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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:
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). GGGG
Food
Portion Time
(min.)
Meat
250g
Minced beef
500g
250g
Pork steaks
Poultry
500g
Chicken pieces
(2pcs)
950g
Whole chicken
Fish
200g
4½-5½
Fish fillets
(2 pcs)
400g
(4 pcs)
Fruits
250g
4½-5½
Berries
Bread
2pcs
Bread rolls
4pcs
(each ca. 50 g)
250g
Toast/
Sandwich
500g
German bread
(wheat + rye
flour)
18
Standing
Instructions
Time (min.)
5-6
10-20
Place the meat on a flat
9-11
ceramic plate.Shield thinner
edges with aluminium foil.Turn
6-7
over after half of defrosting
time!
12-14
15-40
First, put chicken pieces first
skin-side down, whole chicken
first breast-side-down on a flat
24-26
ceramic plate. Shield the
thinner parts like wings and
ends with aluminium foil. Turn
over after half of defrosting
time!
5-20
Put frozen fish in the middle of a
flat ceramic plate.Arrange the
8-10
thinner parts under the thicker
parts.Shield narrow ends with
aluminium foil.Turn over after
half of defrosting time!
5-10
Distribute fruits on a flat, round
glass dish (with a large
diameter).
1½-2
5-10
Arrange rolls in a circle or bread
3-3½
horizontally on kitchen paper in
4-4½
the middle of turntable.Turn
over after half of defrosting
8-10
time!
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