mm said...

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> I bought electric meat grinder less than a year ago. It's Back to
> Basic model 4500. So far I have used it only three times + the first
> time when it didn't word due to setup error. So you can see that I am
> a small time user. I tried finding out info on alterantive to buying
> a meat grinder.
>
> The purpose of buying it was to get lean ground chicken. I find that
> using it to make kleab ground chicken is time-consuming because eat
> gets stuck on all pieces that would get dry if I didn't wash it
> immediately. Then I need to do towel dry so that the parts won't get
> oxidized. Parts have oxidized when I failed to dry with towels and I
> got white stuff into the meat and so I got replacement.
>
> I will need to sell it or put it away since I just can't afford to
> spend that much time cleaning up.
>
> So what is my alternative to makign grind chicken meat, in small
> amount (cooking for just one person; I don't like to eat the same
> thing again and again in a row and so I make multiple dishes at a
> time). There will be mainly 2 dishes with this meat: Thai style stir
> fry with basil and making pot stickers.


With e-coli, lysteria and salmonella concerns you really have to spend the
time to clean any meat grinders.

If you have a food processor you can grind meat in that. Then drop the
parts in the dishwasher. The consistency of the ground meat will depend on
how long you food process it.

HTH,

Andy