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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 (180W
).
Food
Portion Time
(min. )
Standing
Time
(min. )
Instructions
Meat
Minced beef
Pork steaks
200g
400g
250g
7½-8½
14-16
8½-9½
5-20
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 pc)
900g
17-18
28-30
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
200g
(2 pc)
400g
(4 pc)
7-8
14-15
5-20
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
8-9
5-15
Distribute fruits on a flat, round
glass dish (with a large diameter).
Bread
Bread rolls
(each ca. 50 g)
Toast/ Sandwich
2pc
4pc
250g
1½-2
3-3½
6-6½
5-10
Arrange rolls in a circle or bread
vertically(like a tower) on kitchen
paper in the middle of turntable.
Turn over after half of defrosting
time!
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