Meat tenderizer

A meat tenderizer or meat pounder is a tool for mechanically tenderizing and flattening slabs of meat.

[1] Meat tenderizers come in at least three types:[1] Tenderizing meat with the mallet softens the fibers, making the meat easier to chew and to digest.

[2] It is useful when preparing particularly tough cuts of steak, and works well when broiling or frying the meat.

[3] It is also used to "pound out" dishes such as chicken-fried steak, palomilla, and schnitzel, to make them wider and thinner.

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