You want to cook chicken for your lunch or dinner and the chicken is kept in the freezer. Oh! You have to go through the cumbersome process of defrosting it. Do not be perturbed as there are ways to defrost frozen chicken easily. Remember one thing that while defrosting chicken utmost care has to be taken so that the chicken does not get contaminated during the thawing process.
First of all, defrosting chicken is not recommended at all. However, if you are falling short of time and you need to cook chicken fast, then defrosting in microwave can be done. When using the microwave, ensure the bird is of a small size. A large sized chicken will take lot of time and defrosting will not be done in the right manner.
In order to defrost chicken in the microwave, keep it on a baking tray and put the microwave in defrosting mode for a minute. After one minute check the bird. If it still requires more defrosting, then put it for one more minute. Do not go beyond two minutes, otherwise along with defrosting, it will cook the chicken too!
One of the natural methods of defrosting is to keep the bird in a bowl and let it remain under flowing tap water. The water must not be warm or else it will spoil the chicken. It would take almost thirty to forty five minutes to defrost in this manner. If you do not want to waste water, put the bird in a bowl of water and let it defrost naturally. It might take an hour or so to defrost.
The best recommended way is to remove the chicken from the freezer and keep in the refrigerator for a day or two when you known in advance that you will be cooking the bird. This way you can refreeze the chicken after defrosting and prevent any kind of contamination.
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