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Cooking Guide(continued)
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
beef
Pork steaks
250g
500g
250g
6½ -7½
13-14
7½ -8½
5-25
Place the meat on a flat ceramic
plate.
Shield thinner edges with
aluminium foil.
Turn over after half of defrosting
time!
Poultry
Chicken
pieces
Whole
chicken
500g
(2 pcs)
900g
14½-15½
28-30
15-40
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!
Fish
Fish fillets
200g
(2 pcs)
400g
(4 pcs)
6-7
12-13
5-15
Put frozen fish in the middle of a
flat ceramic plate.
Arrange the thinner parts under
the thicker parts.
Shield narrow ends with
aluminium foil.
Turn over after half of defrosting
time!
Fruits
Berries
250g
6-7
5 - 10
Distribute fruits on a flat, round
glass dish (with a large
diameter).
Bread
Bread rolls
(each about
50 g)
Toast/
Sandwich
German
bread
(wheat+
rye flour)
2 pcs
4 pcs
250g
500g
½-1
2-2½
4½-5
8-10
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!
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