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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (12 children)

Granted it's usually done in something substantially cleaner, but this is pretty much how professional kitchens thaw frozen meat.

Edit: here's my faq so people can stop assuming things about this method of thawing meat.

  • this is safe to do. Meat is cooked at temperatures that kill all potential bacteria and parasites, even for steaks cooked medium rare.
  • this is generally done with the meat still in the packaging, unless there's a dedicated place to thaw meat. The thawing container is washed before and after each use.
  • it's always done with cold, running water to prevent the meat from thawing unevenly or unsafely.
[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

In my experience, we left it in the packaging, and also the taps continued running as that helped speed it along. Strictly in cold water.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

That sound marginally better but honestly I've never experienced a kitchen where it would be okay to thaw meat outside the fridge. This might be a Danish thing, but if the health inspector came by and saw that, the restaurant would probably get fined.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Yep, that's how my kitchen did it.

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