Why is it that if you cook beef for a long time it softens up, but if you cook chicken for a long time it doesn’t?

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I’m about slow cooker recipes where you add beef chuck, and at first it firms up and seems like it’ll never shred. But eventually it’ll just fall apart.

Versus chicken which seems too easy to overcook.

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Chicken also gets incredibly tender, soft, and “falls apart” when you slow cook it, the temperature and time are just different from beef, and usually requires a little more ambient moisture in my experience.

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