MANUAL 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.

Food

Serving Size

Power

Time (min.)

Meat

 

 

 

Minced Meat

250 g

20 %

6-7

 

500 g

 

9-12

Pork Steaks

250 g

20 %

5-7

 

Instructions

 

 

 

Place the meat on turntable. Shield thinner edges with

 

aluminium foil. Turn over after half of defrosting time! Stand for

 

15-30 minutes.

 

 

Food

Serving Size

 

Power

Time (min.)

 

Poultry

 

 

 

 

 

Chicken Pieces

500 g (2 pcs)

 

20 %

14-15

 

Whole Chicken

1200 g

 

20 %

32-34

06

 

Instructions

 

 

COOKING

 

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! Stand for 15-60 minutes.

GUIDE

Fish Fillets

200 g

 

20 %

6-7

Fish

 

 

 

 

 

Whole Fish

400 g

 

20 %

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! Stand for 10-25 minutes.

 

Fruit

 

 

 

 

 

Berries

300 g

 

20 %

6-7

 

 

Instructions

 

 

 

 

Spread fruit on a flat, round glass dish (with a large diameter).

 

 

Stand for 5-10 minutes.

 

 

 

Bread

 

 

 

 

 

Bread Rolls (Each

2 pcs

 

20 %

1-1½

 

ca. 50 g)

4 pcs

 

 

2½-3

 

Toast/Sandwich

250 g

 

20 %

4-4½

 

German Bread

500 g

 

20 %

7-9

 

(Wheat + Rye Flour)

Instructions

 

 

 

 

Arrange rolls in a circle or bread horizontally on kitchen paper

 

 

in the middle of turntable. Turn over after half of defrosting

 

 

time! Stand for 5-20 minutes.

 

 

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