Pound the dang chicken! I can’t stand it when someone sautee’s chicken without pounding it. They have nice little meat mallets for $6 bucks - go ahead and splurge! You will never have dry chicken breast again.

To Pound chicken breasts, (Alton Brown did a whole geek thing on this) simply lay out a piece of plastic wrap on your counter or cutting board. Lay all chicken whole chicken breast down and cover with a second layer of plastic wrap.

Use the flat side of the meat mallet. (Don’t use the handle of a cutting knife. You will kill yourself.) Pound away. Start softly at first to see what it does but in the end, don’t be shy… You will start to see how hard you have to hit it. You want to end up with chicken breasts that are evenly thick, about 3/8″.