Beef Chuck Recipes

In today’s roundup, we’re sharing some beef chuck recipes you can make in a pot, oven, air fryer, or cooker.

If you need a cheap meal that’s also rich in protein, you’re asking for too much. Just kidding—you’ll just need beef chucks. They’re much less pricey than other cuts because they’re tougher and need to be cooked for a really long time. However, done the right way and they can be the center of very addictive dishes.

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The Best Beef Chuck Recipes

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Instant Pot Barbacoa Recipe

Making Barbacoa is extremely simple, which is half the appeal of this dish. The other half is that it’s a Mexican relish, so expect to be hit by a blizzard of addictive aromas. It’ll very quickly become a favorite.

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Instant Pot Beef Bourguignon Recipe

Bourguignon is the perfect base for a rich, succulent sauce. In just an hour, red wine and mushrooms take it from mundane to magnificent. Be prepared to dine so fine.

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Instant Pot Sloppy Joes Recipe

These Sloppy Joes will knock your socks off with pleasure-prompting aromas. It doesn’t help that the classic burger flavors are simmered soft in an instant pot until balmy. It’s a game changer, to put it mildly.

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Instant Pot Ropa Vieja Recipe

As far as enjoying your beef to its fullest potential, there’s nothing like serving it as Ropa Veja. It’s braised into succulent, tender pieces with olives and capers to create a robust and vibrant finish.

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Beef and Noodles Recipe

The perfect skillet dinner exists. This dish proves exactly that with just the right amount of protein and carbs to leave you feeling satiated. Ready in 35 minutes!

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Instant Pot Mississippi Pot Roast Recipe

Somehow, your menu feels incomplete without a good ol’ Mississippi Pot Roast. You won’t find a dish more fulfilling yet low effort to bail you out on hectic days. Save the recipe!

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Vegetable Beef Soup Recipe

If there’s anything you should have on your menu, it’s a gratifying stew or soup for rough days. This veggie medley is nourishing and comforting to the body and soul.

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Instant Pot Shredded Beef Recipe

Shredded meat takes a bit of care and elbow grease, but it’s absolutely worth it. The torn, tender pieces absorb all the stewed flavors: cumin, garlic, orange juice, and lime juice. Each bite is sure to be zesty!

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Beef Stew Recipe

This stew is everything you could ask for in a weekday meal. Cooked in one pot, the chunky mix of peas, carrots, and potatoes delivers taste and texture in one go. It’s guaranteed to satisfy.

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Beef Bulgogi Recipe

Bulgogi is one of two Korean BBQ forms. Our version features sliced beef chuck marinated in wine vinegar and brown sugar before being stir-fried. A straightforward dish to flaunt your cuisine expertise.

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Beef Bourguignon Recipe

Bourguignon is a French stew for a hearty feast. It includes tender beef, mushroom, and onion pieces in a stew so robust you’d think it was cooked in a peasant’s kitchen.

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Beef Kabobs Recipe

Kabobs make an excellent dinner, especially if you’re hosting a party. Grill them in an oven to come out juicy and tender, and be prepared for the shower of compliments these come with.

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Beef Curry Recipe

Our favorite thing about curry is that it’s ultra creamy and spicy, a combo that never fails to win over curious palates. Excellent to feed a crowd that’ll come back for seconds.

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Instant Pot Pot Roast Recipe

A dish like Pot Roast makes you fall in love with cooking — and dish duty. It requires the typical “dump and cook” technique to limit dirty dishes and increase your downtime without sacrificing its flavors. Now tell us, who doesn’t love that?

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Beijing Beef Recipe

If ever you wish for a meal of chunky meat sauteed to tender perfection, try this Beijing Beef. Plus, the recipe couldn’t be simpler; everything is ready to be served in 20 minutes.

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Beef Fried Rice Recipe

Fried rice is already a game-changer. With some beef added in, it turns more chunky and satiating. An easy crowd-pleaser.

