0 past simple and past participle of tenderize
1 to make meat easy to cut or chew (= crush with the teeth) by beating it or preparing it in a particular way
Less tender cuts from the chuck or round are cooked with moist heat or are mechanically tenderized ("e.g." cube steak).
The low and slow cooking methods tenderized the connective tissues in the meat made these cuts a sought after delicacy.
The process of swissing meat is done to enable tougher and cheaper pieces of meat to be tenderized.
