202g Steak for 3 People?

[Davros]

DH is cooking beef stroganoff for three of us tonight and has come home with what looks to me like a minuscule steak. I was thinking big pot, hearty and tasty meal but it looks like it will be more like nouvelle cuisine. He thinks I'm just a greedy cah. As someone who more or less doesn't cook, am I misjudging his sweet little steak and it's "plenty" in his words or will I barely be able to wet my lips with this dinner?

I'm following a diet at the moment, and even my portion size of steak is 180g!

That's dead stingy. Of course on MN, that should feed 8 people and if it doesn't they are all obese.

tell him he is bonkers for buying fillet steak. so expensive.

A fillet steak in a pub or restaurant would probably be about 150-170 g, so is quite generous for one person, but a real stretch for three, especially as one is a mushroom hating teen boy.

£50 a kilo sounds a lot though, even for fillet steak. I get it from a posh farm shop and it's about half that price.

I use rump for stroganoff as it's relatively cheap so I can afford loads.

He has eyes smaller than his stomach, clearly

We use about 350g for 4 people (2 adults and 2 very hungry teens) and it's fine TBH.

However steak fillet to do a beef stroganoff is crazy. I sue the cheapest cut I can find and out everything in the slow cooker. Much cheaper and very tasty.

150 - 200g per person.

Bless him - he doesn't have a clue does he!

I'd make myself a fish finger sandwich. Or a chip butty. That's not enough food.

Just looked up my recipe which is from the Hairy Bikers Diet book- 600g for 4 people.

Don't think it's enough, also think it's a waste of fillet steak. I use sirloin in stroganoff, I think it has a better flavour.

And the whole point of a stroganoff is that you use th best quality meat you can and cook it quickly. Otherwise it's stew.

However steak fillet to do a beef stroganoff is crazy. I sue the cheapest cut I can find and out everything in the slow cooker. Much cheaper and very tasty.

Then it's not beef stroganoff! Should be cooked quickly using fillet steak. I use 500g for two people when I do it and that gives very generous portions.

200g for 3 people is a tiny amount, it would need to be near 450-500g for that amount of people

bertrandrussell that is what he is saying. Stroganoff should be made with fillet steak and cooked fairly quickly. He is a stickler for cooking food the "correct" way, not the way most people (me) like to eat it - lots of sauce and fat!! He is going out again now to buy a bit more steak. He often dies thus, has a brainstorm in the shop and has to go back

If it was for a steak dinner, then yes it would be stingy, but it is for a stroganoff - a quick cooked stir fry of steak, onions and mushrooms with a cream sauce

202g steak is for one, or me and my 11 month old DS at a push!

I would probably use around 500g of steak if I was cooking a meal for three hungry adults.

If I buy fillet steak to just grill I would usually get about 150g each, including for greedy teenagers. I get bigger quantities if it isn't fillet.
However stroganoff is different, any kind of meat for stir fry goes much further than as a steak because it's cut into thin strips.
Still it will be a little skimpy.

1kg of mince for spag bol between 4 people in the derxa house.
Do you need fillet to make stroganoff? He can make a wee stroganoff for himself.

That's for one person,not three, in my book. ... I like my meat though so may be a greedy cah

Classic stroganoff does require fillet. It's cooked very quickly.
If you use cheaper beef or pork and slow cook it it's lovely but it's goulash rather than stroganoff.

"He can make a wee stroganoff for himself."

Sod that for a game of soldiers- stroganoff is delicious!

I use 200g per person.

Mmmmm that brandy and cream sauce. I wouldn't say no to a goulash either

glad to hear he has decided to go back to the shop and buy more steak - that's just not enough for 3 people, its fine for 1 person but that's about it.