Make Your Own Ground Beef in 5 Easy Steps
We've been on a healthy eating journey for several years now and our recent discovery is the benefits of grinding your own beef. Why ground your own you ask? It all started when we learned about pink slime.
Pink slime (aka Lean Finely Textured Beef) is a term for a meat by-product (lean meat trimmings and connective tissue) that is added to ground beef and beef-based processed meats. It is processed by adding ammonium hydroxide, (an antimicrobial agent) to it. You can do a search and read all about it, but, personally, I say, "No, Thank You." and leads me to grinding your own. Let me show you the quick and easy process. 5 steps that take less than an hour. I promise!
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1. Start by cutting a chuck roast (we always buy one when there's a sale) into small pieces and popping them in the freezer for about 15-20 minutes.
We used a 2 and 1/2 pound roast and spread it out on an old baking sheet.
2. Set up your food grinder attachment to your KitchenAid Mixer.
There is a coarse and a fine grinding plate. Start with the coarse.
3. Turn on your mixer and begin adding the meat to the hopper.
Change the plate to fine...
...and grind again.
4. Divide your ground beef into equal amounts. We made ours into quarter-pound patties.
5. Wrap up the patties.
They are ready to go in a freezer bag and to the freezer.
That's it!
No pink slime added!
Honestly, these are the best burgers I've ever eaten.
Package yours any way you like. The quarter pound patties work well for us. Easy for burger night and if we need a pound of ground beef for a recipe, we just defrost four patties!
Off you go to research pink slime and let me know if you're ready to give this a try!
There is so much in our foods that we are unaware of unless you are looking. When I had to go gluten free, I found wheat in everything, even chicken salad! Bread crumbs are added so they do not have to put as much chicken into the recipe. I have read about pink slime, and honestly my husband and I stopped eating beef about 3 years ago. Some days I think I would like to go vegetarian with all of the issues with meat, but then there are issues with vegetables too. Is anything safe anymore? Thanks for sharing Ann!
ReplyDeleteIt can be a little scary when you start reading about the 'things' in our food. We're trying to make things as healthy as we can around here!
DeleteAnn, I'm so glad you shared this post! I'd forgotten about our conversation, but now, thanks to your detailed DIY, I'm ready to make my own ground meat. Great tips to avoid that icky pink slime. Thanks so much!!
ReplyDeleteThank YOU, Kim. You encouraged me to share this one. It really is an easy process and SO worth it!
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My pleasure, Debra. I'll be sure to stop by!
DeleteOh goodness! The more I know about the food we get at the store, the more I yuck! Thanks for sharing how you do this.
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I know exactly what you mean, Laura. Happy to share this easy process!
DeleteGreat tips for eating healthy, featuring at Wednesdays in the Studio!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Jennifer!
DeleteInteresting! This is great information. I've just started playing with KitchenAid attachments and I love them! Thanks for sharing this post with us at the Will Blog for Comments #58 linkup. Looking forward to seeing what you share at #59. :) Have a great weekend!
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