Samsung GE71A/ELE, GE71A/XEO manual Defrosting

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	Portion	Time	Standing	Instructions
		(min.)	time (min.)
Meat
Minced beef	500 g	10-12	5-20	Place the meat on a flat
Pork steaks	250 g	6-8		ceramic plate. Shield thinner
				edges with aluminium foil.
				Turn over after half of
				defrosting time!
Poultry
Chicken pieces	500 g	12-14	15-40	First, put chicken pieces
	(2 pcs)			first skin-side down, whole
Whole chicken	1000 g	25-28		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!
Fish
Fish fillets	250 g	6-7	5-20	Put frozen fish in the middle
	(2 pcs)			of a flat ceramic plate.
	400 g	11-13		Arrange the thinner parts
	(4 pcs)			under the thicker parts.
				Shield narrow ends with
				aluminium foil. Turn over after
				half of defrosting time!
Fruits
Berries	250 g	6-8	5-10	Distribute fruits on a flat,
				round glass dish (with a large
				diameter).
Bread
Bread rolls	2 pcs	1½-2	5-10	Arrange rolls in a circle or
(each ca. 50 g)	4 pcs	3-4		bread horizontally on kitchen
Toast/Sandwich	250 g	4-5		paper in the middle of
German bread	500 g	8-10		turntable.
				Turn over after half of
(wheat + rye
				defrosting time!
flour)

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