Groound Meat: Beef vs. Turkey

January 21, 2009 by · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Food & Cooking Tips 

We all know ground turkey has much less fat than hamburg does. So, we’ve tried replacing the hamburg in many recipes with turkey. Some work out well, and others… not so good.

Have you tried substituting ground turkey for hamburger in any of your recipes? If so, there are two issues that usually arise:

  1. The texture of ground turkey is so different than ground beef. When you take a bite of ground turkey is feels much “softer” in your mouth. To many people this is not a problem, but for some it just doesn’t “feel” like meat. I don’t think it’s that bad, but I’ve heard other people say they feel like they are eating tofu.
  2. Ground turkey has much lest taste than beef.  When it’s obvious to all that your recipe is turkey, not beef, then you may have a problem feeding that dish to your family.

The goal is to use ground turkey in your recipes, but have no one notice.  Not that the feel and taste of ground turkey is bad; your recipes tasted good beef, they should not taste different now.

Here’s what to do to remedy that…

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