Samsung MR89/PEC, MR89-S/ELE, MR89/NIG, MR89-S/SLI manual Defrosting

Cooking Guide (continued)

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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	250g	5-6	10-20
Minced beef				Place the meat on a flat
	500g	9-11		ceramic plate.Shield thinner
Pork steaks	250g	6-7		edges with aluminium foil.Turn
				over after half of defrosting
				time!
Poultry	500g	12-14	15-40
Chicken				First, put chicken pieces first
pieces	(2pcs)			skin-side down, whole chicken
	950g	24-26		first breast-side-down on a flat
				ceramic plate. Shield the
Whole chicken
				thinner parts like wings and
				ends with aluminium foil. Turn
				over after half of defrosting
				time!
Fish	200g	4½-5½	5-20
Fish fillets				Put frozen fish in the middle of a
	(2 pcs)	8-10		flat ceramic plate.Arrange the
	400g			thinner parts under the thicker
	(4 pcs)
				parts.Shield narrow ends with
				aluminium foil.Turn over after
				half of defrosting time!
Fruits	250g	4½-5½	5-10
Berries				Distribute fruits on a flat, round
				glass dish (with a large
				diameter).
Bread	2pcs	1½-2	5-10
Bread rolls				Arrange rolls in a circle or bread
(each ca. 50 g)	4pcs	3-3½		horizontally on kitchen paper in
Toast/	250g	4-4½		the middle of turntable.Turn
Sandwich	500g	8-10		over after half of defrosting
German bread
				time!
(wheat + rye
flour)

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