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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 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.)
Meat
Minced beef
250 g
500 g
5-6
10-12
15-30
Pork steaks
250 g
5-7
Instructions
Place the meat on a flat ceramic plate. Shield
thinner edges with aluminium foil. Turn over after
half of defrosting time!
Poultry
Chicken
pieces
500 g (2 pcs)
12-14
15-60
Whole
chicken
1200 g
28-32
Instructions
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 fish
200 g
5-7
10-25
400 g
10-12
Instructions
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!
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