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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 meat
250 g
500 g
6-7
8-13
15-30
Shield the edges with
aluminum foil. Place the meat
in the middle of microwave-
safe plate, and then place the
plate on top of the turntable
in the center. Turn over after
half of defrosting time.
Pork steaks
250 g
7-8
Food
Portion
Time
(min.)
Standing
time
(min.)
Instructions
Poultry
Chicken
pieces
500 g
(2 pcs)
14-15
15-60
Before defrosting, if there
are a lot of ice crystals on
poultry surface, you’d better
rinse under cold water to
remove ice crystals and
stand 5 to 10 min. at room
temperature. Shield the
thinner parts like wings and
ends with aluminum foil.
Place the chicken pieces
first skin-side down, whole
chicken first breast-side
down in the middle of
microwave-safe plate, and
then place the plate on
top of the turntable in the
center. Turn over after half of
defrosting time.
Whole
chicken
1200 g
32-34
Fish
Fish fillets
200 g
6-7
10-25
Shield narrow ends with
aluminum foil. Arrange the
thinner parts under the
thicker parts. Place the fish
in the middle of microwave-
safe plate, and then place
the plate on top of the
turntable in the center. 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).
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