Today on SIMPLY MING, Ming will show you one of the best ways to give yourself more options with meat and fish, pounding. Pounding tenderizes the meat, makes it thinner for faster cooking, and makes less go farther. Using this technique, and today’s mystery ingredients, Chef Jason Santos of Boston’s Blue Inc., will join Ming to cook on the fly and invent two completely new dishes. Stick around as we find out together what’s cooking next on Simply Ming.

Jason Santo is chef-owner of Blue Inc. restaurant.