Defrosting
The JET DEFROST™ feature can be used or the microwave oven can be manually set to defrost.
■Food should be 0°F
■Unwrap foods and remove lids (from fruit juice) before defrosting.
■Shallow packages will defrost more quickly than deep blocks.
■Separate food pieces as soon as possible during or at the
■Use small pieces of aluminum foil to shield parts of food such as chicken wings, leg tips and fish tails. See “Aluminum Foil and Metal” first.
The JET DEFROST system has three categories: Meat, Poultry and Fish. It should not be used for food left outside the freezer more than 20 minutes and frozen
MEAT
To use JET DEFROST™ system:
1.Touch the JET DEFROST pad.
2.Touch the number pad 1 for Meat, 2 for Poultry or 3 for Fish
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Touch the JET DEFROST pad repeatedly to scroll through foods.
3.Touch the number pads to enter the weight.
Meats and Poultry can be set from .2 to 6.6 lb (91 g to 3 kg). Fish can be set from .2 to 4.4 lb (91 g to 2 kg).
4.Touch START/ENTER.
The display will count down the defrost time.
About halfway through defrosting, “TURN” will appear on the display while the oven continues to operate. Open door, turn food, close door, then press START/ENTER to resume.
When the cycle ends, “END” will appear in the display, 4 end-
5.Touch OFF/CANCEL or open the door to clear the display and/or stop reminder tones.
Beef: ground, steaks, roast, stew
Lamb: stew and chops
Pork: chops, ribs, roasts, sausage
The narrow or fatty areas of irregular shaped cuts should be shielded with foil before defrosting.
Do not defrost less than ¹⁄₄ lb (113 g) or two 4 oz (113 g) patties.
Place all meats, ex cept stew cubes and bulk sausage, on microwavable roasting rack provided with the microwave oven.
Place stew cubes and bulk sausage in microwavable baking dish.
To Defrost Manually:
1.Touch the number pads to set a length of time to defrost.
2.Touch COOK POWER.
3.Touch 3.
4.Touch START/ENTER.
The display will count down the defrost time.
When the cycle ends, “END” will appear in the display, 4 end-
5.Touch OFF/CANCEL or open the door to clear the display and/or stop reminder tones.
Steaming
POULTRY
Chicken: whole and cut up | Place on microwavable | |
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Cornish hens | ||
| Remove giblets from whole | |
Turkey: breast | ||
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FISH |
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Fillets, Steaks, Whole, | Place in microwavable | |
Shellfish | baking dish. | |
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Use the Tupperware® Microsteamer, (provided with the microwave oven) with the Steam Cook feature to steam foods.
1.Cooking cover
2.Colander
3.Dish
See “General Cleaning” section for additional information.
■The Tupperware Microsteamer will become hot. Always use oven mitts or pot holders when handling.
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