Defrosting Guide
1. Food packaged in all-paper or plastic packages maybe
without unwrapping. If food is foil wrapped, remove foil
place food in cooking dish for defrosting.
Be sure
meats arc completely defrosted (or. on
extra microwaving time). Turkeys may
placed under running
water until giblets
2. After first half of defrosting time, unwrap package and check
4. When defrosted,
should cool but softened in
areas. If
Turn food over, if necessary; break apart or separate food if
still s]
icy. return to microwave oven very
or Ict
possible. On very large foods like turkey, some shielding of thin
minutes.
wing or leg areas may
necessary.
First Half
Second Half
Food
Time, Min.
Time, Min.
Meat
[Power Level
(3)]
Bacon
Franks (I-1 b.)
Ground:
pork
(l-lb. )
)
(S-
)
Roast: beef
Roast: pork
Spareribs: pork (l-pkg. )
Steaks, chops & cutlets:
beef, lamb, pork & veal
Sausage: bulk
(1-lb. tray)
(l-lb. roll)
Sausage: link (1 to
Sausage: patties
pkg. )
) 2
1
‘/2 to 4
4 to 5
4
4 to 5 per lb.
5 to 6 pcr lb.
2 to 4 pcr lb.
2 to
per lb
2
2
4 to 6
6 to
4 to 5 per lb.
5 6 pcr lb.
2 pcr lb.
to 4 per
2 to 4
to 4
1 ‘/2 to 2 ‘/2
to 2
Place unopened package in oven.
package
turn after
time. Let stand
5 minutes.
unopened package in
M
until
separated.
Turn over after first 4 minutes.
Turn meat over after first
of time. Scrape
second
of time. Set aside. Break up remaining
microwave
5 to 6 minutes more.
Turn
over after first
time. Scrape
softened
second half of time. Set aside. M
minutes more.
Scrape
set aside. Break up remaining block
5
minutes more.
Place unwrapped roast in oven. Alter first half of time turn
over. Defrost
second
time.
minutes.
Place wrapped package in oven. Turn
halt’
After
half time.
Let stand
to
defrosting.
Place wrapped package in oven. Turn over
first
After second half time. separate
with [able
Ict
to complete
Turn over
2 minutes.
Turn over after half of time. Let stand
5 minutes.
Rotate package l/4 turn after
time. Let
5 minutes
No turn
[Power Level
(3)]
Chicken, broiler-fryer,
to
to 8
Place unwrapped chicken in oven. Unwrap
turn over after first
(2
)
half of time. After second half of time,
and place in
cooking dish. M
2 to 4 minutes
if necessary. Let
few minutes to finish defrosting.
Whole (2 to
)
9(0
9 to
Place wrapped chicken in oven. After half
unwrap
turn
over chicken. Shield warm areas with foil. Run cool water in
until giblets can be
hen
4 to 6 pcr
4 to 5 per lb.
Place wrapped package in oven breast side up. Turn package over
after half of time.
Duckling
4 per lb.
2 4
lb.
Place wrapped duckling in oven. After
of time, unwrap
turn
over into cooking dish. Shield warm areas with
Run
in cavity until giblets can removed.
Turkey
to 5 per lb.
to 5 per lb.
Place unwrapped turkey breast side down. After first half of
remove wrapper and shield legs. wing
warm areas with
Turn
turkey breast side up for
half of” time.
several times
to shield warm areas. Run coo] water into cavity until giblets
neck can
removed. Let
in
water
to hours or
refrigerate overnight to complete
