Samsung CE2915N/XSV manual Defrosting

Cooking Guide (continued)

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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 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 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		6-7	15-30
Minced beef	200g			Place the meat on a flat ceramic
	400g	10-12		plate. Shield thinner edges with
Pork steaks	250g	7- 8		aluminium foil. Turn over after half of
				defrosting time!
Poultry
Chicken pieces	500g	14-15	15-60	First, put chicken pieces first skin-side
	(2 pcs)			down, whole chicken first breast-side-
				down on a flat ceramic plate. Shield
Whole chicken	1200g	32-34		the thinner parts like wings and ends
				with aluminium foil. Turn over after
				half of defrosting time!
Fish
Fish fillets/	200g	6-7	10-25	Put frozen fish in the middle of a flat
Whole fis	400g	11-13		ceramic 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	250g	6-7	5-10	Spread fruits on a flat, round glass
				dish (with a large diameter).
Bread	2pcs	1-1½	5-20	Arrange rolls in a circle or bread
Bread rolls
(each ca. 50 g)	4pcs	2½-3		horizontally on kitchen paper in the
Toast/ Sandwich	250g	4-4½		middle of turntable. Turn over after
German bread	500g	7-9		half of defrosting time!
(wheat + rye flour)

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