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Quick way to defrost a Whole Chicken

keyser666
keyser666 Posts: 2,140 Forumite
in Old style MoneySaving
Anyone got any ideas, It is a 1.2kg and ideally could do with it ready to go in the oven about 6pm. Forgot to take it out yesterday

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  • adelight
    adelight Posts: 2,658 Forumite
    Keep it wrapped and submerge it fully in a big bowl of cool water. Change the water regularly and it should be defrosted by 6pm but check the inside to be sure.
    Living cheap in central London :rotfl:
  • ska_lover
    ska_lover Posts: 3,773 Forumite
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    microwave? never done it myself though
    The opposite of what you know...is also true
  • HappyMJ
    HappyMJ Posts: 21,115 Forumite
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    1.2kg is only a small chicken...it'll defrost on the kitchen sink by 6pm. Immerse in water if you want to hurry it up or zap it in the microwave.
    :footie:
    :p Regular savers earn 6% interest (HSBC, First Direct, M&S) :p Loans cost 2.9% per year (Nationwide) = FREE money. :p
  • keyser666
    keyser666 Posts: 2,140 Forumite
    Thanks All. Yes I live by myself so never no need for a massive chicken. Enough for a small Sunday dinner tonight and the rest for mexican rice and chicken for lunch tomorrow and some mexican chicken bean soup for lunch on Tuesday.
  • shandypants5
    shandypants5 Posts: 2,124 Forumite
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    Tumble dryer..
    “Careful. We don't want to learn from this.”
  • Any
    Any Posts: 7,959 Forumite
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    Tumble dryer????

    I only did it with chicken breasts, but I can imagine it working the same.. I freeze my already in freezing bags, so I would put it in the bag if it isn't in one now, and then submerge in cold water. We get REALLY cold water our of our tap, so I usually put a little warm water in it too.
    Chicken breasts defrost like that within an hour.
  • rachbc
    rachbc Posts: 4,461 Forumite
    ??????? First comment I thought TD was a joke...do people really do this and how?
    People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
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