Samsung CE1041DFB, Owner'S Instructions And Cooking Manual

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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 Meat

Pork steaks 

250 g
500 g

250 g

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 

500 g

(2 pcs)

1200 g

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 fish

200 g

400 g

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 of whole fish with 
aluminium foil. Turn over after 
half of defrosting time!

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) 
Toast/
Sandwich
German bread 
(wheat + rye 
flour)

2 pc
4 pc

250 g

500 g

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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