Broiled Bulk Beef Is Better

Here's how I save on lean ground beef.

I watch for bulk lean or extra lean ground beef at a good price and buy a lot of it. Then I break it up and bake all of it on a broiler pan in the oven so that the fat drips below. Bake at 350 for about 1/2 hour. After cooling a bit, I separate it into quart sized freezer bags - approximating one bag for each pound of precooked meat. Then I freeze them and when I need a pound of ground beef for a recipe I just defrost a bag in the microwave or submerge it in water to defrost. This saves a great deal of time and mess when I am in a hurry to put a meal on the table. And I have lean ground beef for the price of regular ground because I bought it in bulk!