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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:
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 beef
250g
500g
10-12
Pork steaks
250g
Poultry
Chicken
500g
14-15
pieces
(2pcs)
Whole chicken
1200g
32-34
Fish
Fish fillets
200g
Whole fish
400g
11-13
Fruits
Berries
300g
Bread
Bread rolls
2pc
1-1½
(each ca. 50 g)
4pc
2½-3
Toast/
250g
4-4½
Sandwich
German bread
500g
(wheat + rye
flour)
23
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
7-8
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!
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 of
fillets and tail of whole fish 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
horizontally on kitchen paper in
the middle of turntable. Turn
over after half of defrosting time!
7-9
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