Samsung GE109MST/BOL manual Defrosting, Food Portion Time Standing Instructions Min Time min

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	200 g	6-7	15-30	Place the meat on a flat
	400 g	10-12		ceramic plate. Shield thinner
Pork steaks	250 g	7-8		edges with aluminium
				foil. Turn over after half of
				defrosting time!
Poultry
Chicken	500 g	14-15	15-60	First, put chicken pieces
pieces	(2 pcs)			first skin-side	down, whole
Whole	1200 g	32-34		chicken first	breast-side-down
				on a flat ceramic plate. Shield
chicken
				the thinner parts like 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
Whole fish	400 g	11-13		a flat 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	250 g	6-7	5-10	Spread fruits on a flat, round
				glass dish (with a large
				diameter).
Bread

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