How to Safely Thaw Chicken

Thawing chicken properly is extremely important. Unlike red meat, chicken can spoil quickly, resulting in harmful illness for anyone consumer the spoiled chicken. However, if done right, thawing chicken is easy and safe.

Things You Will Need

A bowl, ice and frozen chicken.

Step 1 Remove the frozen chicken from the freezer. Place it in the sink and remove the chicken from the package it was frozen in.
Step 2 Take out a large bowl. Fill the bowl about a 1/3 with cold water. Then place about 1 cup of ice in the bowl with the water.
Step 3 Pull the frozen chicken pieces apart if necessary. Put the chicken in the bowl. Make sure it is fully submerged in the water. If not add more water.
Step 4 Leave the chicken, placed in the bowl in the sink. Cover with aluminum foil. Make sure nothing else is touching the raw chicken and throw away the foil when the thawing process ins complete.
Step 5 Check the chicken every half hour if possible. Flip it over and if the chicken pieces are frozen together take them apart. Make sure the water remains cold, if it appears to be warming up, add more ice.

Chicken can thawed quickly and safely if this steps are followed.

Tips & Warnings

Always wash hands after touching raw chicken. Also, pour boiling water over the bowl and sink where the raw chicken may have touched.