Unlike tender steaks, tough cuts as the Beef Stew Bone in (beef chuck) is a well-worked muscle. These stronger muscles have lots of collagen-rich connective tissue, that needs time to break down, so slow moist cooking methods are used to get that nice rich flavour into your stews!
The beef chuck is the best for this as it provides wonderful flavour and doesn’t require many hours of cooking, but the longer you cook it the softer the meat will get! It’ll be like finding the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow! Because the meat will be so tender it’ll melt in your mouth.