POULTRY/FISH AND SEAFOOD DEFROSTING CHART
Cut | and | Defrosting | Time at |
| Standing | ||||
Weight | Quick | Defrost |
|
| Time | ||||
POULTRY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
CHICKEN |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Whole |
|
| 11 to | 13 minutes | per | lb. |
| 45 minutes | |
2 to 3 Ibs. |
| ||||||||
cut up | Ibs. | 12 to | 14 minutes | per | lb. |
| 15 minutes | ||
2 to 3 |
| ||||||||
TURKEY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Breast |
|
| 11 to 13 minutes | per | lb. |
| 20 minutes | ||
under | 4 Ibs. |
| |||||||
CORNISH | HENS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Whole |
|
| 12 to 13 minutes | per | lb. |
| 25 minutes | ||
1 to 1% | Ibs. |
| |||||||
FISH AND | SEAFOOD |
|
|
|
|
| T | 7 | |
FISH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||
Fish fillets |
| 12 to | 13 minutes |
|
|
| |||
1 lb. |
|
|
|
|
| ||||
Directions
Turn over once.’ Immerse in cold water for standing time.
Turn over once.’ Separate pieces when partially thawed.
Turn over once.*
Turn over once.’ Immerse in cold water for standing time.
Defrost in package on dish. Turn over once.+ After defrosting, carefully separate fillets under cold water.
Fish steaks |
|
| Defrost | in package | on dish. |
| ||||||||
1 lb. |
| 12 to 13 minutes |
| After |
| defrosting, | carefully | separate | ||||||
|
|
|
| steaks under cold running water. | ||||||||||
Whole | fish |
|
| Use | a shallow | dish; | the | shape | of the | |||||
8 to 10 oz. | 7 to 9 minutes | 10 minute ?S | fish | determines |
| size. Cover the | head | |||||||
|
|
|
| with aluminum foil. Be careful not to | ||||||||||
|
|
|
| let foil touch sides or door of oven. | ||||||||||
|
|
|
| Turn over once.* The fish should be | ||||||||||
|
|
|
| icy when removed from oven. Finish | ||||||||||
|
|
|
| thawing while standing at room |
| |||||||||
|
|
|
| temperature. |
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||
Lobster | tails |
|
| Remove | from | package | to baking | |||||||
8 oz. pkg. | 8 to 9 minutes |
| dish. Rinse under cold running |
| ||||||||||
|
|
|
| water. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Crab legs |
|
| Use | a glass baking | dish. | Break | the | |||||||
8 to 10 oz. | 6 to 8 minutes |
| legs apart and turn over once. Rinse | |||||||||||
|
|
|
| under | cold | running | water. |
|
| |||||
Crabmeat |
|
| Defrost | in package | on dish. Break | |||||||||
6 oz. |
| 7 to 9 minutes | 10 minute 3s | apart | and | turn | over | once. After |
| |||||
|
|
|
| defrosting immerse in cold water. | ||||||||||
Shrimp |
|
| Remove | from | package | to dish. |
| |||||||
1 lb. |
| 9 to 10 minutes | Spread | loosely | in baking | dish and | ||||||||
|
|
|
| rearrange | during | thawing | as |
| ||||||
|
|
|
| necessary. Rinse under cold running | ||||||||||
|
|
|
| water. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Scallops |
|
| Defrost | in package, | if in block; |
| ||||||||
1 lb. |
| 13 to 14 minutes | 10 minute 3s | spread | out | on | baking dish | if in |
| |||||
|
|
|
| pieces. Turn over and rearrange |
| |||||||||
|
|
|
| during | thawing | as necessary. |
| |||||||
l Turning or stirring should be done after l/4 of the defrosting cycle.
49
