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Defrosting times
4
Small or thin pieces of frozen fish or
meat - eg; fish fillets, prawns, and mince
will take approximately 1 - 2 hours.
Placing the food in a single layer will
reduce the thawing time.
4
A medium sized casserole or stew will
take around 3 - 4 hours.
4
A 1½kg / 3lb oven ready chicken will take
around 5 hours, remove the giblets as
soon as possible.
4
Always check foods are thoroughly
defrosted before cooking.
Be safe
4
Do not defrost stuffed poultry using this
method.
4
Do not defrost larger joints of meat and
poultry over 2kg / 4lb using this method.
4
Never place uncooked food for defrosting
next to cooked food which is to be cooled,
as this can lead to cross contamination.
4
Defrosting meat, poultry and fish
speeded up using this method, but make
sure they are completely thawed before
cooking thoroughly.
4
Place meat and poultry on a trivet in a
meat tin, to catch the juices from the
defrosting process.
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