YOU SAID:
rub butter into the chicken
INTO JAPANESE
鶏肉にバターをすりこむ
BACK INTO ENGLISH
rub butter on chicken
INTO JAPANESE
鶏肉にバターを塗る
BACK INTO ENGLISH
butter the chicken
INTO JAPANESE
鶏肉にバターを塗る
BACK INTO ENGLISH
butter the chicken
That didn't even make that much sense in English.