ground beef prep

good idea. I buy the 7% so there isnt much fat, but it is expensive. maybe i will try your way:drinker:

I totally do the strainer thing with 90% lean ground beef...then I actually take a wad of paper towel and get the rest of the grease off....Hubs has no clue...although he suspects something fishy when there is no grease in his sloppy joe, slop, sloppy joe (to the tune of the SNL skit "Lunch Lady Land" with Adam Sandler and Chris Farley-check it out on YouTube...hilarious...you will never make sloppy joes again without singing that song).

I also run water over my ground beef after I am done cooking it, and husband and seen me and asked what I was doing and when I replied eating better he said huh and walked away, I think I won this one. LOL

I know it sounds gross but I drain my ground beef in my noodle strainer then rinse it when its done (Not thouroughly just a tiny bit) to get out the grease. My bf thinks its gross even though I have been doing it for months and he didnt know until he saw me do it. Anyone else do this

I do the exact same thing.....of course while no one is in the kitchen, and i also use the paper towel...makes a huge differance!!! We raise beef cattle, so i don't have the option to go to the store and buy the extra lean variety......so this works great!

I've done it but I find ground turkey to be a better buy as well as better nutritionally. Also, I get less heartburn from ground turkey than from ground beef.

Subbing ground turkey works in most anything..it really takes on the taste of the item you're cooking, chili meat, taco meat seasonings...and such. I did try a turkey burger once before I knew what I was doing and whoooooooosh, never made one again. I only just patty'ed up the ground turkey and placed it on the grill where it quickly fell apart. I didn't put anything with it which I think is crucial?

Anyone with any good turkey burger, or ground turkey anything recipes? I once tried ground chicken...I was browning it in the pan and tasted it...I found it ever so gritty...so I tossed it and have never purchased it again...perhaps it was merely a taste I don't care for.

How About the rest of you....your thoughts on Ground Chicken.

I used to rinse my Ground Beef out as well...I don't think it sounds gross at all...seeing all the fat at the bottom of the fry pan, well now that's gross. I prefer to by the 98% but then again, the cost anymore is a bit to much for that!

Great idea on the rinsing out the excess fat ....:flowerforyou:

I've done it but I find ground turkey to be a better buy as well as better nutritionally. Also, I get less heartburn from ground turkey than from ground beef.

Subbing ground turkey works in most anything..it really takes on the taste of the item you're cooking, chili meat, taco meat seasonings...and such. I did try a turkey burger once before I knew what I was doing and whoooooooosh, never made one again. I only just patty'ed up the ground turkey and placed it on the grill where it quickly fell apart. I didn't put anything with it which I think is crucial?

Anyone with any good turkey burger, or ground turkey anything recipes? I once tried ground chicken...I was browning it in the pan and tasted it...I found it ever so gritty...so I tossed it and have never purchased it again...perhaps it was merely a taste I don't care for.

How About the rest of you....your thoughts on Ground Chicken.

I used to rinse my Ground Beef out as well...I don't think it sounds gross at all...seeing all the fat at the bottom of the fry pan, well now that's gross. I prefer to by the 98% but then again, the cost anymore is a bit to much for that!

Great idea on the rinsing out the excess fat ....:flowerforyou:

I use ground turkey for meatloaf..............I use ground turkey, one egg, some bread crumbs (1 or 2 pieces) onion and celery. Bake the same as you would meatloaf.

I have also subbed turkey in shepherd's pie. I just add a little more tomatoe sauce than w/ hamburger.