Defrosting Guide
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Breads, Cakes |
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Bread, buns or rolls (1 piece) | 1/4 min. | Rearrange after half the time. |
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Sweet rolls (approx. 12 oz.) | 2 to 4 min. |
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Fish and Seafood |
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Fillets, frozen (1 lb.) | 6 to 9 min. |
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Shellfish, small pieces (1 lb.) | 3 to 7 min. | Place block in casserole. Turn over |
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Fruit |
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Plastic | 1 to 5 min. |
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Meat |
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Bacon (1 lb.) | 2 to 5 min. | Place unopened package in oven. |
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| Let stand 5 minutes after defrosting. |
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Franks (1 lb.) | 2 to 5 min. | Place unopened package in oven. |
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| Microwave just until franks can be |
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Ground meat (1 lb.) | 4 to 6 min. | Turn meat over after half the time. |
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Roast: beef, lamb, veal, pork | 9 to 13 min. | Use power level 1. |
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Steaks, chops and cutlets | 4 to 8 min. | Place unwrapped meat in cooking |
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| per lb. | dish. Turn over after half the time |
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| and shield warm areas with foil. |
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| When finished, separate pieces and |
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| let stand to complete defrosting. |
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Poultry |
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Chicken, | 14 to 20 min. Place wrapped chicken in dish. Unwrap |
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cut up (21⁄2 to 3 lbs.) |
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| second half of time, separate pieces and |
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| place in cooking dish. Microwave 2 to 4 |
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| few minutes to finish defrosting. |
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Chicken, whole | 20 to 25 min. Place wrapped chicken in dish. After half |
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(21⁄2 to 3 lbs.) |
| the time, unwrap and turn chicken over. |
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| Shield warm areas with foil. To complete |
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| defrosting, run cold water in the cavity |
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| until giblets can be removed. |
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Cornish hen | 7 to 13 min. | Place unwrapped hen in the oven |
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| of time. Run cool water in the cavity until |
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Turkey breast (4 to 6 lbs.) | 3 to 8 min. | Place unwrapped breast in |
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| turn |
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| with foil. Defrost for second half of time. |
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| Let stand 1 to 2 hours in refrigerator to | 17 |
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| complete defrosting. | |
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