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

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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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