Why did I even bother???? (turkey mince versus beef mince)

roguex_1979
roguex_1979 Posts: 247 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Please don't answer this if you can't eat or clearly hate beef...

I just made some lovely turkey burgers, with sage, thyme, garlic, onion, adding 5 thin water crackers and 1 egg white for binding, and out of 633g mince, I made 6 large burgers. They were gorgeous! I only had one.

Now, looking at a comparison, the burgers I made for my other half and daughter were quarter pounders (store bought) and 1 grilled burger is only 195 calories and 11.7g of fat, whereas my burgers were 207 calories and 12g of fat...so why the heck did I bother??

For someone who loves beef and is really only starting to see the 'benefit' of having turkey mince in a bolognese rather than the beef mince I can afford at the supermarket, I think this is slightly stupid. There is no doubting that my burger tasted AMAZING, but I would have been just as happy to have a beef burger. Please note that the size of my burgers were roughly the same size as the quarter pounder beef burgers.

So what was the point?

:huh:

Replies

  • danwood2
    danwood2 Posts: 291 Member
    The turkey burgers and hamburgers sound amazing. Whenever I make burgers (turkey or beef) I never use anything to bind them. So, when I do Turkey burgers - they are much healthier, it is simply spices with the meat and stay much lower than the beef burgers. Cut back on the additives and you can see the difference when calculating calories and everything else. :wink:
  • Lina4Lina
    Lina4Lina Posts: 712 Member
    I think when they make ground turkey, they ground everything including skin/fatty dark meat, etc. You'd have to look for lean ground turkey or if you prefer, lean ground beef.
  • angeldaae
    angeldaae Posts: 348 Member
    The fat content of ground turkey can be as high as ground beef.

    To see a caloric benefit of turkey over beef, you should look specifically for ground skinless turkey breast. That is about 99% lean whereas regular ground turkey will contain skin and dark meat and have a higher fat content.
  • danwood2
    danwood2 Posts: 291 Member
    I think when they make ground turkey, they ground everything including skin/fatty dark meat, etc. You'd have to look for lean ground turkey or if you prefer, lean ground beef.

    ^^^ that too!! :smile: I didn't put that in my original response. I normally get the 99% lean Ground Turkey when I do mine...
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