casserole - does it matter what kind of beef it is if I cook it long enough and slow enough?

[BBBee]

DP bought lean beef rather than chuck steak (as recipe said) I have followed recipe and bunged it in the oven - we are not having it until tomorrow lunch so it can be cooked long and slow.

I just had a check and the meat is tough beyond tough - will a good few hours on 'slow cook' rememdy this???

Should do.

What on earth is Chuck Beef?

oh chuck steak is the best for casseroles mmm mm mmmmmmm

cook it for long enough, it should break down

My braising steak from butchers never has an ounce of fat on.....tastes wonderful after 3+hrs....

I would just cook for as long as you can.

I'm doing beef stew for tomorrow so i've put it in the slow cooker now and i turn it off when i go to bed then swich it back on tomorrow when i get up.

thank you everyone - so it is in the oven now on 'slow cook' - if i turn it off at midnight and back on tom morning it might work you think?

I am rubbish at meat generally and every so often I try something like this and learn my lesson all over again!

we have pasta in the cupboard

Yes it should be ok.

thanks everyone for the advice - cooked on low for five hours today and it suddenely went all tender and delicious - without you it might be in the dog!

I would have thought it wouldn't work without fatty meat. Good to know it worked out and was all delicious in the end.