Turkey mince vs Chicken mince

[RobbieTheTruth]

I don't like Turkey mince (breast or thigh) - even in a slow cooked chili or ragu.

Has anyone had experience using Chicken mince and is it nicer?

[21TonyK]

Never had a particularly good experience with either. Is it for a specific dish or a "healthy" option?

[RobbieTheTruth]

For a healthy option. Love Ragu and Chili, but don't like eating large amounts of red meat or pork.

[craigjm]

Chicken mince is great for a chicken keema curry but it does clump together much more than any other mince which makes it a pain to handle until its sealed.

[boxst]

What don't you like? The taste or texture? I've found that Turkey mince is quite good at taking on the flavour of the sauce if you cook it for longer and let the sauce penetrate the meat. However it requires some work to divide the mince as from the container it sticks together too much.

[21TonyK]

Seriously, if its on health grounds use Quorn mince.

/never thought I'd ever say that

[RobbieTheTruth]

boxst said:

What don't you like? The taste or texture? I've found that Turkey mince is quite good at taking on the flavour of the sauce if you cook it for longer and let the sauce penetrate the meat. However it requires some work to divide the mince as from the container it sticks together too much.

The taste. Turkey mince has a strange earthy taste to me.

[RobbieTheTruth]

21TonyK said:

Seriously, if its on health grounds use Quorn mince.

/never thought I'd ever say that

Is Quorn healthy? I've always considered it like an artificial sweetener - lower in calories but not really it for consumption. Maybe I'm being unfair.

[Robertj21a]

Use turkey steaks instead of mince. Just cut it up fine.

[21TonyK]

RobbieTheTruth said:

21TonyK said:

Seriously, if its on health grounds use Quorn mince.

/never thought I'd ever say that

Is Quorn healthy? I've always considered it like an artificial sweetener - lower in calories but not really it for consumption. Maybe I'm being unfair.

Difficult question. I spend a lot of my time looking at nutrition an what constitutes healthy eating.

My personal opinion is that we should eat natural food without additives or processing.

The last thing I would want to eat, personally, is Quorn. Maybe tofu as an alternative?

What's wrong with whole chicken breast? I do a lot with special diets for kids.

Happy to help if I can.

[dmitsi]

I tried chicken mince for the first time recently and it was very poor (IMO) compared to turkey mince. As mentioned it didn't take on the flavour as well and the consistency was not very nice.

[Foliage]

Don't use quorn for the chilli, substitute the meat with a tin of chickpeas, a tin of butter beans and a tin of mixed beans.

[anonymous-user]

I do a like a recipe called turkey balls.

What you do is take the mince and add whatever spice of flavour combo you want. Like chilli's, ginger garlic etc. Now you combine with grated water chestnut, which adds texture and crunch.

Now fry and boil off the balls, using egg yolk to hold together.

They taste great and can be used with oyster sauce for Chinese style or add a garlic and chilli and add as replacement for meatballs in tomato sauce.