Draining My Meat
So I just finished browing some 97% Fat-Free turkey and want to drain my meat of all remaining fat....how do you drain your meat? Do you give it a shake or two at the end of the cycle? Do you dab it with a cloth or a paper towel?
Just wondering what techniques you all use.
Just wondering what techniques you all use.
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I shall resist the urge to go dirty with this and share actual information. Studies have shown that you can rinse browned 85% lean ground beef and then heat it back up and its aprox 93% at that point but that doing the same thing with 93% does not increase the lean % ... not sure if that holds true for turkey though.0
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When I brown hamburger or tureky I always put it in a colander and run it under warm water.0
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I dont. I like that extra fat.0
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sigh. Just realised...this may not have been about turkey...0
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I prefer to lick it up.0
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I thought you were supposed to drain the protein.0
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You spread it on the breasts ( chicken that is ) then they will not stick to the pan when you fry them.0
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I just had a brain stall while trying to decide whether to reply to this in earnest or in jest. :laugh:0
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I thought you were supposed to drain the protein.
That's what she said!0 -
So you did neither. Well playe sir, well played.I just had a brain stall while trying to decide whether to reply to this in earnest or in jest. :laugh:0 -
I just put my browned meat into a strainer and let it sit inside a metal bowl to catch any possible fat that drains out. I don't bother with rinsing, as that can take the flavor away, so keep that in mind. There is such a thing as being too cautious about eating low fat. Our bodies do need some, and since you're using a 97% lean ground turkey, there is probably no fat to drain off anyway, and just the normal juices that contain the added sodium laden water that was added to it while it was ground up. That was a good question, though.0
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<<<Indeed, she did.I thought you were supposed to drain the protein.
That's what she said!0 -
I just put my browned meat into a strainer and let it sit inside a metal bowl to catch any possible fat that drains out. I don't bother with rinsing, as that can take the flavor away, so keep that in mind. There is such a thing as being too cautious about eating low fat. Our bodies do need some, and since you're using a 97% lean ground turkey, there is probably no fat to drain off anyway, and just the normal juices that contain the added sodium laden water that was added to it while it was ground up. That was a good question, though.
But if my meat is naturally brown...how hot does the oven need to be before I thrust my meat in there? ANd how long before all the juices start simmering and I have to drain?0 -
When I brown hamburger or tureky I always put it in a colander and run it under warm water.
^^^ I do this, but make sure you run hot water while you are draining it or it could form a grease cork in your drain.0 -
Measure raw. Enter calories in diary. Eat it all. DEAL WITH IT.0
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Slurp?0
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I prefer to lick it up.
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grease cork in your drain.
That's what she said... too0 -
When I brown hamburger or tureky I always put it in a colander and run it under warm water.
^^^ I do this, but make sure you run hot water while you are draining it or it could form a grease cork in your drain.
Grease cork your drain? WHOA!!!0 -
I prefer to lick it up.
marry
One night stand. Every night. For the rest of our lives.
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I just put my browned meat into a strainer and let it sit inside a metal bowl to catch any possible fat that drains out. I don't bother with rinsing, as that can take the flavor away, so keep that in mind. There is such a thing as being too cautious about eating low fat. Our bodies do need some, and since you're using a 97% lean ground turkey, there is probably no fat to drain off anyway, and just the normal juices that contain the added sodium laden water that was added to it while it was ground up. That was a good question, though.
But if my meat is naturally brown...how hot does the oven need to be before I thrust my meat in there? ANd how long before all the juices start simmering and I have to drain?
I think the average is about 97.6F, same for brown or white meat.0 -
I'm from the UK so I just add horse and don't tell anyone.0
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Why on earth would you want to waste all of that yummy goodness?! It is to be savored!!!!
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*shudders at the thought of rinsing ground beef and turkey before eating it*0 -
When I brown hamburger or tureky I always put it in a colander and run it under warm water.
^^^ I do this, but make sure you run hot water while you are draining it or it could form a grease cork in your drain.
Grease cork your drain? WHOA!!!
I can't tell you how many times I had to clean out the trap0 -
I prefer to lick it up.
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When I brown hamburger or tureky I always put it in a colander and run it under warm water.
^^^ I do this, but make sure you run hot water while you are draining it or it could form a grease cork in your drain.
Grease cork your drain? WHOA!!!
I can't tell you how many times I had to clean out the trap
YOu mean...oh hell...I don't think I want to know!0 -
I prefer to lick it up.

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I prefer to lick it up.
marry
One night stand. Every night. For the rest of our lives.
[throws rice...(brown rice of course)]0
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