Q&A for How to Defrost Meat

It depends on how big the piece of chicken is. Small pieces can take a few minutes while larger pieces can take 10-15 minutes. Follow your microwave manufacturer instructions when reheating cooked food.

First, try to defrost it for at least a day in the refrigerator. Once it's about halfway defrosted, it shouldn't take more than 10-20 minutes depending on the volume.

No. When defrosting meats, use the refrigerator, cold water, or the microwave. However, you can also cook some meats while they're frozen, although this may affect the quality of the food. Read more here: http://www.wikihow.com/Cook-Frozen-Bacon

No, you needn't rinse it after thawing.

It depends on the method you choose. However, for that much meat, the refrigerator method is probably the best. If the meat is in smaller packages, it will only take 24 hours to thaw the meat. If it's in one large package, it may take 48 hours or more.

It takes 4-6 hours per pound, so if you had 3 pounds of meat, you would leave it for 12-18 hours.

Yes. The refrigerator method is the only method that allows you to do this.

If you use cold water, this process will take 1-2 hours. In the microwave, the process can take 10-20 minutes or more.

No. As long as the meat is defrosted using one of the methods above, you don't have to worry about blood residue issues.