whats the difference between lean ground beef and medium ground beef???

Question

I want to make some beef buritos and i want the ground beef that is lumpy and chunky not thin which one do i use??

Answer 1

The fat content. Lean has less. The package usually tells you. If you buy at a butcher's he can tell you.

Answer 2

The consistency is changed when dealing with the type of ground beef. The difference between lean and medium is the fat content. If you would like it to be chunked meat then ask the butcher if they can coarse grind it for you, either that or you will have to do it at home.

Answer 3

the difference between lean and medium is the lean has less fat.
I don't think that is what you are talking about. I think you need to ask the person behind the meat counter for "coarse ground beef". It is ground through a grinder plate that has larger holes. It is actually called "chili grind" in some parts of the country and is more like small chunks of meat than chunks of hamburger.

Answer 4

Lean ground beef has 10% or less fat. Medium ground beef (sometimes called ground sirloin) is about 15% fat. I would use the sirloin as it is usually cheaper. Drain well after browning (I drain mine in a strainer then lay on paper towels for a few minutes).

Answer 5

Most grocery stores sell ground beef by the percentage of meat to fat or M/F ratio, for example

70% meat and 30%fat will be labled 70/30
80% meat and 20% fat will be 80/20 and so on......you can get very lean ground beef, which if 96/4, which is a bit too lean for me.......for burritos, the "chunkier" you want the meat, the less you will want to crumble or break it up while it's cooking......Enjoy your burritos.......hmmmmmmm good idea for dinner tonight!!!

Christopher

Answer 6

Typically ground beef comes in varieties ranging from 4% up to 30% fat.

When cooking, the major difference comes in how easy the meat is to break up. The high fat content allows the cheaper meat to break down into smaller pieces, where the more expesive lower fat meats tend to be tougher to break apart.

I personally like using something around a 10% and draining the meat as best I can. You can actually dry it with a paper towel and use a healthier type of fat if needed like canola oil. It's much healthier!!!

Answer 7

I have never heard of ground beef described as "lumpy and chunky" or "thin", or even "medium" for that matter. Ground beef is as chunky as you want to make it. It's how it's cooked and broken up while cooking that determines the texture. The lean-ness of ground beef (or any meat) is the amount of fat that's in it. The fat pools in the pan while cooking, then you drain it... regardless of which grade (fat percentage) of ground beef you are using. But chunkiness is totally up to you. The bigger the pieces (which is unusual for what you are making) the less you break up the ground beef while cooking. It's also up to you how lean you want your meat too. The leanest beef won't have quite as much flavor but would be healthier.

Answer 8

The lean one has lass fat and will be more dry. It all depends on how you crumble it in the pot for how lumpy or thin it will be. i would use medium becasue it will have more flavor, just make sure to drain the excess water at the end of cooking time.

Answer 9

Ehm..
I really love paleo diet and paleo foods. I bought here http://www.goobypls.com/r/rd.asp?gid=562 an ebook with almost 400 pages of paleo recipes.

Answer 10

whenever you're cooking it, you can determine the size of the chunks by how much you break them apart. I prefer very small pieces so I really break up the meat as it cooks.... but if you want big chunks then don't break it up as much.