Thawing Ground Beef
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Kathy Maister
4.4 • 623 Ratings
🗓️ 9 July 2007
⏱️ 1 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to tips and techniques at start cooking.com. |
| 0:03.3 | I'm Kathy Maister. There are three ways to defrost this pound of ground beef. |
| 0:07.5 | Just leave it in the refrigerator, which is the safest way, but that'll take 24 hours. |
| 0:12.0 | In the sink, that'll take an hour or so. |
| 0:14.5 | Just wrap the beef in a totally leak-proof bag. |
| 0:17.5 | Submerge it in cool water and just let it sit there. |
| 0:20.0 | Change the water after 30 minutes. |
| 0:21.6 | Or in the microwave, that'll take about seven minutes. Remove it from its packaging and put it in a microwave safe dish, then cover it with plastic wrap. |
| 0:29.6 | Set your microwave to defrost or 30% power. After two and a half minutes, remove the dish from the microwave, then break apart and rotate |
| 0:38.0 | the meat. |
| 0:39.0 | Microwave for two more minutes, then break apart and rotate again. |
| 0:42.7 | If some of the corners are getting warm or cooked, remove them to a separate dish and |
| 0:46.6 | continue to defrost the beef. |
| 0:48.9 | Never just let it sit on the counter to defrost, or you'll risk bacterial growth. |
| 0:53.0 | Be sure to cook all the defrosted meat before refreezing it. |
| 0:56.0 | Check my blog for great ideas on what to make with ground beef. |
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