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Cooking Instructions
Notes
Auto Defrosting
Guide
Follow the instructions
below when defrosting
different
types of food.
Roast
2.5-6.0 Ibs.
Beef, Pork
Start with the food placed fat side down After
each stage, turn the food over and shield any
warm portions with narrow strips of aluminum
foil.
Steaks,
Chops,
Fish
0.5-3.0 Ibs.
After each stage, rearrange the food. If there
are any warm or thawed portions of food.
shield them with narrow flat pieces of
aluminum foil. Remove any pieces of food that
are nearly defrosted.
Let stand, covered, for 5-
10 minutes.
Ground
0.5-3.0 Ibs.
Meat
After each stage, remove any pieces of food
that are nearly defrosted. Let stand, covered
with foi!. for 5-t0 m_nutes.
Whole
2.5-6.0
Ibs.
Remove giblets before freezing poultry. Start
Chicken
defrosting with the breast side down. After the
first stage, turn the chicken over and shield
any warm portions with narrow stnps of
aluminum foil. After the second stage, again
shield any warm portions wtth narrow strips of
aluminum foil. Let stand, covered, for 30-60
minutes in the refrigera[or.
Chicken
0.5-3.0
Ibs.
After each stage, rearrange or remove any
Pieces
pieces of food that are nearly defrosted. Let
stand for 10-20 minutes.
Check foods when the oven signals. After the final stage, small sections
may
still be icy; let them stand to continue
thawing.
Do not defrost until all ice
crystals
have thawed.
Shielding
roasts and steaks with small pieces of foil
prevents
the edges from cooking before the center of the food has defrosted.
Use narrow, flat, smooth strips of aluminum
foil to cover the edges and thin-
ner sections
of the food.
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