Lab Station 01 Modernist Recipe Book
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ingredient

Beef chuck

Functional Profile

Chuck is the first-listed beef cut in Cowboy Beans and contributes browned meat to the bean pot.

Handling

Brown the 75 g portion thoroughly after bacon renders, then cook gently with the beans until tender.

Culinary Use

Preserve ground beef as the explicit alternative rather than merging the two forms into a generic beef Use.

Referenced by

  • Beef Rendang — retrospective whole-Recipe report
  • Beef Rendang
  • Cowboy Beans (Molasses, Beef & Smoke)
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