Manual

Defrosting Guide
Food Time Comments
Breads, Cakes
Bread, buns or roils (l 1)iece) 1/2 rain.
Sweet rolls (al)prox. 12 oz.) 2 to 4 rain. Rearrange after half of time.
Fish and Seafood
Fillets, frozen (1 Ill.) 8 to 12 rain.
Shellfish, small pieces (1 lb.) 5 to 8 rain. Pla(e l/Iock in cass(rol(.
Turn o_er and br(ak lip aller first half of time.
Fruit
Plastic pouch--1 or 2 3 to 7 rain.
(1 t)-oz, pa(kage)
Meat
Bacon (1 lb.)
Franks (1 lb.)
Ground meat (1 Ill.)
Roast: beef, lamb, veal, pork
Steaks, chops and cutlets
Poultry
Chicken, broiler-fryer, cut up
(2_/_,to 3 Ills.)
Chicken, whole (2½ to 3 lbs.)
Cornish hen
Turkey breast (4 to 6 lbs.)
3 to 6 rain.
3 to 6 min.
5 to 8 min.
10 to 16 illii/, per Ill.
5 to 10 rain. l/er Ill.
16 to 22 rain.
22 to 28 rain.
9 to 16 rain. l/er Ill.
5 to 10 rain. l/er Ill.
Plac( unop(ned package in ov(n. I (t stand 5 mim_tes after deli'osting.
Place m_opened l/ackage ill o_en. Microwave just until li:anks can lie
separated, l,(t stand 5 mimnes, if necessar}, to COml/lete del}:osting.
Turn meat over alier first half of time.
[Is( power lev(1 _\,r;trlIl (1).
Pla(e mlwrapped meat in cooking dish. "rHri/ o\er al/(r lirst half
of time and shield warm areas with loll. Alier second half ot time,
separate pieces with table knilb. I,et stand to COml)h te deli'osting.
[)lace wrapped chicken in dish. Unwrap and turn over after first
half of time. Al_er second half of tilne, separate pieces and place ill
cooking dish. Microwave 2-4 mim_tes mor(, if necessary. 1(t stand
a lbw minutes to finish deli'osting.
[)lace wrapped chicken in dish. Al_er first half of time, unwrap
and turn chicken over. Shi(ld warm areas with loll. To (omplele
del}:osting, run cool water in cavity mull giblets can be r(moved.
[)lace mlwrapped hen ill o\eI/llreast-side-/_p. "Ihrn o_(r aller lirst half
of time. Run cool water in ca_it\./mtil giblets can be remo_ (d.
Pla(( mlwrapped breast in microwa_e-satb dish llreast-sid(-down.
,\ller lirst half of time, turn breast-side-up and shield warm areas
with loll. Del_'ost Ior second half of time. l.et stand 1-2 hours in
r(l_'igerator to COml/lete del}:osting.
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