Samsung M1713 Owner's Instructions Manual page 31

Cooking Guide
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 big-
ger 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 (180 W).
Food Portion
Meat
Minced beef 200 g
400 g
Pork steaks 250 g
Poultry
Chicken pieces 500 g
(2 pc)
Whole chicken 900 g
Fish
Fish fillets 200 g
(2 pc)
400 g
(4 pc)
Fruits
Berries 250 g
Bread
Bread rolls 2 pc
(each ca. 50 g) 4 pc
Toast/ Sandwich 250 g
German bread 500 g
(wheat + rye flour)
Time Standing Instructions
(min.) Time (min.)
7 - 8 5 - 15 Place the meat on a flat ceramic plate.
13 - 15 Shield thinner edges with aluminium foil.
Turn over after half of defrosting time!
1 /
7 - 8
2
15 - 16 15 - 40 First, put chicken pieces first skin-side down,
whole chicken first breast-side-down on a flat
ceramic plate. Shield the thinner parts like
32 - 34 wings and ends with aluminium foil. Turn over
after half of defrosting time!
7 - 8 5 - 15 Put frozen fish in the middle of a flat ceramic
plate. Arrange the thinner parts under the
13 - 14 thicker parts. Shield narrow ends with aluminium
foil. Turn over after half of defrosting time!
7 - 8 5 - 10 Distribute fruits on a flat, round glass dish (with
a large diameter).
1 /
1 - 1 5 - 10 Arrange rolls in a circle or bread horizontally on
2
1 /
2 kitchen paper in the middle of turntable.
2 - 3
1 /
5 - 5 Turn over after half of defrosting time!
2
9 - 11
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