Samsung M1933N Owner's Instructions Manual page 45

Cooking Guide(continued)
DEFROSTING
Microwaves are an excellent way of defrosting frozen food. Microwaves gently
defrost frozen food in a short period of time. This can be of great advantage, if
unexpected guests suddenly show up.
Frozen poultry must be thoroughly thawed before cooking. Remove any metal
ties and take it out of any wrapping to allow thawed liquid to drain away.
Put the frozen food on a dish without cover. Turn over halfway, drain off any liquid
and remove any giblets as soon as possible.
Check the food occasionally to make sure that it does not feel warm.
If smaller and thinner parts of the frozen food start to warm up, they can be shield
by wrapping very small strips of aluminium foil around them during defrosting.
Should poultry start to warm up on the outer surface, stop thawing and allow it to
stand for 20 minutes before continuing.
Leave the fish, meat and poultry to stand in order to complete defrosting. The
standing time for complete defrosting will vary depending on the quantity
defrosted. Please refer to the table below.
Hint: Flat food defrosts better than thick and smaller quantities need less
time than bigger ones. Remember this hint while freezing and
defrosting food. For defrosting of frozen food with a temperature of
about -18 to - 20 °C, use the fol-lowing table as a guide.
All frozen food should be defrosted using defrosting power level (180W).
Food Portion Time
(min.)
Meat
Minced beef 200g 7½ - 8½
400g 14 -16
Pork steaks 250g 8½ - 9½
Poultry
Chicken 500g 17 - 18
pieces (2 pc)
Whole chicken 900g 28 - 30
Standing Instructions
Time
(min.)
5-20 Place the meat on a flat
ceramic plate. Shield thinner
edges with aluminium foil.
Turn over after half of
defrosting time!
First, put chicken pieces first
15-60 skin-side down, whole
chicken first breast-side-down
on a flat ceramic plate. Shield
the thinner parts like wings
and ends with aluminium foil.
Turn over after half of
defrosting time!
Food Portion Time
(min.)
Fish
Fish fillets 200g
(2 pc)
400g 14 - 15
(4 pc)
Fruits
Berries 250g
Bread
Bread rolls 2 pc
(each ca. 50 g) 4 pc
Toast/ 250g
Sandwich
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Standing Instructions
Time
(min.)
7-8 5-20 Put frozen fish in the middle of
a flat ceramic plate. Arrange
the thinner parts under the
thicker parts. Shield narrow
ends with aluminium foil. Turn
over after half of defrosting
time!
8 - 9 5 - 15 Distribute fruits on a flat,
round glass dish (with a large
diameter).
1½ - 2 5 - 10 Arrange rolls in a circle or
3 - 3½ bread vertically(like a tower)
6 - 6½ on kitchen paper in the middle
of turntable. Turn over after
half of defrosting time!
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