How much fat can be removed after cooking medium ground beef into sauce?
I bought medium ground beef when I intended to buy lean beef. I don't want to consume that amount of fat.
Suppose I fry the meat then add tomatoes (on the way to a Bolognese sauce), cool the result overnight in the fridge, and then discard the fat on top (which would be 100% saturated, I presume). Would I have discarded the majority of the fat?
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Mixing with sauce is problematic as the fat will mix with the sauce.
Fry just the meat slowing and break it up very fine. While hot strain it in a metal colander. You can even pat dry with paper towels.
Then mix with cooked sauce. It will not be as good but you saved the meat.
Even if you buy lean fat will drain.
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Cooking ground beef to a safe internal temperature may also lower the fat content. Because of its ground and 'open' structure, ground beef can lose much of its fat during cooking. It is not unusual for 50% or more of the original fat in ground beef to be lost in preparation (Table 2).How much fat can you remove from ground beef?
Is their fat content really that different once they're cooked? It's true that cooking ground beef reduces its fat content. A beef patty made from regular ground beef, for example, loses one-third of its fat during grilling. For a six-ounce burger, that's a big savings \u2013 about 20 grams of fat, or 5 teaspoons' worth.Does draining cooked ground beef reduce fat?
The short answer is, \u201cYes!\u201d There are others factors to keep in mind, as well. \u201cCooking and draining ground beef significantly reduces fat and calorie content,\u201d Dr. Garden-Robinson said.How much does ground beef reduce when cooked?
One pound of raw ground beef (16 ounces) generates just 12 ounces of cooked ground beef, or 3/4 pound, when cooked in a pressure cooker.How to remove/render fats from ground meat.
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