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Defrosting Guide
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Breads, Cakes |
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Bread, buns or rolls (1 piece) | 1 min. |
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Sweet rolls (approx. 12 oz.) | 3 to 5 min. | Rearrange after half the time. |
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Fish and Seafood |
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Fillets, frozen (1 lb.) | 6 to 8 min. |
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Shellfish, small pieces (1 lb.) | 5 to 7 min. | Place block in casserole. Turn over and break up after half the time. |
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Fruit |
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Plastic | 3 to 6 min. |
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Meat |
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Bacon (1 lb.) | 2 to 5 min. | Place unopened package in oven. Let stand 5 minutes after defrosting. |
Franks (1 lb.) | 2 to 5 min. | Place unopened package in oven. Microwave just until franks can be separated. |
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| Let stand 5 minutes, if necessary, to complete defrosting. |
Ground meat (1 lb.) | 5 to 7 min. | Turn meat over after first half of time. |
Roast: beef, lamb, veal, pork | 12 to 16 min. | Use power level 10. |
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Steaks, chops and cutlets | 5 to 7 min. | Place unwrapped meat in cooking dish. Turn over after first half of time and shield |
| per lb. | warm areas with foil. After second half of time, separate pieces with table knife. |
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| Let stand to complete defrosting. |
Poultry |
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Chicken, | 15 to 19 min. | Place wrapped chicken in dish. Unwrap and turn over after first half of time. |
(21⁄2 to 3 lbs.) |
| After second half of time, separate pieces and place in cooking dish. Microwave |
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| 2 to 4 minutes more, if necessary. Let stand a few minutes to finish defrosting. |
Chicken, whole (21⁄2 to 3 lbs.) | 17 to 21 min. | Place wrapped chicken in dish. After half the time, unwrap and turn chicken over. |
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| Shield warm areas with foil. To complete defrosting, run cold water in the cavity |
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| until giblets can be removed. |
Cornish hen | 7 to 13 min. | Place unwrapped hen in the oven |
| per lb. | Run cool water in the cavity until giblets can be removed. |
Turkey breast (4 to 6 lbs.) | 5 to 9 min. | Place unwrapped breast in |
| per lb. | of time, turn |
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| half of time. Let stand 1 to 2 hours in refrigerator to complete defrosting. |
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