I beat my meat for the first time last night.....

Jacwhite22
Jacwhite22 Posts: 7,010 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Does anyone else do this? While I was at the grocery store I picked up a meat tenderizer....The chicken breasts I picked up last night to grill were pretty thick so i used it to beat them down thin......Definitely made it easier to cook even and I think it seemed easier to slice up for salad etc.......So who else uses a meat tenderizer and who just leaves it like it is?
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  • jroja021
    jroja021 Posts: 74 Member
    Thumbs up to the title!

    But yeah I use it for steak that's usually chewy like flank or palomilla. Maybe sometimes for ribeye. Will now try it on chicken though!
  • Jacwhite22
    Jacwhite22 Posts: 7,010 Member
    Thumbs up to the title!

    But yeah I use it for steak that's usually chewy like flank or palomilla. Maybe sometimes for ribeye. Will now try it on chicken though!

    I was really quite amazed....I didn't think it would make much of a difference but I think it did.
  • Jennloella
    Jennloella Posts: 2,286 Member
    I use it on porkchops, beat them thin so I can roll them around asparagus, etc.
  • Jules2Be
    Jules2Be Posts: 2,238 Member
    I only like to beat my meat when its really thick, otherwise i dont bother.
  • tistal
    tistal Posts: 869 Member
    I do to flatten out chicken for chicken picatta!
  • manvsfood
    manvsfood Posts: 175 Member
    :devil:
    I see what you did there... lol.

    But, I always beat my meat, you did more bang for you buck.
  • Sunshine_and_Puppies
    Sunshine_and_Puppies Posts: 41
    Um... I don't know how to answer appropriately. I beat meat.... Dont have a tenderizer tho, lol.
  • Lost_Mermaid
    Lost_Mermaid Posts: 136
    LMAO

    yeah nice title!

    I dont have a meat tenderizer, but now that you mention it I might get one just to be able to beat on something when I'm having a bad day ;)
  • GLJezebel
    GLJezebel Posts: 312 Member
    I have never beat my meat. Maybe I should try it sometime.
  • tat2dmrsgrimm
    tat2dmrsgrimm Posts: 226 Member
    I put my chicken breasts in a ziploc bag, bludgeon them with my old fashioned wooden rolling pin, marinate them and the put them on the grill. If they are thick they never cook evenly on the grill.
  • dinosnopro
    dinosnopro Posts: 2,177 Member
    I make my wife beat mine.
  • jenniejengin
    jenniejengin Posts: 784 Member
    lol
  • jenniejengin
    jenniejengin Posts: 784 Member
    I beat meat most of the time. Especially when it is thick.
  • JackieMac979
    JackieMac979 Posts: 189 Member
    Hilarious. But yes I do, for chicken Marsala.
  • SweetNaughtyLips
    SweetNaughtyLips Posts: 374 Member
    I love to beat thick juicy meat!

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  • jenniejengin
    jenniejengin Posts: 784 Member
    I love to beat thick juicy meat!

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    :laugh:
  • babygurl48
    babygurl48 Posts: 1,237 Member
    lol.. high five on the title! I've been beating my meat/chicken for a while now..it cooks more evenly on the grill and slices easier and wraps around asparagus nicely.
  • Gunnarbear
    Gunnarbear Posts: 186
    Meat beating is illegal in my state and a punishable offense. So I stay away from it.
  • jenniejengin
    jenniejengin Posts: 784 Member
    I make my wife beat mine.

    :laugh:
  • Jacwhite22
    Jacwhite22 Posts: 7,010 Member
    lol.. high five on the title! I've been beating my meat/chicken for a while now..it cooks more evenly on the grill and slices easier and wraps around asparagus nicely.

    Do you wrap it around and then grill it? That sounds good.
  • JennieAL
    JennieAL Posts: 1,726 Member
    Awesome title... it's a winner :flowerforyou:
  • amysj303
    amysj303 Posts: 5,086 Member
    I just tried this, but I used a rolling pin to flatten the chicken breasts, and baked them, but I can see that it would be good for grilling to make sure it's done through-no one wants rare chicken:noway:
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    My preferred method for beating meat are breasts. Gets the job done a lot quicker.



    And that's chicken...and the job is preparing dinner.

    What is wrong with you people??
  • Deltafliers
    Deltafliers Posts: 201 Member
    Props on the title...wish I was imaginative. Lol. :drinker:

    Anyway, I used to beat my meat, until my beating toy got lost (or stolen) in our most recent move (and my stoneware too, as a matter of fact :sad: ). Haven't taken the time to buy a replacement. I liked using it for CK parmesan, and thinning as well as tenderizing fajita meats.
  • livinginwoods
    livinginwoods Posts: 562 Member
    Yep. I just use my rolling pin but love beating my meat.
  • Jacwhite22
    Jacwhite22 Posts: 7,010 Member
    I have seen several people mention a rolling pin.....I thought the triangle/grooves on the mallet helped.....are they overrated?
  • reshapemariah21
    reshapemariah21 Posts: 184 Member
    LOL this brought back memories of my cousin shouting out from the kitchen, "I'm beating my meat on the counter" while tenderizing his steaks. :laugh:
  • DarwinChick95
    DarwinChick95 Posts: 144 Member
    hahahahahahahahahahaha omg made my day
  • Sp1nGoddess
    Sp1nGoddess Posts: 1,134 Member
    I use the triangle/grooved mallet for wiener schnitzel... much more medieval.
  • ElleBee615
    ElleBee615 Posts: 177
    LOL this brought back memories of my cousin shouting out from the kitchen, "I'm beating my meat on the counter" while tenderizing his steaks. :laugh:

    :laugh:

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