How do you thaw frozen hamburger in the microwave?!


Question: How do you thaw frozen hamburger in the microwave!?
I really need to use some hamburger at the last minute in my spaghetti along with some ready-made frozen meatballs!. Apparently, my dad wants meat sauce along with spaghetti meatballs!.

How do I thaw hamburger in the microwave at the last minute!?Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
Uncover it, put on a plate, put it on auto defrost for 1 lb of meat if you have auto if not just defrost on any setting about 2 minutes or less at a time!. Auto will only go for a minute or 2!. Then turn the meat over defrost again!. Keep doing that over or it will start to cook around the edges if you put it in there on regular cook or leave it more than a couple minutes at a time!. Then as it thaws, break it apart as much as you can!. Just keep at it, probably in 10 min or so you should have enough!. Just stay right on top of it!!!! Every time you break a piece off, watch it it may start to cook in the microwave!. You can brown it in the skillet even if the Small pieces are frozen a little!. They will thaw as you stir it!.!.!.!. Do it all the time! Burger is about the only thing that doesn't get real tough defrosting in the microwave, Beef or chicken or pork all just get tough and nasty!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

You can use your microwave, but I have found it just as easy and fast to use a skillet with a lid!.

Place your skillet on medium high heat, add frozen hamburger meat, put lid on and let it go for about 5 minutes!. Remove lid, scrape off top layer of meat that has thawed, turn over, and scrape of bottom layer that has browned!. Put lid back on!. Repeat until all meat is thawed and finally browned!. Drain and meat is ready to use!.

Works every time!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Jen's right! If you want it to crumble anyway, just do what she said or just put it in a pan with boiling water---it will crumble beautifully as it boils if you just poke it a bit!. This is the way I always do my hamburger for sauces & stuff!. Once it gets 75-80% thawed, drain off the water & most of the fat & fry to degree of brownness you want!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

If you are going to brown the meat you don't have to be very careful!. Stick it in the microwave for about 5 minutes on 50% power!. Then turn it over and do the same thing again!.

That should be defrosted enough to stick it in a pan and brown it!.Www@FoodAQ@Com





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