Samsung QW71X/BAL, QW71X/BOL manual Defrosting

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Cooking Guide(continued)

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

500g

10-12

5-20

 

Minced

Place the meat on a flat ceramic

beef

 

 

 

plate. Shield thinner edges with

 

 

 

 

aluminium foil.

Pork

250g

7-8

 

Turn over after half of defrosting

steaks

 

 

 

time!

 

 

 

 

 

Poultry

 

 

 

 

Chicken

500g

12-14

15-40

First, put chicken pieces first skin-

pieces

(2 pcs)

 

 

side down, whole chicken first

 

 

 

 

breast-side-down on a flat

Whole

1000g

25-28

 

ceramic plate. Shield the thinner

chicken

 

 

 

parts like wings and ends with

 

 

 

 

aluminium foil. Turn over after half

 

 

 

 

of defrosting time!

Fish

 

6-7

5-20

 

Fish fillets

250g

Put frozen fish in the middle of a

 

(2 pcs)

11-13

 

flat ceramic plate.

 

400g

 

Arrange the thinner parts under

 

(4 pcs)

 

 

the thicker parts.

 

 

 

 

Shield narrow ends with

 

 

 

 

aluminium foil. Turn over after half

 

 

 

 

of defrosting time!

 

 

 

 

 

Fruits

 

 

 

 

Berries

250g

6-7

5 - 10

Distribute fruits on a flat, round

 

 

 

 

glass dish (with a large diameter).

Bread

2 pcs

1½-2

5 - 10

 

Bread rolls

Arrange rolls in a circle or bread

(each ca.

4 pcs

3-4

 

horizontally on kitchen paper in

50 g)

250g

4-5

 

the middle of turntable.

Toast/

 

Turn over after half of defrosting

Sandwich

500g

8-10

 

time!

German

 

 

bread

 

 

 

 

(wheat+

 

 

 

 

rye flour)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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