Manual 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.

Food	Serving size	Power	Time (min.)

Meat
Minced Beef	250 g	180 W	6½-7½
	500 g		10-12
Pork Steaks	250 g	180 W	7½-8½
	Instructions
	Place the meat on a flat	ceramic plate. Shield thinner edges
	with aluminium foil. Turn over after half of defrosting time!
	Stand for 5-25 minutes.

Food	Serving size	Power	Time (min.)

Poultry
Chicken Pieces	500 g (2 pcs)	180 W	14½-15½
Whole Chicken	900 g	180 W	28-30

Instructions

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! Stand for 15-40 minutes.

Fish
Fish Fillets	250 g (2 pcs)	180 W	6-7
	400 g (4 pcs)		12-13

Instructions

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!

Stand for 5-15 minutes.

Fruits
Berries	250 g	180 W	6-7
	Instructions
	Distribute fruits on a flat, round glass dish (with a large
	diameter). Stand for 5-10 minutes.
Bread
Bread Rolls	2 pcs	180 W	½-1
(each about 50 g)	4 pcs		2-2½
Toast/Sandwich	250 g	180 W	4½-5
German Bread	500 g	180 W	8-10
(Wheat + Rye Flour)	Instructions
	Arrange rolls in a circle or bread horizontally on kitchen paper
	in the middle of turntable. Turn over after half of defrosting
	time! Stand for 5-20 minutes.

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