Samsung MC32F604TCT Owner's Instructions & Cooking Manual page 33

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 half way, 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 following table as a guide.
All frozen food should be defrosted using defrosting power level (180 W).
Time
Food Portion
(min.)
Meat
Minced meat 250 g 6-7
500 g 8-13
Pork steaks 250 g 7-8
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Standing
time Instructions
(min.)
15-30 Place the meat on turntable.
Shield thinner edges with
aluminium foil. Turn over
after half of defrosting time!
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Standing
Time
Food Portion
(min.)
Poultry
Chicken 500 g 14-15
pieces (2 pcs)
Whole 1200 g 32-34
chicken
Fish
Fish fillets 200 g 6-7
Whole fish 400 g 11-13
Fruits
Berries 300 g 6-7
Bread
Bread rolls 2 pcs 1-1½
(each ca. 4 pcs 2½-3
50 g)
Toast/ 250 g 4-4½
Sandwich
German 500 g 7-9
bread (wheat
+ rye flour)
time Instructions
(min.)
15-60 First, put chicken pieces
first 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!
10-25 Put frozen fish in the middle
of a flat ceramic plate.
Arrange the thinner parts
under the thicker parts.
Shield narrow ends of fillets
and tail of whole fish with
aluminium foil. Turn over
after half of defrosting time!
5-10 Spread fruit on a flat, round
glass dish (with a large
diameter).
5-20 Arrange rolls in a circle or
bread horizontally on kitchen
paper in the middle of
turntable. Turn over after half
of defrosting time!
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