If I wash off ground beef will there be less fat?

I am going to cook this ground beef and was going to brown it fully, then drain off the fat then wash it off.

Does anyone know calories after all that or is the fat still in the meat no matter what you do to it beacuse of the part of the cow's body which it came (i.e. a fattier part of the body)...

I bought this meat from the grocery store and it said it had more fat in it. So I was wondering....

Wash it after cooking it? No offense, but sounds kind of grose, it will be all mushy and watery...

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I tried it once and it did wash off excess fat if you use very hot water.  However, it also rinses off all the flavor.  You might as well just use those textured vegetable protein crumbles.

I do it all the time.  The trick to it is to put the cooked meat in a collander that is set into a bowl, pour HOT water over it, capturing the water/fat in the bowl.  Then you have two options.  You can either use a fat separator like this one at Amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com/Oxo-Good-Grips-Separato r-4-Cup/dp/B0002YTGIQ

or if you have plenty of time, chill the water and then just lift the solid fat off.

After you've removed the fat from the water, put the water and the meat back into the pan and heat until the water is reabsorbed.   This way you put the flavor of the meat that you washed off with the hot water back into the meat, without the fat.  It's not mushy or watery, and tastes fine...especially if you're going to be using seasonings like taco or spaghetti...

i do it all the time, to.  not mushy, not gross, just beef that's not greasy.  i also do it with italian pork sausage.

My solution is the expensive way.  If you start with a quality ingredient, you end up with a quality food.  I'm on a budget, so this is a splurge for me.  Since I've cut back on red meats anyway, I don't miss it, and it's a treat when I do have it.

I buy Laura's Lean Beef, 4% fat.  It's high quality black angus beef, and never has those teeny bits of gristle you sometimes bite into.  No fat comes off the meat as you cook it.  I drain it on paper towels to let any bit of fat drain off. 

To counter the expense, I make the portions smaller.  3 ounce portions (uncooked) make that pound of meat go far. 

When i followed weight watchers  they would suggest to do this to get rid of the extra fat.. If anything i think it just washes away the flavor..

I think if you're going to use it for chili, spaghetti, whatever that rinsing is  fine.  I don't rinse when the meat is sauce-less, but i do use paper towels to absorb grease as I'm cooking and afterwards.

Try going to this site and see if this answers your question. I also rinse my hamburger and have wondered if it really helped with the calories or not.

http://healthy.hillbillyhousewife.com/groundb eef.htm#lessfat

if you broil it, the fat all falls off.  but it doesn't taste as good as fat-in beef.

I never knew if this was an efficient way to remove fat from meat or not. I knew you could get some of it off.  I am learning a lot from all the posts here.  It sounds yucky but I specifically meant meat crumbles. I dont think that patties would be a good thing to rinse off.  I did end up using crumbles and adding seasoning and it tasted just fine.  I just didn't want to consume a whole bunch of fat if I could have avoided it. That's why I love it here.