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===Flattening chicken breasts so they cook quickly and evenly===
This is a useful technique for ensuring [[chicken]] breasts cook quickly and evenly.  You may have seen Jamie Oliver use this in his recent 15 minute meals series. It's very easy to do and produces excellent results.

# Lay the [[chicken breasts]] on one side of a [[silicone baking sheet]]
# Season both sides with [[salt]] and [[freshly ground black pepper]] and fresh [[herbs]] if using them
# Fold the [[baking sheet]] over and bash with a [[rolling pin]] until the [[chicken]] is nice and thin and has an even thickness
# Do ensure that you wash everything properly afterwards, ideally in a nice hot dishwasher! 

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Image:Two chicken breasts on a silicone baking sheet - before.jpg|Start off with chicken breasts on a silicone baking sheet
Image:Flattening chicken breasts, aka Jamie Oliver chicken bashing.jpg|Bashing them with a rolling pin
Image:Two chicken breasts on a silicone baking sheet - bashed.jpg|Two flattened chicken breasts
Image:Chicken breasts marinading Lock and Lock.jpg|Chicken breasts marinading in crushed garlic, balsamic vinegar and Mexican oregano
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If you need to marinade the chicken for your recipe, a really quick and easy method is to pop the [[chicken]] and your marinade ingredients into a [[Lock & Lock]] box together with the flattened chicken breasts, shake the box like mad for 20 seconds and refrigerate for a few hours.
===Silicone baking sheet as reusable greaseproof===
Jamie uses [[greaseproof paper]], I find a [[silicone baking sheet]] is good for this and far stronger than greaseproof paper. Do ensure that you wash everything properly afterwards, ideally in a nice hot dishwasher! 
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