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Instant Pot Beef Barley Soup Recipe

This barley soup is a rustic stew made with basic pantry ingredients. Add in some red wine to set it apart and give it a good simmer, and every guest will be satisfied at the gathering.

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Beef Vindaloo Recipe

Vindaloo is a South-Indian tomato-based curry. It carries big and bold flavors plus a spicy kick thanks to the Vindaloo paste. Enjoy the dish with a cool salad to tame its zinginess.

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Instant Pot Beef Stew Recipe

Thanks to the Instant Pot, your stews can go off without a hitch. The bonus is a delightful meal of unmatched red wine and brown gravy aromas where you did only half the work.

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What Is Beef Chuck?

It’s the shoulder area of the cow, located right above the front legs. Located above the hind legs is the animal’s bottom, called ‘the round’.

Tough Cuts Similar to Beef Chuck

Tough cuts in an animal are usually located at the parts that do the most work. The chucks, the shanks, the briskets, the rounds, etc. all are in charge of holding up the animal as it walks, hence being the toughest cuts (and most affordable, too).

The toughness also varies from piece to piece. There’s a cut called ‘chuck steak’, which is softer and can be cooked like a premium steak. The tough ones either end up in a grinder used for burger patties or are sold in chunks, perfect for making stews.

Ways to Cook

The chuck steak can be seared in a pan with thyme and butter. If the piece is a little thick (more than 1”), it should be baked in the oven so the inside is cooked. In this case, you might want to use a cast iron skillet instead of your regular pan.

It can also be roasted. The texture should be relatively tougher than, say, tenderloins, so it’s often roasted in a pot, with added liquids to prevent it from drying out. Usually, it’s cooked with potatoes, carrots, thyme, broth, and red wine, and seasoned with salt and pepper.

For tougher cuts, the only way to cook is stewing or braising, preferably in a slow cooker or pressure cooker.

Why Tough Cuts Are Best for Stews

Tough cuts have lots of connective tissues, and when cooked correctly, these tissues turn into gelatin that naturally thickens the stew. Without them, the meat becomes softer. The tougher the cuts, the more connective tissues there are, and the better your stew becomes.

By ‘correctly’, we mean to simmer it for a really long time—up to 2 hours, even. That’s how long the tissues take to melt, and can take longer if you’re cooking a large amount. If you don’t have that kind of time, use a pressure cooker—high pressure helps to speed up the ‘breaking down’ process.

Sometimes, the tendons are cut out and sold separately. Beef tendons aren’t dense in proteins, but when cooked for a long time, they go from tough to surprisingly soft, and literally melt in the mouth. They should be cooked with a meatier cut to make up for the protein.

The broth they’re cooked in is packed with gelatin and will harden when put in the fridge. Slice this ‘broth jelly’ into small cubes and they make either a flavorful soup thickener or a time-saving component in soup dumplings.

What to Serve With

Meaty and with lots of gravy, a beef chuck stew can be paired with mashed potatoes or a bread of some sort to help balance the flavor. Some stews also go nicely with cooked rice, or even better, sticky rice. The meal as a whole should be balanced in protein, carbohydrates, and fat.

If the meal is too heavy for you, lighten it up with a salad. We suggest a very quick one, with sliced cucumber, tomato, and lettuce dressed in a tangy vinaigrette.

Beef Chuck Recipes

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In today’s roundup, we’re sharing some beef chuck recipes you can make in a pot, oven, air fryer, or cooker.

Ingredients

• Instant Pot Barbacoa
• Instant Pot Beef Bourguignon
• Instant Pot Sloppy Joes
• Instant Pot Ropa Vieja
• Beef and Noodles
• Instant Pot Mississippi Pot Roast
• Vegetable Beef Soup
• Instant Pot Shredded Beef
• Beef Stew
• Beef Bulgogi
• Beef Bourguignon
• Beef Kabobs
• Beef Curry
• Instant Pot Pot Roast
• Beijing Beef

Directions

1. Choose a recipe that you like.
2. Gather the ingredients.
3. Follow the instructions to create delicious tasty beef chuck recipe in less than an hour!