Defrosting Guide
Food time Comments
Breads, Cakes
Bread, buns orrulls (1 piece) 1 rain.
Sweet rolls _approx. 12 oz. ) 3 to 5 rain.
Fishand Seafood
Fillets, frozen(1 lb.) _;re _ rain.
Shellfish, small pieces (1 lb.) 5 to 7 rain. Place block in casserole. Turn over and
break up after half the time.
3 to _ rain.
Fruit
PlasticpouchIl to2
(10-oz. package )
Meat
Bacon (1 lb.)
Franks (1 lb.)
[o 5 min.
2 [o 5 min.
Groundmeat (1 lb.
Roast:beef,lamb,veal,pork
Steaks,chopsand cutlets
Poultry
Chicken,broiler-hger
cutup 12½ to 3 lbs._
Chicken, whole
(2½ to 3 lbs.)
Cornishhen
Turkeybreast (4 to 6 lbs.,
18
5 to 7 min.
19 to 16 min.
per lb.
5 to 7 min.
per lb.
]Stolgmin.
17to21 min.
7 to 13 min.
per lb.
5 to U min.
per lb.
Place unopened package in oven.
Let stand 5 minutes after deflosting.
Place unopened package in oven.
Microwave just until flanks can be
separated. Let stand :5 minutes, if
necessary, to complete defrosting.
Turn meat over after half the time.
Use power level ].
Place unwrapped meat in cooking dish.
Turn over after half the time and shield
warm areas with toil. When finished,
separate pieces and let stand to complete
defrosting.
Place wrapped chicken in dish. (lnwrap
and turn over after half the time. When
finished, separate pieces and microwave
2 to 4 minutes more, if necessary.
Let stand to finish deflosting.
Place wrapped chicken in dish. After half
the time, unwrap and turn chicken over.
Shield warm areas with foil. Finish
deflosting. If necessar 5 run cold water in
the cavit\v until giblets can be removed.
Place unwrapped hen in the oven breast-
side-up. Turn over after half the time.
Run cool water in the cavi/\v until giblets
can be removed.
Place unwrapped breast in dish breast-
side-down. Alier half the time, turn over
and shield warm areas with foil. Finish
defl'osting, i,et stand ] to 2 hours in
refrigerator to complete defrosting.