Samsung C139ST Owner's Instructions Manual page 34

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.
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: You will obtain more even defrosting results if you defrost smaller
pieces of meat, rather than larger joints of meat.
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 500g 13-15
beef
Pork steaks 250g 7-8
Poultry
Chicken 500g 14-15
pieces (2 pcs)
Whole 1200g 32-34
chicken
Fish
Fish fillets 200g 6-7
Whole fish 400g 11-13
Fruit
Berries 250g 6-7
Bread
Bread rolls 2pcs 1-1½
(each ca. 4pcs 2½-3
50 g)
Toast/ 250g 4½-5
Sandwich
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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).
5-10 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!