Samsung CE2910N Owner's Instructions Manual page 18

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 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
shielded 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 the defrosting power level (180W).
Food Portion Time
(min.)
Meat
Minced beef 250g
500g
250g 7½-8½
Pork steaks
Poultry
Chicken 500g 14½-15½
(2pcs)
pieces
900g
Whole
chicken
Fish
Fish fillets/ 200g
(2pcs)
Whole fish
400g
(4pcs)
Fruits
Berries 250g
Bread
Bread rolls 2pcs
4pcs
(each
ca. 50 g)
250 g
Toast/
Sandwich
500 g
German
bread (wheat
+ ryeflour)
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Standing Instructions
Time
(min.)
6-7 5-25 Place the meat on a flat
13-14 ceramic plate.
Shield thinner edges with
aluminium foil.
Turn over after half of
defrosting time!
15-40 First, put chicken pieces skin-
side down, whole chicken
breast-side-down on a flat
28-30 ceramic plate. Shield the
thinner parts like wings and
ends with aluminium foil. Turn
over after half of defrosting
time!
6-7 5-15 Put frozen fish in the middle of
a flat ceramic plate.
12-13 Arrange the thinner parts
under the thicker parts.
Shield narrow ends of fillets
and tail whole fish with
aluminium foil. Turn over after
half of defrosting time!
6-7 5-10 Distribute fruits on a flat,
round glass dish (with a large
diameter).
½-1 5-20 Arrange rolls in a circle or
2-2½ bread horizontally on kitchen
paper in the middle of
4½-5 turntable.
Turn over after half of
8-10 defrosting time!