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Article: Rinse fat from cooked ground beef.(Life - Food)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- March 22, 2007
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Byline: KATHLEEN PURVIS - McClatchy
Q: Someone told me that rinsing ground beef in hot water before cooking reduces the cholesterol. I cook ground beef and remove it with a slotted spoon to discard the fat. Which is better?
A: Draining browned ground beef, with a slotted spoon or in a strainer, will remove some fat. Animal fat is a source of artery-clogging cholesterol.
A method for removing even more fat emerged during the "no-fat mania" in the mid-1990s. You brown ground beef, drain it, then rinse it with hot water. Some versions even have you rinse it ...