Ok I am screwing something up here. I tried the chicken roulades. I got my chicken breasts, trimmed them as instructioned and each was 6-7 ounces. Now for the tricky part..stay with me folks...
1 - It says to cut the chicken breasts in half horizontally. I am having a heck of a time doing this! I even tried partially freezing the meat, which worried me because they had already been frozen. But what I didn't understand was - Was the meat I was to pound thin suppose to be 6 ounces or was the whole chicken breast prior to slicing suppose to be 6 ounces. 3 ounces isn't much meat.
2 - So the pounding part. Ok with the smaller piece of meat I began pounding it with not too much force so I wouldn't break through it. That didn't work. So began hitting it a bit harder which seem to start flattening it, but as I hit the edges the darn then practially exploded into a mush. Then I thought ok...so the part I'm suppose to pound should be 6 ounces not this piddly 3 ounce thing. (My chicken breasts are usually 10 ounces + each)
I put them between the plastic wrap, I tried the metal pounder, smooth side. Someone suggested once to use a wooden rolling pin. All to no avail. I end up with mashed chicken.
What am I doing wrong and anyone want to come over and help?
Thanks!
1 - It says to cut the chicken breasts in half horizontally. I am having a heck of a time doing this! I even tried partially freezing the meat, which worried me because they had already been frozen. But what I didn't understand was - Was the meat I was to pound thin suppose to be 6 ounces or was the whole chicken breast prior to slicing suppose to be 6 ounces. 3 ounces isn't much meat.
2 - So the pounding part. Ok with the smaller piece of meat I began pounding it with not too much force so I wouldn't break through it. That didn't work. So began hitting it a bit harder which seem to start flattening it, but as I hit the edges the darn then practially exploded into a mush. Then I thought ok...so the part I'm suppose to pound should be 6 ounces not this piddly 3 ounce thing. (My chicken breasts are usually 10 ounces + each)
I put them between the plastic wrap, I tried the metal pounder, smooth side. Someone suggested once to use a wooden rolling pin. All to no avail. I end up with mashed chicken.
What am I doing wrong and anyone want to come over and help?
Thanks!