If you are new to the french beef daube stew recipe, you might be wondering what is the best kind of beef to use for this recipe. While we use a beef chuck roast that is not the only meat you can use for this recipe. Serious Eats has a great and indepth list of cuts of meat that are great to use for beef stew! Make sure to take a look if you want to try using something you might already have at home.