Defrosting chicken without microwave

[Anonymous]

I need to defrost chicken in the next few hours. (2)
Any safe way? I am finding a lot of conflicting information
online, so to you DCUmomers for a good solution.

Thanks in advance!

[Anonymous]

Put it in a bowl of lukewarm to warm water, change out the water every 5 to 10 minutes as it gets cold. If you're diligent about changing the water, you'll have it thawed in less than an hour (less than a half-hour if you use warm-to-hot water)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Put it in a bowl of lukewarm to warm water, change out the water every 5 to 10 minutes as it gets cold. If you're diligent about changing the water, you'll have it thawed in less than an hour (less than a half-hour if you use warm-to-hot water)

+1. You can also put the chicken in a ziplock if you don't want the meat to soak in the water.

[Anonymous]

Keep tossing it in the air. The air circulation brings heat to it and the handling flexes the chicken breaking the ice crystals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Keep tossing it in the air. The air circulation brings heat to it and the handling flexes the chicken breaking the ice crystals.

And breath on it. The extra carbon dioxide helps. Kind of like talking to plants.

[Anonymous]

Thanks so much, I just found the safe thawing methods on the food safety and inspection services webpage of the USDA. Cool Water is going to be my approach. Thanks and Bon Apetit to the rest of you!

[Anonymous]

Bon Apetit and . . . upsy daisy!

[Anonymous]

For future, you can purchase "defrosting plates/trays" (I don't know the official name, but they show up if you search amazon for "defrosting plate." We really like ours.

[Anonymous]

Ugh, please don't thaw in lukewarm water. Hello, bacteria. Thaw in a ziplock bag in COLD water (put ice cubes in it if it's not cold enough).

I usually put the stopper in the sink and fill up the sink about 3/4 of the way and plop in a bag of one or two chicken breasts (we buy in bulk and freeze in separate bags) and forget about it for at least half an hour.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Keep tossing it in the air. The air circulation brings heat to it and the handling flexes the chicken breaking the ice crystals.

Thanks! I was skeptical but this actually worked.