Straining Ground Beef

Drain it. It’s bad for you

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What’s the conventional wisdom these days?

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I strain it into a bowl with a bunch of paper towels to soak it up, and throw in the trash...

How much is fat and how much is water? Cook all of the water out then use at least a couple tablespoons in the sauce. It’s an eyeball thing. Maybe all of it maybe just a bit. Key is to cook until the bubbles and steam stop.

If it’s a lot I soak it up with paper towels. No messy strainer. If is a small amount, let
It go and cook it in.

drink it

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Not sure why you are getting downvoted

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Because fat is where the flavor resides..

I leave in a tablespoon or so. Don't hurt nothing.

It depends on what I’m cooking. If it’s loose meat spaghetti, I spoon most of it out into a bowl (push meat to one side and tip skillet toward you) because I don’t want the sauce to get all greasy. I trash the excess grease. But if I need to cook down some vegetables, I’ll use that fat as my oil to do that. It wouldn’t make sense to remove the fat, then add something inferior like vegetable oil to cook down vegetables.

Drain it. Forget anything about health, your spaghetti sauce will just be a greasy mess