Defrosting Guide
1. Food
packaged
in paper or plastic may be defrosted without
3. Be sure large
meats
tire
completely defrosted
hefore
cooking.
unwrapping.
If food is
foil
wrapped, remove
toil
and
place
food
4. When defrosted,
Iood
shou]d
be
coo]
but softened in all
areas,
If
in cooking dish for defrosting. Most
food
defrosts well using
Defrost (3).
For more even defrosting
of
larger foods, such as
still slightly icy, return to microwave oven very
hrietly.
or let
beef,
larnh
and
veal
roasts, use Warm ( l).
stand
a
few
minutes.
2. After first half
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.
First Half Second Half
Food
Time, Min. Time, Min. Comments
Breads, Cakes [Power Level: Defrost (3)]
Bread, buns or rolls
2
to
3
none
Remove
me[al
twist tie. Turn over
tifter
first half of
time.
(8
to
16
oz.)
Cake, frosted, 2 to
3
layer
2 to 4
none
Let stand 5 to I () minutes befure serving.
(17
oz. )
Cake, plain, I
layer
2 to 4
none
Let stand 5 minutes
befi)re
serving.
Cheesecake,
plain
or
5
to
7 none
fruit-topped (17 to
19
oz. )
Coffee
cakes
2
to
3
2
to
3
( 1 I
to
[4X
oz. )
Cream or custard pie
4 to
6
4 to
6
Reposition
utter
first
htilf
of time.
Let
st~nd
5
minutes before serving.
(14 oz.)
Crunch cakes
&
cupcakes
Y,
to
Z
each
none
Doughnuts
( 1
or 2)
K
to 1 none
Rearrange after first half of time.
(4 to
6)
I to 2
1 to 2
French toast (2 slices)
2
1
Turn over after first half of
time.
Fruit or nut pie
(8
in. )
8
to
15
none
Pound cake ( 1 I
X
oz. )
3
to 5
none Let
stand
5 minutes
before
serving.
Sweet rolls
2 to
3
2 to 3
Retirrange
tifter
first
htilf
of
time.
(8X
to
12
oz.)
Fish & Seafood [Power Level: Defrost (3)]
Fillets:
Pre-pack~ged
( I
Ih.)
4 to 5
5 to 7
Place
unopened package in oven. (If fish is
frozen
in
wtiter,
place in
Freshly frozen ( 1 lb.)
4 to 5 5 to 7
cooking dish, ) Turn package over after
first
hulf
of time. After
second
hfilf
of’ time, hold under cold
water
to separ~te.
Shellfish, blocks:
Crtib
meat
2 2
Place
block in
cosserole.
Turn over
and
break
LIp
with fork alter first
(6-oz.
package)
half of
time.
Oysters ( I
2-oz.
can)
4 to 6
4 to 6
Place
block in casserole. Break up with fork after first half of time.
Scallops ( l-lb. package)
4 to 6 4 to 6
Place block in casserole. Turn over and break up after first
half’
of
time.
Shellfish, large:
Crab legs, I to 2
2 to 3
2 to
3
Arrange in cooking dish with light-underside-up. Turn over after
(8
to
10
oz.)
first half of’ time.
Lobster
tails,
I to 2
3 to 4
3
to 4
Arrange in cooking dish, with meaty-side-down. Turn over after
(6 to 9
OZ.)
f’irst
half of’ time.
Shellfish, small pieces
3
to 4
3
to 4 Spread shellfish in single layer in
baking
dish. Rearrange pieces
(1 lb,)
after first
h~lf
of time.
Steaks (6
to 12 oz. )
2 to
3
none
Let stand a
few
minutes to
finish
defrosting.
Whole fish
(8
to 10 oz. )
3
2 to 4
Place
fish in cooking
dish.
Turn over
fitter
first
half of time. After
second
half of time, rinse
cfivity
with cold
wfiter
to complete
defrosting.
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