Chuck Stew

[robbq]

I've been wanting to try a smoked beef stew, so I did this for the chuckie throwdown. Here's the cook:

3 1/2 lbs chuck blade roast. I wasn't familiar with this cut, but I figured I would give it a try. I seasoned it with just salt and pepper and smoked it with hickory.

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After 2 hours I pulled it out. It was up to around 140 internal temp.

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I chopped up the meat and coated it with flour seasoned with salt, pepper and chili powder.

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For the stew: carrots, potatoes, diced tomatoes with green chilis, onion, garlic, and in the picture a can of corn I decided not to use.

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Cook the onions and garlic a bit.

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Brown the meat.

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Into the pressure cooker for 20 minutes.

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Here it is finished.

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I also made a couple loaves of Italian bread.

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The final result:

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The smoke flavor in the stew is really good. I've seen a lot of people on here make the whole stew in the smoker instead of just the initial smoke like I did. Any thoughts on which is better?

Thanks for looking.

[Shagdog]

Great Entry and cook! Looks exellent :thumb:

[sliding_billy]

Hold the sesame bread (allergy), and pass me a bowl.

[Bigr314]

Nice looking stew.