Panasonic NN-S555 - Manual

Microwaves and How They Work – 3 – Microwaves are a form of high frequency radio wavessimilar to those used by a radio, including AM, FMand CB. They are similar to a television where theradio waves are converted to a picture on the screen.However, microwaves are much shorter than radiowaves; approxi...

Cookware and Utensil Guide (continued) – 4 – Plastics Plastic dishes, cups and some freezer containers should be used with care in a microwave oven.Choose plastic containers carefully, as some plasticcontainers may become soft, melt and may scorch.The majority of plastic dishes, even those designedf...

Feature Diagram – 5 – Glass Tray 1. Do not operate the oven without the Roller Ring and Glass Tray in place.2. Only use the Glass Tray specifically designed for this oven. Do not substitute another Glass Tray.3. If Glass Tray is hot, allow to cool before cleaning or placing in water.4. Do not cook d...

Control Panels – 6 – NN-S575 NN-S555 (4) (1) (2) (3) (13) (6) (5) (12) (1) Display Window(2) Micro Power Pad (pg. 9) (3) Time Pads (4) Turbo Defrost Pad (pg. 10) (5) Sensor Reheat Pad (pg. 14) (6) Sensor Cook Pads (pg. 14)(7) More/Less Pad (pg. 14) (8) Auto Reheat Pad (pg. 12) (9) Auto Cook Pads (pg...

1 Plug in Plug into a properly earthed electrical outlet. “ 88:88 ” will appear in the Display Window. (This will immediately cease when any pad is pressed.) 2 Open Door Open the door and place container with food on Glass Tray in the oven. Then close the door. 3 Select Power Level e.g. P7Press Micr...

To Set Clock – 8 – You can use the oven without setting the clock. 1 Press Colon will blink in Display Window. 2 Enter Time of Day Enter time of day using Time Pads e.g. 12:35Clock is a 12 hour display. There isn’t a.m. or p.m. setting. 3 Press Colon stops blinking; time of day is entered and locked...

To Cook / Reheat / Defrost by Micro Power and Time – 9 – 1 Select Power Level Press Micro Power Pad until the power level appears in the Display Window.(see chart below) Note: When selecting P10 on the first stage, you can start from step 2. 2 Set Cooking Time e.g. 5 minutes (P10: up to 30 minutes, ...

Turbo Defrost This feature allows you to defrost meat, poultry and seafood automatically by just setting the weight of thefood. 1 Set Weight The shape and size of the food will determine the maximum weight the oven can accommodate. Therecommended maximum weight of food depends on the oven cavity siz...

Defrosting Tips and Techniques – 11 – Preparation for Freezing: 1. Heavy-duty plastic wraps, bags and freezer wrap are suitable.2. Freeze meats, poultry and fish in packages with only 1 or 2 layers of food. To aid in separating layers, place two pieces of wax paper between them. 3. REMOVE ALL AIR an...

2 Press Reheating time appears in the Display Window and begins to count down. For best results on Auto Reheat, follow these recommendations: 1. All foods must be precooked. Suitable for casseroles, plated dinners, soups, stews, pasta dishes (except lasagne), canned foods. 2. Foods should be reheate...

1 Press Desired Food Category Pad Press the desired Food Category Pad until the desired food Serving/Weight appears in the display window. eg. Frozen Vegetables 250g Press twice. Pad Food Category Serving / Weight 1 tap 2 taps 3 taps 4 taps Auto Cook 1. Frozen Reheat 250 g 450 g 650 g 850 g 2. Dried...

• Select and press the appropriatebutton for the food you arecooking. Category appears in theDisplay Window.eg. Press once for 1. Vegetables twice for 2. Froz. Veg. To Cook Using Sensor Reheat/Cook (NN-S565 / S575 ) – 14 – Sensor Cook allows you to cook foods without selecting times and power levels...

To Use as a Kitchen Timer Press. Set desired amount of time. Press Start . (up to 99 minutes and 99 seconds) Time will count downwithout oven operating. To Set Standing Time Press. Set desired amount of standing time. Press Start . (up to 99 minutes and 99 seconds) Cooking will start.After cooking, ...

Before Requesting Service – 16 – THESE THINGS ARE NORMAL The oven causes Some radio and TV interference might occur when you cook with the interference with my TV. microwave oven. This interference is similar to the interference caused bysmall appliances such as mixers, vacuums, hair dryers, etc. It...

Care of Your Oven – 17 – BEFORE CLEANING: Remove plug from outlet. If impossible, leaveoven door open to prevent oven fromaccidentally turning on. AFTER CLEANING: Be sure to replace the Roller Ring and GlassTray in the proper position and press Stop/Reset Pad to clear the Display Window. Inside of t...

Panasonic Technics – 18 – WARRANTY 1. The product is warranted for 12 months from the date of purchase. Subject to the conditions of this warranty Panasonic or it's Authorised Service Centre will perform necessary service on the product without charge for parts or labour if, in theopinion of Panason...

Feature How to Operate or Quick Guide to Operation – 19 – To Set: Display To Cancel: Display 3 times 3 times Select power. Set the cooking time. Set the desired cooking programme. (See Page 9) Set the desired cooking programme. (See Page 9) To Set / Cancel Child Safety Lock ( ☞ page 8) To Cook / Reh...

Microwave Recipe Preparation and T echniques Microwaves penetrate the surface of the food to adepth of about two to three centimetres and thenthe heat is gradually conducted in a random pattern.Some parts of food matter cook faster than others.Special microwave techniques are used to promote Food Ch...

