Panasonic NN-ST680S - 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 Utensils 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 designed...

Feature Diagram – 5 – Oven Light Oven Light will turn on during cooking and also when door is opened. 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...

Control Panel – 6 – (1) Display Window(2) Power Level Pad (pg. 9)(3) Inverter Turbo Defrost Pad (pg. 10)(4) Sensor Reheat Pad (pg. 13)(5) Sensor Cook Pads (pg. 12)(6) Number Pads(7) Timer/Clock Pad (pg. 8, 14)(8) More/Less Pad (pg. 12) (9) Stop/Reset Pad Before cooking: One tap clears all your instr...

To assist you in programming your oven, the following operation will appear in the Display Window. When youbecome familiar with your oven, the Operation Guide can be turned off. To turn off: To turn on: 1 Plug in Plug into a properly earthed electrical outlet. “WELCOME TO PANASONIC MICROWAVE OVENCOO...

You can use the oven without setting the clock. 1 Press twice Colon will blink in Display Window. 2 Enter Time of Day Enter time of day using Number 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 into Displ...

To Cook / Reheat / Defrost by Micro Power and Time – 9 – 1 Select Power Level Press Power Level Pad until the desired 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 (P10: up to 30 minutes, other p...

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...

To Cook Using Sensor Cook – 12 – Sensor Cook allows you to cook foods without selecting times and power levels. The sensor detects the heatand humidity generated by the food and cooks your food automatically. Place food into an appropriate sized dish for the volume of food you are cooking. Cover sec...

To Cook Using Sensor Reheat – 13 – • Press • Press After the heat and humidity isdetected by the SENSOR,the remaining time appearsin the Display Window andbegins to count down. For best results on Sensor Reheat, follow these recommendations: 1. Food being reheated should weigh between 125 g and 1.0 ...

– 14 – To Use as a Kitchen Timer Press once. Set desired amount of time. Press Start. (up to 99 minutes and 99 seconds) Time will count down without oven operating. To Set Standing Time To Set Delay Start NOTES: 1. If oven door is opened during the Standing Time, Delay Start or Kitchen Timer, the ti...

Before Requesting Service – 15 – 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 – 16 – NOTE: The oven should be cleaned regularly and any food deposits removed. 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 ...

Panasonic Warranty – 17 – 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 Panasonic, the p...

Feature How to Operate Quick Guide to Operation – 18 – To Set Clock ( ☞ page 8) Press twice Set time of day. (Max 12:59) Press To Set: Display To Cancel: Display Press 3 times Press 3 times To Set / Cancel Child Safety Lock ( ☞ page 8) Select power. Set the cooking time. Press To Cook / Reheat / Def...

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...

– 20 – Microwave Recipe Preparation and T echniques Techniques for preparation Covering Covering food minimizes the microwave cookingtime.Because microwave cooking is done with time andnot direct heat, the rate of evaporation cannot beeasily controlled. However, this can be corrected byusing differe...

– 21 – 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...

– 22 – Reheat Converting recipes from other sources 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 usi...

– 25 – Soups and Snacks P UMPKIN S OUP Serves: 4 Ingredients: 1 kg diced pumpkin 1 onion, diced 2 cups chicken stock 1 teaspoon curry powderpepper Method: Place pumpkin, onion and curry powder in a 2-litrecasserole dish. Cover and cook on P10 for 12minutes. Add chicken stock and pepper. Cook onP10 f...

– 27 – Fish and Shellfish Directions for cooking fish by Sensor Cook • 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.• Overlap th...

– 29 – 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...

– 33 – 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-...

– 34 – Meat Cooking Curries by Sensor Cook (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 with plast...

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...

– 38 – 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(125 g - 500 g by Sensor 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 be trimmed or prepared and cu...

– 42 – Cooking Legumes by Sensor Cook • Suitable for cooking chickpeas, split peas dried beans and peas and brown rice. • Cover legumes with cold water and soak overnight, drain. • Place legumes and boiling water into an appropriate sized dish.( See table for quantities ) Amount of Amount of Dish Si...

– 43 – 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...

– 45 – 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 Fresh and Dried pastaby Sensor Cook Fresh Pasta (125 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 above ...

Cooking Fresh Noodlesby Sensor Cook (150 g - 800 g) • 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 will beep during the c...

– 49 – 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...

– 51 – 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...

Model Number: NN-ST680SNN-ST780S Operating Instruction and Cook Book Microwave Oven Household Use Only F00039U20QP IP0710-0 Printed in China © Panasonic Home Appliances Microwave Oven (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. 2010. Please read these instructions carefully before using this product, and save this manual ...