Pound thin
Flattening chicken or pork between sheets of plastic with a mallet so it cooks fast and evenly. Essential for cutlets, schnitzel, and stuffed roulades.
Used for
- chicken breast
- pork loin
- veal
- turkey cutlets
In the kitchen
- place between plastic or parchment
- strike with the flat side of a mallet, not the spiked side
- work from center outward to even thickness
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