Panasonic NN-GS597M Defrosting Tips and Techniques, Preparation for Freezing, Steam Defrost

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Defrosting Tips and Techniques

Preparation for Freezing

The quality of the cooked foods comes from the foods before freezing, freezing ways and defrosting tips and times. So it is important to purchase fresh and high quality foods. And freeze them immediately. Thick plastic foil, package, freezing wrap and the meat which has been sealed before selling are all able to be reserved in the refrigerator for some times.

Notes:

1.Please remove the aluminum foil if the package is made of aluminum to prevent arcing.

2.The foods in the refrigerator should be kept under 18˚C. ( At least 24 hours in freezer before defrosting.)

Steam Defrost

The Steam defrost function is operated based on the weight of foods. Most cut foods such as chicken, meat and fish can be defrosted by using this function easily. Set the Time/Weight dial for weight based on the real weight of foods, and the microwave oven will set the power and time automatically. The display window will display the time of defrost after setting. The foods listed in the below table are the most suitable for using chaos defrost function. The minimize weight is 0.1kg and the maximum is 3.0kg for getting the best result.

Foods	The maximum
	weight for the foods
Meat loaf, chicken, rib	2 kg
Beef, lamb, whole chicken	3 kg
Whole fish, shellfish, prawn and	1 kg
fish fillet

Tips for steam defrost

Meat, which is with bones. For example, if the meat with bones has the same weight as the pure meat, the meat in the former one is lighter than the latter one. So, subtract 0.5 kg for 2 kg meat with bones is better for defrosting and 0.2-0.3 kg for meat with bones which is less then 2 kg.

Two buzz beeps

Turn over the meat, chicken, fish and shellfish. Separate the stewed meat, chicken pieces and meat loaf. Apart the meat loaf from the hamburger. Shield the edge of chicken wings, roast, fat or bones.

Key to defrosting	For evenly defrosting, turn over the foods or move the position of the foods in the
	containers during the progress of defrosting.

Remove the package of the raw meat and place it on the plate.

Shield the front part of the chicken drumsticks by using aluminum foil.

Shield the head and tail of the whole fish by using aluminum foil.

Remove the package of the fish fillet and place it on the plate.

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2007-12-27 Good Tom 15:50:11