What is the best way to defrost a chicken? I have had conflicting advice on this one.

There are a few ways to defrost a frozen chicken, using your fridge to defrost your frozen chicken is the method we recommend. This is the slowest method but it is also the safest method. You should plan your defrosting time of frozen food for roughly five hours per pound of meat but if you are pressed for time, using a microwave to defrost your chicken can be useful. Refer to the microwave manual as many microwaves are different and require different times to defrost a whole bird. Care needs to be taken to ensure that you do not dry out the meat when you defrost. For chicken breasts or small pieces of chicken, ensure that the wrapping is removed before putting the meat in the microwave. Put the pieces in a microwave dish so as to catch dripping juices and, using the defrost setting, defrost two minutes at a time checking progress between each go. Once the chicken pieces have been defrosted, they should be cooked straight away.  I hope this helps but click here if you need any more information on defrosting your frozen chicken.

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The New Ice Age Team