 tbsp of fat in the pot.
- Add the onion and garlic and saute for 2-3 minutes or until lightly translucent. Add the mushrooms and saute for another 4-5 minutes or until tender.
- Add the beef back to the pot and stir in the broth mixture and pasta. Stir well to combine.
- Turn the heat to high and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat, bringing the pot to a simmer. Allow to simmer for about 12-15 minutes, stirring often, until the pasta is cooked through and the sauce is reduced. See notes in the pasta needs more time to cook to your liking.
- Stir in coconut cream until melted and fully incorporated. Remove from the heat and serve topped with parsley.
Notes
Recipe by Michelle, Unbound Wellness. Photos by Modern Food Stories.
This post first appeared on Unbound Wellness in 2020 and was updated in 2024.
This recipe is so good! It’s one of my staples for sure!!
This was super yummy! Made it for my non-paleo parents and they loved it! Definitely a keeper. Thank you!
This sounds delicious. I wonder about adding the pasta (uncooked) to this dish. When boiling gluten free pasta, the water gets really funky, filmy and thick. Cooking the pasta right in there with the other ingredients doesn’t take away from it? I could see it might help to thicken it but I’m hesitant…
If you follow the instructions in the recipe I promise it works perfectly! 🙂
Does the coconut cream give it a coconut flavor?
Made this with leftover turkey and turkey broth. It was really good.
We’ve made this so many times, tweaking as needed with what we have. It’s delicious and easy. Have passed it on to friends, too! Thank you so much.
Thank you so much for trying and sharing, Stacy!! 🙂
This was delicious!!! Thank you for all the great recipes.
Thank you so much, Dee!!
I had. Y daughter here this am helping put meals in the freezer for upcoming surgery. We did this one uncooked and I’ll put in my crock pot to cook.
Yum!!
Seriously delicious and filling, and not very time consuming to make. Those are the 3 most important things I look for in an AIP recipe. Thank you so much for sharing!!
Delicious! Made it tonight. I’ve tried many of your recipes and they’ve all been loved by me and my family!
So glad your family has been loving the recipes!!
This was SUPER yummy!!! Thank you!!
Thank you, Kelli! Glad you liked it!
You nailed it! This is the first AIP recipe I’ve made that tastes like the real thing. My whole family — none of whom have to follow AIP — loved it. Thank you so much. I’ll be trying many of your recipes from here on out.
So glad it was a hit! Thank you, Tina!! Glad you have you here!! 🙂
So easy and super delicious. My family ate it and had no idea it was AIP! I did replace coconut cream with Dairy free sour cream because I had it in the fridge.
Yay!! Thank you, Michele!!
This was delicious! Worked perfectly, reheated perfectly, and tasted amazing! The Jovial cassava pasta is life changing for AIP!! And your blog and recipes have been life changing on my AIP journey! I’m so grateful for you and the work that you share. THANK YOU!
Thank you so, so much Christine! I’m so glad it’s helpful!!
Made this last night for myself and family. They are not AIP but we all enjoyed it. I added an extra garlic clove since it’s a flavor I enjoy. Going to make this one again in the future.
So glad you enjoyed it!!