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Cooking Guide
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 halfway, 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
200g
400g
250g
6-7
10-12
7- 8
15-30
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)
1200g
14-15
32-34
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!
Fish
Fish fillets/
Whole fis
200g
400g
6-7
11-13
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 whole
fish with aluminium foil. Turn over
after half of defrosting time!
Fruits
Berries
250g
6-7
5-10
Spread fruits on a flat, round glass
dish (with a large diameter).
Bread
Bread rolls
(each ca. 50 g)
Toast/
Sandwich
German bread
(wheat + rye
flour)
2pcs
4pcs
250g
500g
1-1½
2½-3
4-4½
7-9
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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