What to do with beef chuck?
I have some leftover and was wondering if I could marinate the he** out of it and then cook it with some broccoli for a sort-of Asian-style beef with broccoli. Or does it work best as some kind of stew? My husband (who will be the only one eating it) doesn't really like stew, so I'm trying to come up with another way to use it.
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13 Comments:
Does your husband like chili? Chuck is an often preferred cut of beef for chili.
ccbweb at 5:24PM on 04/28/08
Yes, braising is best. But that doesn't have to mean stew. Cook it gently with some Mexican-influenced spices and a little liquid until it's really tender and shred it for a great taco or burrito filling.
lemons at 5:25PM on 04/28/08
make italian beef sandwiches with it!
ChelleyD01 at 6:34PM on 04/28/08
is it chuck roast or ground chuck?.....cooked or not.......
onepercent99 at 6:35PM on 04/28/08
It's uncooked chuck roast, I think. I'm a vegetarian, so it's dead cow to me.
Right now it's frozen. I'll defrost when I figure out what to do with it.
PestoGal at 7:45PM on 04/28/08
My grandmother swears by chuck for beef goulash, and I like to cut it into bite-size pieces and make a big pot of Beef and Lentil Soup. You could also grind it up and make a mean burger.
nosillak at 8:13PM on 04/28/08
beef goulash is great but maybe not coz your hubby don't like stew.....my mom made a quick goulash......brown the chuck....then brown some onions in the same pot......put meat an onions back in the pot with 3 or 4 cups spagetti sauce or crushed tomato's....bay leaf.....salt n pepper,.....an some paprika an cook till the meat's tender n serve over wide noodles.....my second choice would be the italian beef
onepercent99 at 8:48PM on 04/28/08
or if you wanted to cook asian stlye beef an broccoli you could braise the chuch till it's tender....cool it an slice it an stir fry it with the broccoli.....should be very tender then !!!
onepercent99 at 8:51PM on 04/28/08
Make a great pot roast...Emeril has a killer recipe for a garlic studded one that's the easiest thing I've made and delicious.
bessfour at 9:01AM on 04/29/08
@nosillak - chuck or flank makes a superb goulash. And I'm talking Hungarian goulash, not the US style melange of ground beef and macaroni (although I like that too).
BITTER at 10:00AM on 04/29/08
I can see braising has definitely won the day and rightly so. Ground chuck makes some of the best burgers on the planet but simmering chunks of it takes it to a whole other level.
BITTER - Do you have a recipe to recommend??
chiff0nade at 4:26PM on 04/29/08
Ok, so I think the consensus is to simmer. Does anyone have a good Asian simmer sauce recipe? I'd still like to do a take on beef with broccoli.
PestoGal at 5:18PM on 04/29/08
@ chiff0nade:
1 (3 lb) boneless chuck roast
2 tablespoons white vinegar
2 teaspoons garlic salt
1/4 cup flour
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 package onion and mushroom soup mix
1 1/2 cups sweet sherry
1/2 cup brewed coffee
1 cup halved fresh mushrooms
1. Cut 8-10 slits in roast, sprinkle with vinegar and garlic salt then dredge in flour.
2. Brown roast on all sides in hot oil.
3. Transfer to baking pan or slow cooker.
4. Stir together soup mix, sherry and coffee.
5. Pour over roast.
6. Add mushrooms.
7. Bake at 350 for 3 hours.
BITTER at 7:45PM on 05/03/08