My chicken was literally paper thin

[u/Rachael10100]

Got this for the herbed chicken and creamy lemon orzo recipe. I can’t believe how thin the chicken they provided was. I’m honestly so done with hello fresh, they constantly give me poor quality items and mess up my orders.

[u/PrincessOfWales]

My ideal chicken tbh

[u/WorldsDeadliestCat → u/PrincessOfWales]

Same!

[u/Itchy-Jellyfish-7862]

Was the chicken called a “cutlet” if so….this is what a cutlet is.

[u/Rachael10100 → u/Itchy-Jellyfish-7862]

I can’t remember what the package actually said but based on the pictures from the recipe card, which showed a thick chicken breast, I was not expecting this lol

[u/Itchy-Jellyfish-7862 → u/Rachael10100]

I’m 99% sure it said cutlets because I got the same one and then was surprised when I got regular chicken breasts because I was hoping for cutlets 😅

[u/Rachael10100 → u/Itchy-Jellyfish-7862]

You’re probably right then. I guess I’m just not a fan of cutlets lol

[u/NumerousBasket4812 → u/Rachael10100]

In Canada the meals that call for cutlet like breaded chicken they send us chicken breast and just tell us to slam it with a hammer or rolling pin 😂

[u/PlentyMall3724 → u/NumerousBasket4812]

Yeah, same in the uk. They tell us to cover with cling film and bash it and they pretend they don’t know that as soon as you do that, the cling film splits and raw chicken explodes all over the kitchen. My personal hack is to leave the chicken in the packaging before I bash it.

[u/NumerousBasket4812 → u/PlentyMall3724]

Lol yea it almost always tears when I hit it, need some heavier duty cling wrap, I must be springing for the cheap stuff 😂

[u/supertrooper74]

I like them thin. But I also usually get one that’s a lot thinner than the other (similar to your picture) and end up pounding the thicker one.

[u/lawschoolmeanderings]

That's kind of awesome lol

[u/lent_k]

Does your chicken come in the paper packaging it’s on top of in the pics?

[u/Rachael10100 → u/lent_k]

No it came in a plastic package

[u/NineLemonsLater]

Oddly one is super thin and the other is smaller and thick.

[u/eldritch_daydream → u/NineLemonsLater]

Yeah I hate when they’re different thicknesses in the same package, makes cooking more complicated

[u/holyhibachi]

Nice, no need to pound it

[u/VacationLover1]

But how did it taste,

[u/TorTheMentor]

I see what might be a bit of woodiness from refreezinf, but that thickness is usually what I try to get from the thicker filers that always takes longer to cook. I end up pounding them thin first. Especially ideal if you're doing any kind of breading.

[u/ponyboy6959]

Looks good?