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I got some smoked turkey breast pieces and found them, after microwaving
for three minutes, rather tough. Suggestions for tenderizing them? Perhaps
simmering them 15 minutes or so in hot water will do it? Perhaps add
something to the water to flavor them a bit? They are already quite salty.
Maybe I MWed them too long?

Other ideas?

TIA


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>I got some smoked turkey breast pieces and found them, after microwaving
> for three minutes, rather tough. Suggestions for tenderizing them? Perhaps
> simmering them 15 minutes or so in hot water will do it? Perhaps add
> something to the water to flavor them a bit? They are already quite salty.
> Maybe I MWed them too long?
>
> Other ideas?


You could try making a simple soup with them. but I think that 3 minutes is
way too much if using high setting, a really low setting on the MW does a
much better job of reheating.

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KenK wrote:

> I got some smoked turkey breast pieces and found them, after microwaving
> for three minutes, rather tough. Suggestions for tenderizing them? Perhaps
> simmering them 15 minutes or so in hot water will do it? Perhaps add
> something to the water to flavor them a bit? They are already quite salty.
> Maybe I MWed them too long?
>
> Other ideas?



Nuke on a low setting (if you already did not do that)...

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On 17 Nov 2018 16:41:50 GMT, KenK wrote:

> I got some smoked turkey breast pieces and found them, after microwaving
> for three minutes, rather tough. Suggestions for tenderizing them? Perhaps
> simmering them 15 minutes or so in hot water will do it? Perhaps add
> something to the water to flavor them a bit? They are already quite salty.

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> Maybe I MWed them too long?


Yes, you did. Can't you tell? You don't have to know anything
about cooking to know when you're nuking something for 4 times
longer than you need to.

Just make a sandwich from them and skip the cooking/heating part.

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On 11/17/2018 11:41 AM, KenK wrote:
> I got some smoked turkey breast pieces and found them, after microwaving
> for three minutes, rather tough. Suggestions for tenderizing them? Perhaps
> simmering them 15 minutes or so in hot water will do it? Perhaps add
> something to the water to flavor them a bit? They are already quite salty.
> Maybe I MWed them too long?
>
> Other ideas?
>
> TIA
>
>

Gently warm them on half power. Try one minute and adjust as needed.


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KenK > wrote in
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> I got some smoked turkey breast pieces and found them, after
> microwaving for three minutes, rather tough. Suggestions for
> tenderizing them? Perhaps simmering them 15 minutes or so in hot water
> will do it? Perhaps add something to the water to flavor them a bit?
> They are already quite salty. Maybe I MWed them too long?
>
> Other ideas?
>
> TIA
>
>

So sorry. Forgot to add one vital word - 'frozen'! That's why I MWed 3
minutes.




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On 11/17/2018 1:05 PM, KenK wrote:
> KenK > wrote in
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>
>> I got some smoked turkey breast pieces and found them, after
>> microwaving for three minutes, rather tough. Suggestions for
>> tenderizing them? Perhaps simmering them 15 minutes or so in hot water
>> will do it? Perhaps add something to the water to flavor them a bit?
>> They are already quite salty. Maybe I MWed them too long?
>>
>> Other ideas?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>>

> So sorry. Forgot to add one vital word - 'frozen'! That's why I MWed 3
> minutes.
>
>
>
>

Makes a difference but, still go slow. No more than 50% power, maybe
30% the first minute.
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KenK wrote:

> KenK > wrote in
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> > I got some smoked turkey breast pieces and found them, after
> > microwaving for three minutes, rather tough. Suggestions for
> > tenderizing them? Perhaps simmering them 15 minutes or so in hot
> > water will do it? Perhaps add something to the water to flavor them
> > a bit? They are already quite salty. Maybe I MWed them too long?
> >
> > Other ideas?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> >

> So sorry. Forgot to add one vital word - 'frozen'! That's why I MWed
> 3 minutes.


Hi Ken, best to defrost them in the fridge then at most, 30 seconds
heating. How long depends on how thick the pieces are.

The only smoked turkey I am familar with is sold wth the smoked ham
hocks (and actually look a bit like them). They are tough until long
soaked and cooked in a pot of beans or something.
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