Samsung BCE1197 Owner's Instructions And Cooking Manual page 22

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 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: Thin 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 °C or below, 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 beef 250g 6-7
500g 10-12
Pork steaks 250g 7-8
Poultry
Chicken pieces 500g 12-14
(2pcs)
Whole chicken 1200g 28-32
Fish
Fish fillets/ 200g 6-7
Whole fish 400g 11-13
Fruits
Berries 300g 6-7
Bread
Bread rolls 2pcs 1-1½
(each ca. 50 g) 4pcs 2½-3
Toast/ 250g 4-4½
Sandwich
German bread 500g 7-9
(wheat + rye
flour)
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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 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
vertically(like a tower) on kitchen
paper in the middle of turntable.
Turn over after half of defrosting
time.