Anonymous
Post 11/07/2023 16:07     Subject: Re:Best thin chicken breasts?
Pound them in a ziploc bag. Yeah you "waste" a bag but better than chicken juice everywhere.
Anonymous
Post 11/07/2023 15:23     Subject: Best thin chicken breasts?
Anonymous wrote:Are you pounding them in saran wrap? or in a bag? Do you wrap the pounder too? How do you keep the mess from flying about?


I now buy mine pounded into nice thin filets from the farmers market or chicken purveyor. I hate hate pounding chicken
Anonymous
Post 11/07/2023 15:21     Subject: Best thin chicken breasts?
Are you pounding them in saran wrap? or in a bag? Do you wrap the pounder too? How do you keep the mess from flying about?
Anonymous
Post 11/07/2023 15:19     Subject: Re:Best thin chicken breasts?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Chicken breasts have gotten so gross in the past few years. Even if you pay more for the “better” ones, they’re all tough. Blech. Vegetarianism is looking more and more appealing.


Agree with this!!!! And I have a few chicken dishes I just really love the sauces to (a thyme and mushroom one, butter chicken) so trying to find some good substitutes that work the same.


+1

Thought it was me. I got some Purdue at Sam's Club and they were rubbery AF. I thought I cooked them wrong.
Anonymous
Post 11/07/2023 13:13     Subject: Best thin chicken breasts?
in ascending order:

Whole Foods, Balducci's, Organic Butcher of Mclean/Bethesda
Anonymous
Post 11/07/2023 12:48     Subject: Best thin chicken breasts?
Buy thighs.

But I buy the really expensive ones from the farmer’s market and just slice them. They don’t need tenderized.
Anonymous
Post 11/07/2023 12:39     Subject: Re:Best thin chicken breasts?
Anonymous wrote:Chicken breasts have gotten so gross in the past few years. Even if you pay more for the “better” ones, they’re all tough. Blech. Vegetarianism is looking more and more appealing.


+1! They look so gross in the store that I almost never buy them anymore.
Anonymous
Post 11/07/2023 12:23     Subject: Best thin chicken breasts?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I slice them thing and pound them out


This. Even if you buy "the best", you need to tenderize them. I usually buy from WF but will slice and tenderize before cooking.


But it’s still bad chicken
Anonymous
Post 11/07/2023 12:19     Subject: Best thin chicken breasts?
Anonymous wrote:I slice them thing and pound them out


This. Even if you buy "the best", you need to tenderize them. I usually buy from WF but will slice and tenderize before cooking.
Anonymous
Post 11/07/2023 12:18     Subject: Re:Best thin chicken breasts?
After trying a few markets in my area and throwing them out, I finally tried Whole Foods. Vast improvement. I do pound them.
Anonymous
Post 11/07/2023 11:57     Subject: Best thin chicken breasts?
I slice them thing and pound them out
Anonymous
Post 11/07/2023 11:55     Subject: Best thin chicken breasts?
Agree. I rarely do chicken these days. Huge, thick and tough. Gross. I buy from a special chicken purveyor but I’m out of the area, otherwise I would share the name.

Anonymous
Post 11/07/2023 11:50     Subject: Re:Best thin chicken breasts?
Anonymous wrote:Chicken breasts have gotten so gross in the past few years. Even if you pay more for the “better” ones, they’re all tough. Blech. Vegetarianism is looking more and more appealing.


Agree with this!!!! And I have a few chicken dishes I just really love the sauces to (a thyme and mushroom one, butter chicken) so trying to find some good substitutes that work the same.
Anonymous
Post 11/07/2023 11:42     Subject: Re:Best thin chicken breasts?
Chicken breasts have gotten so gross in the past few years. Even if you pay more for the “better” ones, they’re all tough. Blech. Vegetarianism is looking more and more appealing.
Anonymous
Post 11/07/2023 11:28     Subject: Best thin chicken breasts?
Where do you purchase the best tasting chicken breasts that aren’t tough or unnaturally enormous. I’d prefer boneless and frozen is also ok. I cook for a large family and convenience appeals.