GE Monogram ZE2160 Owner's Manual page 15

Defrosting Guide
Food Time Comments
Breads, Cakes
Bread, buns or roils (l 1)iece) 1/4 rain.
Sweet rolls (approx. 12 oz.) 2 to 4 rain. Rearrange after half of time.
Fish and Seafood
Fillets, frozen (1 Ill.) (i to 9 rain.
Shellfish, small pieces (1 Ill.) 3 to 7 rain. Pla(e blo(k in cass_ rol(.
Turn o_er and br(ak up alier lirst half of time.
Fruit
Plastic pouch--1 or 2 1 to 5 rain.
(10-oz. pa(kage)
Meat
Bacon (1 lb.)
Franks (1 lb.)
Ground meat (1 lb.)
Roast: beef, lamb, veal, pork
Steaks, chops and cutlets
Poultry
Chicken, broiler-fryer, cut up
(2_/_, t o 3 lbs.)
Chicken, whole (2½ to 3 lbs.)
Cornish hen
Turkey breast (4 to 6 lbs.)
2 to 5 rain.
2 to 5 min.
4 to 6 min.
9 to 12 rain. per Ill.
4 to 8 rain. |)er lb.
14 to 19 rain.
20 to 24 rain.
7 to 12 rain. per Ill.
3 to 8 rain. per lb.
Plac( unop(ned package in ov(n. I (t stand 5 minutes after delh)sting.
Place unopened package ill o_en. Microwave just until li:anks can be
separated. [,(t stand 5 minutes, if necessar}, to complete del}:osting.
Turn meat over al_er first half of time.
[Is( tlower lev(1 _\farlil (l).
Pla(e mlwrapped ineat in cooking dish. "ruri_ o_er ati(r lirst half
of time and shield warln areas with loll. Al_er second half ot time,
separate pieces with table knilb. I,et stand to comph te del_'osting.
[)lace wrapped chicken in dish. Llnwrap and turn over after first
half of time. Al_er second half of tilne, separate pieces and place in
cooking dish. Microwave 2 to 4 ininutes nlor(, if necessary. I,et stand
a lbw minutes to finish deli'osting.
Place wrapped chicken in dish. Atier tirst half of time, unwrap
and turn clficken over. Shi( Id warm areas with loll. To (omplete
del}:osting, run cool water in cavity until giblets can be r(moved.
Place mlwrapped hen ill (P,en breast-side-up. 'Ihrn ox(r after Ih:st half
of time. Run cool water in ca_it\, until giblets can lie removed.
Pla(( mlwrai/ped breast in microwa_e-satb dish breast-side-down.
Alier lirst half of time, turn breast-side-up and shield warm areas
with loll. Deli'ost Ior second half of time. l,et stand 1 to 2 hours in
r(li'igerator to complete defl:osting.
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