I completely agree with you - the dish is complicated and takes time. But, for such a dish, you can take inexpensive meat, because in the process of cooking the silver skins in the meat will become soft and make it juicier. Despite the fact that it takes 3 hours 30 minutes to cook, your quality cast iron casserole does most of the work. So, of course, you will spend time, but you will save money, why not?