1. Food packaged in paper or plastic maybe defrosted
3. Be sure large meats are completely defrosted
without unwrapping. If food is
before cooking.
remove foil and place food in cooking dish for
defrosting. Most food defrosts
using Defrost
4. When
food should be cool but softened
(3). For more even defrosting of
foods, such
in areas. If still
icy, return to microwave
as beef, lamb and
roasts, use Warm (l).
oven very briefly, or let stand a few minutes.
2.
first
of defrosting time, unwrap package
and check food. Turn food over, if necessary; break
apart or separate food if possible. Shield any warm
areas with small pieces of foil.
Food
Comments
Breads, Cakes
[Power
(3)]
buns or
(1 piece)
1/4 min.
Sweet
2 to 4 min.
Rearrange after half of time.
12 oz.)
Fish and Seafood
[Power
Defrost (3)]
frozen (1 lb.)
6
to 9 min.
small pieces
3 to 7 min.
Place block in casserole.
(1
lb.)
over and breakup after first half of time.
Fruit
[Power
Defrost (3)]
to
2
to
5
min.
package)
—
Meat
[Power
Defrost (3)]
Bacon (1 lb.)
2 to 5 min. per lb.
package in oven.
stand 5
after defrosting.
Franks”(l lb.)
2
to
min.
Place unopened package in oven. Microwave just until franks can be
separated.
stand 5 minutes, if
to
defrosting.
Ground meat (1 lb.)
4 to 6 min.
Turn meat over after
half of
Roast: beef, lamb, veal, pork
9 to 13 min. per lb.
Use Power
Warm (l).
chops and cutlets
4 to 8 min. per lb.
Place unwrapped meat in rooking dish. Turn over after
half
of time and shield warm areas with foil.
half of time,
separate
with table knife.
stand to complete defrosting.
[Power
Defrost (3)]
broiler-fryer,
14 to 20 min.
Place wrapped chicken in dish. Unwrap and turn over after first half
3
of time.
of time, separate
and place in rooking
dish. Microwave 2 to 4 minutes more, if
stand a few
minutes to finish defrosting.
whole
20 to min.
Place wrapped chicken in dish.
first
of time,
and
to 3
turn chicken over. Shield warm areas with foil. To complete defrosting
run
water in cavity until giblets can be removed.
hen
7 to 13 min. per lb.
Place unwrapped hen in oven breast-side-up. Turn over after first
of time. Run
water in cavity
giblets
be removed.
(4 to 6
3 to 8 min. per lb.
Place
breast in microwave-safe dish breast-side-down.
first half of time, turn breast-side-up and shield warm areas with foil.
Defrost for second half of time.
stand 1 to 2 hours in refrigerator
to
defrosting.
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