Draining Ground Beef

RachelYun27

We raise our own beef and so I'm no sure what the fat content of it is. If I crumble the beef in pan, brown it, and then drain it as much as possible can I count it as 95/5 ground beef? Or should it be more like 85/15? Thanks for any responses!

RachelYun27

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bcattoes

We raise our own beef and so I'm no sure what the fat content of it is. If I crumble the beef in pan, brown it, and then drain it as much as possible can I count it as 95/5 ground beef? Or should it be more like 85/15? Thanks for any responses!

I have no way to really know, but 95/5 sounds about right to me if you are draining off the fat.

MinnieInMaine

Or play the average and go with a 90% listing. This is what I do, regardless of whether I buy 80%, 85% or 90% lean, once drained, the fat content ends up being about the same IMHO so I always log as 90%

sjp_511

We also raise our own beef. I always choose the leanest option since I know that we trim ours very well. There is hardly anything to drain off! It is so lean that it can be hard to make hamburgers since there is no fat to hold the patties together.

RachelYun27

Thanks for the replies!