Samsung CE2974-C/XEG, CE2974/XEG Defrosting, Food Portion Time Standing Instructions Min Time min

Cooking Guide

DEFROSTING

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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 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 fol- lowing table as a guide.

All frozen food should be defrosted using defrosting power level (180 W).

Food	Portion	Time		Standing	Instructions
		(min.)		Time (min.)
Meat
Minced beef	200 g	6	- 7	15 - 30	Place the meat on a flat ceramic plate.
	400 g	10	- 12		Shield thinner edges with aluminium foil.
					Turn over after half of defrosting time!
Pork steaks	250 g	7 - 8
Poultry
Chicken pieces	500 g	14	- 15	15 - 60	First, put chicken pieces first skin-side down,
	(2 pc)				whole chicken first breast-side-down on a flat
					ceramic plate. Shield the thinner parts like
Whole chicken	1200 g	32	- 34		wings and ends with aluminium foil. Turn over
					after half of defrosting time!
Fish
Fish fillets/	200 g	6	- 7	10 - 25	Put frozen fish in the middle of a flat ceramic
Whole fish	400 g	11	- 13		plate. 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!
Fruits
Berries	250 g	6	- 7	5 - 10	Spread fruits on a flat, round glass dish
					(with a large diameter).
Bread		1-11/2
Bread rolls	2 pc			5 - 20	Arrange rolls in a circle or bread horizontally on
(each ca. 50 g)	4 pc	21/2 -3			kitchen paper in the middle of turntable.
Toast/ Sandwich	250 g	4-41/2			Turn over after half of defrosting time!
German bread	500 g	7-9
(wheat + rye flour)
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