Forget to defrost tonight’s chicken in the fridge? No sweat.

WARNING: It’s necessary to point out that you should never defrost meat on the countertop. While the microwave could be used, it cook-starts the meat, leaving it undesirable.

To quickly defrost any type of meat, place each portion in a plastic zip bag and drop it in a bowl of room temperature tap water. A large chicken breast will defrost in about half an hour, wile a 6 oz filet mignon will be ready to go in about 20 minutes.

If you need to trim any fat off the meat, use the bag to hold the scraps, thus keeping the kitchen trashcan void of that rotting meat smell and contamination.

Posted Friday, January 12th, 2007 at 8:46 pm EST
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