Samsung CK135 Owner's Instructions And Cooking Manual page 35

Cooking Guide
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
Meat
Minced beef
Pork steaks
Poultry
Chicken pieces 500 g(2 pc) 14-15
Whole chicken
Fish
Fish fillets
Whole fish
Fruit
Berries
Bread
Bread rolls
(each ca. 50 g)
Toast/ Sandwich
Portion Time Standing
(min.) Time (min.)
500 g 13 - 15 15-30
250 g 7 - 8
15-60
1200 g 32-34
200 g 6 - 7 10-25
400 g 11-13
250 g 6 - 7 5-10
1
2 pc 1 - 1 / 5-20
2
1
4 pc 2 / - 3
2
1
250 g 4 / - 5
2
Instructions
Place the meat on a flat ceramic plate.
Shield thinner edges with aluminium foil.
Turn over after half of defrosting time!
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!
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!
Spread fruit on a flat, round glass dish (with
a large diameter).
Arrange rolls in a circle or bread horizontally
on kitchen paper in the middle of turntable.
Turn over after half of defrosting time!
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