0 present 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 --
Cooked or canned pineapple does not have a tenderizing effect, as the enzymes are heat-labile and destroyed in the cooking process.
Tenderizing meat with the mallet softens the fibers, making the meat easier to chew, and easier to digest.
Although a meat tenderizer can be made out of virtually any object there are three types that manufactured specifically for tenderizing meat.
Sometimes, they use the leaf in tenderizing meat.
