Samsung CE108MDF Owner's Instructions & Cooking Manual page 40

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.
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All frozen food should be defrosted using defrosting power level (180 W).
food portion time
(min.)
Meat
Minced 250 g 6-7
500 g 10-12
Pork steaks 250 g 7-8
Poultry
Chicken pieces 500 g 14-15
(2 pcs)
Whole chicken 1200 g 32-34
Fish
Fish fillets 200 g 6-7
Whole fish 400 g 11-13
Fruits
Berries 300 g 6-7
Bread
Bread rolls 2 pcs 1-1½
(each ca. 50 g) 4 pcs 2½-3
Toast/Sandwich 250 g 4-4½
German bread
500 g 7-9
(wheat + rye
flour)
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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 of fillets and tail of
whole fish with aluminium foil. Turn
over after half of defrosting time!
5-10 Spread fruit on a flat, round glass
dish (with a large diameter).
5-20 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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