– 3 – Microwave Recipe Preparation and T echniques Menu Planning for Microwave Cooking How to Keep Everything Hot at The Same Time Plan your meals so that the food will not all needlast minute cooking or attention at the same time.The special features of microwave cookery make iteasy to serve meals ...

– 4 – Reheat One of the most common uses for a microwaveoven is to reheat food. Your Panasonic microwaveallows you to either reheat by placing food into theoven and you choose the micro power level andlength of heating time or you may reheatautomatically by using the SENSOR REHEAT orAUTO REHEAT butt...

– 7 – Soups and Snacks P UMPKIN S OUP ( S ) Å Å Serves: 4 Ingredients: 1 kg diced pumpkin 1 onion, diced 2 cups chicken stock 1 teaspoon curry powderpepper Method: Place pumpkin and onion in a 2-litre casserole dish.Cover and cook on P10 for 12 minutes. Add chickenstock, curry powder and pepper. Coo...

– 9 – Fish and Shellfish Directions for cooking fish by Sensor/AutoCook ( S ) Å Å • Suitable for cooking whole fish and fish fillets.• Select fish suitable for microwave cooking and place in a single layer in a shallow dish, with skin-side down. • Add butter, spices, herbs, or lemon juice to flavour...

– 11 – Season as desired, but salt after cooking. Browningsauce mixed with equal parts of butter will enhancethe appearance. Poultry must be unstuffed. Tie legs together withcotton string. Place on a microwave rack set in arectangular dish. Place poultry breast-side down:turn over halfway through co...

– 15 – Meat Cooking Tender Cuts of Meat using Micro power For best results, select roasts that are uniform inshape.Place meat on a microwave rack in a suitable dish.Beef rib roast should be placed cut-side down. Otherbone-in roasts should be placed fat-side down.Boneless roasts should be placed fat-...

– 16 – Meat Cooking Curries by Sensor Cook / AutoCook (250 g - 750 g) (Weight of only meat) • See chart below for quantities to use.• Cut meat and vegetables into even size pieces.• Place curry paste, meat, onion and hard vegetable into a suitable size casserole dish, do not useplastic dishes. Cover...

Cooking Fresh Vegetables by Micro power Vegetables should be covered and cooked on P10 power for best results. Weights given are trimmed weights. APPROX. COOKING VEGETABLE QUANTITY COOKING PROCEDURE TIME (in minutes) on P10 Asparagus 250 g Covered dish with 1 ⁄ 4 cup water. 1 to 3 Beans (finely slic...

– 20 – V egetables and Legumes C OOKING F ROZEN V EGETABLES BY M ICRO POWER Remove vegetables from package and place in anappropriate sized container. Vegetables frozen in apouch should be placed on a dish and the toppierced. Cook on P10 according to directions given inchart. Vegetables should be co...

Vegetables(120 g - 500 g by Sensor Cook)(120 g - 370 g by Auto Cook) • Suitable for cooking all types of leaf, green and soft varieties of vegetables, including broccoli, squashcauliflower, cabbage, asparagus, beans, celery,zucchini, spinach, capsicum or a mixture of these. • All vegetables should b...

– 25 – Cooking Rice by Micro power Follow directions in chart for recommended dishsize, amounts of water and cooking time. Add rice towater. Add salt and butter according to packagedirections. Cook on P10 for time recommended in chart. Allow to stand, covered, before serving. Forspecial rice, substi...

– 27 – Rice, Pasta and Noodles Cooking Risotto by Sensor Cook (S) • Suitable for cooking many basic risotto recipes and variations. • Onions and garlic should be pre-cooked with 1 tablespoon of oil before adding rice and stock. • Follow general directions in chart below for quantities of rice and am...

Cooking Dried and Fresh pastaby Sensor Cook ( S ) Fresh Pasta (250 g - 625 g) • Suitable for cooking fresh pasta such as fettuccine, tagliatelle, tortellini, ravioli and agnolotti. (Gnocchishould be cooked by manual MICRO POWER.) • Place pasta in an appropriate size dish with boiling water. Use the ...

Cooking Fresh Noodles ( S ) by Sensor Cook (150 g - 500 g) / Auto Cook Å Å • Suitable for cooking fresh noodles such as Hokkien, Singapore, Udon, Soba, Rice noodles. • Place noodles and boiling water as recommended in chart below in a suitable size dish. • Cover securely with plastic wrap.• The oven...

– 31 – Cooking Cakes by Micro power • The texture of cakes cooked in the microwave oven is not the same as cakes cooked in a conventionaloven, but it is a convenient way of cooking cakes. • Do not use metal cake tins, plastic dishes and pyrex, give the best results when cooking cakes.Grease the dish...

– 33 – Cakes, Desserts and Slices S WEET B ERRY S AUCE Makes: Approximately 2 cups Ingredients: 1 ⁄ 2 cup caster sugar 1 ⁄ 2 cup water 500 g berries, halved if large 2 tablespoons water 1 tablespoon cornflour Method: Combine sugar and water in a 3-litre bowl. Cook onP10 for 2 to 3 minutes. Add berri...

C HOCOLATE B ROWNIES Makes: 1 x 20 cm square slice pan Ingredients: 125 g butter 200 g chocolate 1 cup caster sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla essence 3 eggs 1 cup plain flour Method: Grease and line 20 cm square pyrex dish. Meltbutter and chocolate in 2-litre dish on P7 for 2minutes. Stir in sugar, vanilla...