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Kitchen mallet

02/25/2010 //  by Connie Veneracion

It looks like a hammer and it works like a hammer because you pound with it. There are many kinds of mallet, some are used in carpentry, others for machinery and there’s the kind used for cooking.

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One side of the head of a kitchen mallet is spiked to tenderize meat. The opposite side is smooth which is good for flattening meat. Both sides are used with the same pounding motion.

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Why flatten meat? To make a piece of meat of uniform thickness so that it gets cooked evenly.

When buying a kitchen mallet, make sure that the wood is of good quality and that the head is securely attached to the handle. The mallet that you see in the photos is my second, the first one (cheap) didn’t last very long as the head kept getting loose while pounding meat.

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To use the kitchen mallet, it is best to place the meat between two sheets of cling wrap (or wax paper although wax paper will get poked with holes if using the spiked side of the mallet). Start pounding at the center working your way outward. Check the meat after pounding a few times and make sure that you have not overdone the pounding and caused the meat to tear before you resume the pounding.

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  1. Doddie from Korea

    02/26/2010 at 9:54 pm

    I have a meat mallet too, only mine is round. And the heads are covered in a thin metal coating. It’s so handy when it comes to chicken breasts and beef rounds.

    • Connie

      02/27/2010 at 2:54 am

      My first one was like that but the quality wasn’t so good. Cheap kasi yung saken hahahaha

  2. A

    03/01/2010 at 8:30 pm

    My hammer is made of aluminum. It’s heavier, the weight flattens meat faster. Plus, aluminum won’t host bacteria and mold.

    The only caveat, my mom can’t use it, it’s too heavy for her :p

  3. Lois

    06/09/2010 at 12:37 pm

    mine’s a silver metal-ly thing too. yan din gamit ko pang pound ng oreo cookies to make pie crust. i just place them in a plastic bag and bang away. hehehe. =)

  4. Larry Mike

    06/16/2010 at 10:16 pm

    Hello Sir/Madam,
    My name is Rev.Larry Mike and i will like to know if you do carry mallet for sale.I will also like to know the types that you do have in stock now with the fix prices.I would also like to know the method of payment which you do accept as your form of payment.I will be waiting to hear from you as soon as possible.

    Best Regards,

    Rev.Larry Mike

    • Connie

      06/17/2010 at 9:37 am

      If you will just read the article, you’ll know how misplaced your question is.

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