Quickly defrost ground beef?

Question

I pulled meat out last night to make meatballs tonight, and it is still frozen. Any tips on speeding up the defrosting process without ruining the meat?

Answer 1

fill up your kitchen sink with hot water, put your meat in a ziplock bag and put it in the water. It should thaw within an hour, depends on how much you need to thaw. If its a lot make sure you keep checking the temp of the water, keep it hot!

Answer 2

fill the sink with hot water, and put the meat in it...i have done it many times. I wrap it with extra saran wrap to make sure its water proof it will defrost pretty fast...when I was in a super hurry I used microwave defrost setting also...IN all cases the meat turned out fine

Answer 3

Most microwaves have defrost meat settings that work well. If not, try soaking it (while still wrapped) in some cold water (not ice cold)for a few hours.

Answer 4

Place package meat side down on a granite surface do not defrost in microwave

Answer 5

Don't thaw it under hot water. Frozen food should be kept cold until it's time to cook. Keeping the food somewhat warm for a prolonged period of time will cause bacteria to start to grow and flourish. Besides, it takes about 2 hrs to thaw a couple pounds of ground beef under cold water.

Answer 6

use a microwave, it's very safe, on 50% power. if no micro, cut it into small pieces and just keep cutting and scrapping away at it. takes time but you'll have meatballs tonight.

Answer 7

Use your microwave but make sure you set it on defrost.

Answer 8

microwave or under cold running water (in plastic of course)

Answer 9

microwave it or put it under running water. about 70 degrees.

Answer 10

put under hot water or even try putting in microwave alittle and then start cooking it