Defrosting Guide
| Food | Time | Comments |
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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. |
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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 |
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| break up after half the time. |
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. |
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| Let stand 5 minutes after defrosting. |
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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| separated. Let stand 5 minutes, if |
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| necessary, to complete defrosting. |
Ground meat (1 lb.) | 5 to 7 min. | Turn meat over after half the time. |
Roast: beef, lamb, veal, pork | 12 to 16 min. | Use power level 1. |
| per lb. |
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Steaks, chops and cutlets | 5 to 7 min. | Place unwrapped meat in cooking dish. |
| per lb. | Turn over after half the time and shield |
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| warm areas with foil. When finished, |
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| separate pieces and let stand to complete |
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| defrosting. |
Poultry |
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Chicken, | 15 to 19 min. | Place wrapped chicken in dish. Unwrap |
cut up (21⁄2 to 3 lbs.) |
| and turn over after half the time. When |
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| finished, separate pieces and microwave |
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| Let stand to finish defrosting. |
Chicken, whole | 17 to 21 min. | 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 in |
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| the cavity until giblets can be removed. |
Cornish hen | 7 to 13 min. | Place unwrapped hen in the oven breast- |
| per lb. | |
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| Run cool water in the cavity until giblets |
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| can be removed. |
Turkey breast (4 to 6 lbs.) | 5 to 9 min. | Place unwrapped breast in dish breast- |
| per lb. | |
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| and shield warm areas with foil. Finish |
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| defrosting. Let stand |
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| refrigerator to complete defrosting. |
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