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Originally Posted by jspchief
Hey FMB, I've seen you reference thinly sliced chicken a couple times in this thread. Care to expand upon that a bit? I've been hating the roided up breasts I've been getting lately and am looking for new ways to deal with them besides pounding them out.
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Sure. Two ways to handle it. Sometimes I just take a regular breast, butterfly it and then slice in strips across the grain. This is what I did for some lemony garlic chicken I made a week or so ago. Think what you'd do for chicken fajitas.
But usually I'm talking about what I buy, which are called thinly sliced breasts. This is a thin slice taken across the top of the breast. Think like this: Put the breast down flat on the board, and cut maybe a 3/8-inch slice parallel with the board across the top of the breast. Do this until there aren't any slices left. Usually one breast will be 3-4 slices. They cook in about 3 minutes per side (and they're extremely easy to overcook).
Usually look about like this:
