Samsung CE1100 Owner's Instructions And Cooking Manual page 29

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 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: lat 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 beef 250g
500g 10-12
Pork steaks 250g
Poultry
Chicken pieces 500g 12-14
(2pcs)
Whole chicken 1200g 28-32
Fish
Fish fillets/ 200g
Whole fish 400g 11-13
Fruits
Berries 300g
Bread
Bread rolls 2pcs 1-1½
(each ca. 50 g) 4pcs 2½-3
Toast/ 250g 4-4½
Sandwich
German bread 500g
(wheat + rye
flour)
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Standing Instructions
Time (min.)
6-7 15-30 Place the meat on a flat ceramic
plate. Shield thinner edges with
aluminium foil. Turn over after half
7-8 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!
6-7 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!
6-7 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
7-9 time!
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