Cooking guide

Cooking guide

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.

NOTE

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.

Food

Serving size

Power

Time (min.)

 

 

 

 

Meat

 

 

 

Minced Meat

250 g

180 W

6-7

 

500 g

 

9-11

Pork Steaks

250 g

180 W

7-8

 

 

 

 

Instructions

Place the meat on turntable. Shield thinner edges with aluminium foil. Turn over after half of defrosting time! Serve after 15-30 minutes standing.

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Food

Serving size

Power

Time (min.)

 

 

 

 

Poultry

 

 

 

Chicken Pieces

500 g (2 pcs)

180 W

14-15

Whole Chicken

1200 g

180 W

32-34

 

 

 

 

Instructions

First, put chicken pieces first skin-side down, whole 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! Serve after 15-60 minutes standing.

Fish

 

 

 

Fish Fillets

200 g

180 W

6-7

Whole Fish

400 g

180 W

11-13

 

 

 

 

Instructions

Put frozen fish in the middle of a flat ceramic plate. Arrange the thinner parts under the thicker parts. Shield narrow ends of fillets and tail of whole fish with aluminium foil. Turn over after half of defrosting time! Serve after 10-25 minutes standing.

Fruits

 

 

 

Berries

300 g

180 W

6-7

Instructions

Spread fruit on a flat, round glass dish (with a large diameter). Serve after 5-10 minutes standing.

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