Beef Stroganoff | Freeze Dried Backpacking and Camping Food | Amazing Taste | High Protein | Real Meat | Quick Prep Meals

The ample quantity of meat bits tastes like real beef, the mushrooms are fully of mushroomy goodness and the noodles are a kindness to my tired body. The portion is revivifyingly large for one hungry person and reasonable for two who have been eating lots of hiking snacks. It's not going to replace the coconut chicken curry in my heart, but it is definitely something easy and tasty to look forward to at the end of a trail day. One caution is that the instructions understate the water and soak time and can leave the meat and mushrooms a little crunchy. I find a full 400ml of boiling water and a 20 minute hydration time with a second round of stirring/mixing half way through gives good results. Given that it's better in quality (and in quantity) than the fast food I might easily buy on the way to the trailhead, I'd say these are even pretty decent value as pre-packaged backpacking meals go.

Absolutely delicious! Great portion size, good ingredients, and really filling. Loved the mushrooms and the sauce. The meat had good flavor but it was cut into small cubes and they still didn't rehydrate very well. The noodles rehydrated really well and held up to a little longer soak/steam than the package said. The sauce thickened well at the 25 minute mark. If this was a couple bucks cheaper I would be inclined to stock up on these. I think Mountain House is a better value and the flavor is a pretty close runner up to Peak. All in all, it was a great warm meal at the end of a long day on trail.

Lightweight and delicious but not much food for the money.

Great! This stuff tastes so good. The sodium is not horrible, and if you're doing some serious outdoorsey work, you're probably going to need those electrolytes.

21 March 2026: I looove these meals! Having eaten (military issued) MREs for yeeears, Peak Refuel meals taste like 5-star dining! I recommend their desserts, too. Whoever created these meals is brilliant! I haven’t eaten one Peak Refuel meal that wasn’t deeelicious! All you have to do is add boiling water and wait for 5 to 10-min! Eat your heart out, Gordon Ramsay!

Best flavor, I even eat these at home they are so good!

It was just okay. I much prefer the Mountain House beef stroganoff. I did like that Peak Refuel's ingredients are better quality and seem fresher. The beef was actual chunks and the mushroom pieces were large and very flavorful. The main reason why I prefer MH's meal is that I prefer the onion flavor. This meal had a very strong sour cream taste which I didn't like. So, while I liked the higher quality ingredients, I still prefer MH. If you like a strong sour cream and/or mushroom taste this would be a good choice. Also, add a little more water than what the package calls for or else it will be really sticky.

The Sausage Gravy & Bicuits is my favorite with the Chicken Coconut Curry and the Peach Cobbler being backpacking meals I buy a lot because they're so good. I've tried many other brands but Peak makes the best ones, imo.