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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
(min.)
Standing
Time
(min.)
Instructions
Meat
Minced
250 g
6-7
15-30
Place the meat on a flat ceramic
plate. Shield thinner edges with
aluminium foil. Turn over after
half of defrosting time!
500 g
10-12
Pork steaks
250 g
7-8
Poultry
Chicken
pieces
500 g
(2 pcs)
14-15
15-60
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!
Whole chicken 1200 g 32-34
Fish
Fish fillets
200 g
6-7
10-25
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!
Whole fish
400 g
11-13
Fruits
Berries
300 g
6-7
5-10
Spread fruit on a flat, round
glass dish (with a large
diameter).
Bread
Bread rolls
(each ca.
50 g)
2 pcs
4 pcs
1-1½
2½-3
5-20
Arrange rolls in a circle or bread
horizontally on kitchen paper
in the middle of turntable. Turn
over after half of defrosting time!
Toast/
Sandwich
250 g
4-4½
German bread
(wheat + rye
flour)
500 g
7-9
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