Ground Beef

jnikitow
jnikitow Posts: 334
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I was wondering: if I buy 80/20 ground beef instead of the leaner stuff, and after I brown it I drain it and rinse it, will it be just as lean as the other stuff?

I am on a budget and the 80/20 ground beef is so much cheaper.

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  • jnikitow
    jnikitow Posts: 334
    I was wondering: if I buy 80/20 ground beef instead of the leaner stuff, and after I brown it I drain it and rinse it, will it be just as lean as the other stuff?

    I am on a budget and the 80/20 ground beef is so much cheaper.
  • MTGirl
    MTGirl Posts: 1,490 Member
    I don't really know if it will be just as lean. But my ex-sil used to actually boil it until it was mostly done, drain all the water and fat off - it really got a lot of the fat out! Then she would put it in a pan and brown it for whatever dish she was making. They were really on a tight budget, and it seemed to work well. I kind of thought it would be disgusting, but she made it one night we were there and it didn't really taste any different then just browning it and draining it. Just something I thought I'd pass on - I'm sure it take enough of the fat out to make it very lean. I just don't know how you would measure it!
  • healthiesthappiestme
    healthiesthappiestme Posts: 29 Member
    I'm not sure that will work. I think you will get a lot of not so good tasting brown stuff as you will rinse any flavor away with the fat and really at that point, you will also be washing money down the drain. You are paying for the fat you will be washing off and since that fat makes up part of the volume of the food, you will end up with less meat. At that point, it might be better to buy less of the leaner ground beef and be sure of what the fat and calorie count is as well as having more flavor!
  • MTGirl
    MTGirl Posts: 1,490 Member
    http://www.primusweb.com/fitnesspartner/library/nutrition/beefat.htm

    I found this - was interesting. I think the answer is yes!
  • ivykivy
    ivykivy Posts: 2,970 Member
    I buy 80/20 and it has not impacted my weight loss. I do rinse or if it's a patty I will press oil out of it. They say it usually takes up to 100 cals off. You may goggle it or go to http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/. :flowerforyou:
  • sassiebritches
    sassiebritches Posts: 1,861 Member
    I grew up with my mom boiling our hamburger patties, popping them out draining the water and then putting them back in the pan to do the browning. Tasted the same to me. We also did the fry the ground, put in a strainer and rinse with hot water, then pop back in the skillet and season as desired.....worked just fine. As a matter of fact I am thinking we may need to start doing this too because of my budget right now........try it out and see what happens. I bet you if you put your boiled burger on a paper towel with a pan fried 93/7 burger there will be more grease on the 93/7...............tell me what happens.

    And hang in there!
  • leann_m_olson
    leann_m_olson Posts: 363 Member
    not sure of the price difference but with 80/20 you are paying for the 20% fat that you are getting rid of, seems to me it would be better just to buy the lean? But my husband is the one who does most of the grocery shopping so I am not sure of the price difference that you are saving buying 20% fat(which is less meat),
  • mrsyac2
    mrsyac2 Posts: 2,784 Member
    my coworker just mentioned that she just read after you brown ground beef to drain it then boil it in water to get the excess fat off that sounds pretty gross to me but I guess people do it.

    Oh I buy lean ground beef it comes in a tube it is super lean and actually cheaper than the 80/20 I know they sell it at Kroger and Walmart its like 1.30 for a pound
  • ngwife4life
    ngwife4life Posts: 569
    In this area, the leaner it is the more expensive it is, unless you run across a good sale, of course. Maybe price varies by region? I only buy it when it's really cheep and freeze it for my hubby since I don't eat it and he can live without it if we don't have any... so I guess I'm not a regular beef shopper. But I've shopped enough to know the price difference around here.
  • krystad
    krystad Posts: 28
    i used to cook, drain and rinse my hamburger but if you think about it if you buy extra lean it may seem more expensive but what you are paying for is meat, with the regular hamburger you are paying for mostly fat, i switched to the extra lean and because it's all meat it is a better deal, and goes further (there is five of us in the house and i know tight grocery budgets!!)
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