Defrosting Guide
Food | Time | Comments |
Breads, Cakes |
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Bread, buns or rolls (1 piece) | 1 min. |
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Sweet rolls (approx. 12 oz.) | 4 to 6 min. |
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Fish and Seafood |
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Fillets, frozen (1 lb.) | 9 to 12 min. |
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Shellfish, small pieces (1 lb.) | 6 to 8 min. | Place block in casserole. Turn over |
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Fruit |
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Plastic | 4 to 7 min. |
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Meat |
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Bacon (1 lb.) | 4 to 6 min. | Place unopened package in oven. |
Franks (1 lb.) | 4 to 6 min. | Let stand 5 minutes after defrosting. |
Place unopened package in oven. | ||
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| Microwave just until franks can be |
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| separated. Let stand 5 minutes, if |
Ground meat (1 lb.) | 6 to 8 min. | necessary, to complete defrosting. |
Turn meat over after half the time. | ||
Roast: beef, lamb, veal, pork 12 to 16 min. | Use power level 1. | |
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Steaks, chops and cutlets | 6 to 10 min. | Place unwrapped meat in cooking |
| 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, | 18 to 22 min. | Place wrapped chicken in dish. Unwrap |
cut up (21⁄2 to 3 lbs.) |
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| finished, separate pieces and microwave |
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| 2 to 4 minutes more, if necessary. Let |
Chicken, whole | 24 to 28 min. | stand to finish defrosting. |
Place wrapped chicken in dish. After half | ||
(21⁄2 to 3 lbs.) |
| the time, unwrap and turn chicken over. |
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| Shield warm areas with foil. Finish |
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| defrosting. If necessary, run cold water |
Cornish hen |
| in the cavity until giblets can be removed. |
10 to 16 min. Place unwrapped hen in the oven | ||
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| the time. Run cool water in the |
Turkey breast (4 to 6 lbs.) | 6 to 10 min. | cavity until giblets can be removed. |
Place unwrapped breast in dish breast- | ||
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| and shield warm areas with foil. Finish |
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| defrosting. Let stand 1 to 2 hours in |
refrigerator to complete defrosting.
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