Samsung MG23F301TCS/LI manual Manual Defrosting, Hint

shield by wrapping very small strips of aluminium foil around them during

Standing

defrosting.

Food

Portion

Power

Time

time

Instructions

(min.)

Should poultry start to warm up on the outer surface, stop thawing and

allow it to stand for 20 minutes before continuing.

Baby

190 g

600 W

20 sec.

2-3

Empty into

Leave the fish,

meat and

poultry to stand in order to complete defrosting.

porridge

ceramic deep

(grain + milk

plate. Cook

The standing time for complete defrosting will vary depending on the

+ fruit)

covered. Stir after

quantity defrosted. Please refer to the table below.

cooking time.

Hint :

Flat food defrosts better than thick and smaller quantities

Stand for 2-3

need less time than bigger ones. Remember this hint while

minutes. Before

freezing and defrosting food.

serving, stir well

For defrosting of frozen food with a temperature of about -18 to -20 °C, use

and check the

the following table as a guide.

temperature

All frozen food should be defrosted using defrosting power level (180 W).

carefully.

Baby milk

100 ml

300 W

30-40 sec.

2-3

Stir or shake well

Time

Standing

200 ml

50 sec. to

and pour into a

Food

Portion

time

Instructions

(min.)

1 min.

sterilized glass

(min.)

bottle. Place

Meat

into the centre

Minced beef

250 g

6½-7½

5-25

Place the meat on a flat

of turn-table.

500 g

10-12

ceramic plate. Shield thinner

Cook uncovered.

Pork steaks

250 g

7½-8½

edges with aluminium

Shake well and

stand for at least

foil. Turn over after half of

defrosting time!

3 minutes. Before

Poultry

serving, shake

well and check

Chicken

500 g

14½-15½

15-40

First, put chicken pieces

the temperature

pieces

(2 pcs)

first skin-side

down, whole

carefully.

Whole

900 g

28-30

chicken first

breast-side-

MANUAL DEFROSTING

chicken

down on a flat ceramic

plate. Shield the thinner

parts like wings and ends

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

with aluminium foil. Turn

advantage, if unexpected guests suddenly show up.

over after half of defrosting

Frozen poultry must be thoroughly thawed before cooking. Remove any

time!

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

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