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Lumpy mince beef.......

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DanniRae Tue 02-Jul-24 13:27:07

Now I am using the newish mince beef which is vacuum packed I find it really difficult to break it up. I use a wooden spoon to break up all the lumps before I cook it. This hardly works so as it is cooking I have another go, then another go, then another go...... You get the picture! hmm
Has anyone out there solved this problem? If so please let us know!!

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Lankyladman Thu 11-Jul-24 10:22:00

Can the cooks get to grips with it when it's chilled and use a pair of gloves whilst 'slicing' it with a Carving knife or a Bread knife?

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1summer Thu 11-Jul-24 10:32:45

My local butcher was recently diagnosed with cancer and closed for his treatment ( he advertised and could not get a qualified butcher to cover), hopefully he will reopen.
So I bough some Sainsbury’s vacuum packed mince it was awful, so hard to break up and seemed to have the texture of pate. I will try and find non vacuum packed from another supermarket and see how it goes.

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ayse Thu 11-Jul-24 10:40:24

Having seen this post the other day, I went to Lidl to do a bit of shopping. I bought some vacuum packed minced beef. It didn’t taste too bad but I spent a while removing most of the lumps. I gave up in the end and made a mental note to buy Aldi minced beef, as I usually do.
Aldi has 20%, 10% and 5% fat. I usually buy 10% for traditional British food but 5% for meatballs etc.
iI wasn’t impressed with vacuum packed mince.

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DanniRae Sat 13-Jul-24 09:26:01

Just been to Sainsburys and bought the free flow frozen mince that has been mentioned on here.
Hopefully it will be the answer to lumpy mince! wink

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