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Soften/Melt button
Soften/Melt lets you melt chocolate, soften cream cheese, and melt butter.
1.
Touch the
Soften/Melt
button.
2.
Choose the food category by pressing the
Soften/Melt
button.
3.
Press the number button (1,2 or 3) for amount or serving.
4.
Touch the
ENTER/START
button.
Soften / Melt table
Function
Amount or
servings
Remarks
Melt chocolate
2 squares or 1 cup
chips
Place chocolate chips or square in a
microwave-safe dish.
Stir well at half time when the oven
beeps, and re-start the oven.
Unless stirred, the chocolate keeps its
shape even when heating time is over.
Soften cream
cheese
1 package (8 oz.)
Unwrap the cream cheese and place on
microwave-safe dish.
Let stand 1-2 minutes.
Melt butter
1 stick (1/4 lb.)
Remove wrapping and cut butter in half
vertically.
Place butter in dish, cover with wax
paper.
Stir well after finishing and let stand 1-2
minutes.
2 sticks (1/2 lb.)
Auto defrosting table
Follow the instructions below when defrosting different types of food.
category
Standard
amount
Procedure
Roast Beef,
Pork
2.5-6.0 lbs.
Start with the food placed fat side down. After each
stage, turn the food over and shield any warm
portions with narrow strips of aluminum foil.
Steaks,
Chops, Fish
0.5-3.0 lbs.
After each stage, rearrange the food. If there are
any warm or thawed portions of food, shield them
with narrow, flat pieces of aluminum foil. Remove
any pieces of food that are nearly defrosted. Let
stand, covered for 5 - 10 minutes.
Ground
Meat
0.5-3.0 lbs.
After each stage, remove any pieces of food that
are nearly defrosted. Let stand covered with foil for
5 - 10 minutes.
Whole
Chicken
2.5-6.0 lbs.
Remove giblets before defrosting poultry. Start
defrosting with the breast side down. After the first
stage, turn the chicken over and shield any warm
portions with narrow strips of aluminum foil. After
the second stage, again shield any warm portions
with narrow strips of aluminum foil. Let stand,
covered, for 30 - 60 minutes in the refrigerator.
Chicken
Pieces
0.5-3.0 lbs.
After each stage, rearrange or remove any pieces of
food that are nearly defrosted. Let stand for 10 - 20
minutes.
Bread
0.1 - 2.0 lbs. Arrange the rolls in a circle on kitchen paper in the
middle of the turntable.
Turn over halfway through the defrosting time.
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