Pounding out chicken or beef

[cab]

My daughter and I were discussing this and she said there was a formal 'chef's name' for what I call using a meat mallet and pounding out the food. Is she right? and if so, what is its official name.

[FarmGirl]

There probably is some strange fancy name for it, but I've always just called it pounding or tenderizing. :)

[Beany]

Hmmm...good question. All our family recipes refer to this type of preparation as "swiss", i.e. "swiss steak". Could it be someone Swiss?:lol: