Samsung CE2977N Owner's Instructions & Cooking Manual page 20

Cooking Guide(continued)
DEFROSTING
GB
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
following table as a guide.
All frozen food should be defrosted using defrosting power level (180 W).
Food Portion Time
(min.)
Meat
Minced 200g 6-7
beef 400g 10-12
Pork 250g 7- 8
steaks
Poultry
Chicken 500g 14-15
pieces (2pcs)
Whole 1200g 32-34
chicken
Fish
Fish fillets/ 200g 6-7
Whole fish 400g 11-13
Fruits
Berries 250g 6-7
Bread
Bread rolls 2pcs 1-1½
(each ca. 4pcs 2½-3
50g)
Toast/ 250g 4-4½
Sandwich
German 500g 7-9
bread
(wheat +
rye flour)
20
Standing Instructions
Time
(min.)
15-30 Place the meat on a flat ceramic plate.
Shield thinner edges with aluminium
foil. Turn over after half of defrosting
time!
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 whole
fish with aluminium foil. Turn over after
half of defrosting time!
5-10 Spread fruits 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!