Sunbeam DF4500 User Guide

MULTICOOKER
DEEP FRYER 5L

User Guide

DF4500

Sunbeam’s Safety Precautions 1
Features of your Multicooker 2
An Introduction to Multicookers 4
Non-stick cooking 5
Temperature settings 6
Understanding your Multicooker 7
Using your Multicooker 8
Hints for perfect frying 9
Care and cleaning 10
High Grade Non-stick cooking surfaces 11
Cooking with your Multicooker 12
Vegetable cooking hints 14
Cooking information 17
Cooking Definitions 19
Recipes
Soups 20
Main courses 23
Desserts 28
Sauces 31

Cooking with your deep fryer
The perfect chip 33
Deep fry cooking with home battered food 34
Frying times and temperatures 35
Re

cipes For your Deep Fryer 37

Troubleshooting 45

Contents

Sunbeam’s Safety Precautions 1

Features of your Multicooker 2

Temperature settings 4

Understanding your Multicooker 5

Using your Multicooker 6

Hints for perfect frying 7

Care and cleaning 8

High Grade Non-stick cooking surfaces 9

Cooking with your Multicooker 10

Recipes for your Multicooker 12

Cooking with your Deep Fryer 21

The perfect chip 21

Deep fry cooking with home battered food 22

Frying times and temperatures 23

Recipes For your Deep Fryer 25

Troubleshooting 32

Important instructions – retain for
future use.

Sunbeam’s Safety Precautions

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR YOUR DEEP FRYER.

• The MultiCooker Deep Fryer must only be used with
the control probe provided.

• WARNING: The Control Probe must be removed

before the frypan is cleaned and the Control
Probe inlet must be dried before the MultiCooker
Deep Fryer is used again. NEVER IMMERSE THE
CONTROL PROBE IN WATER OR OTHER LIQUID.

• Never connect the fryer to the electricity supply

without placing oil in the tank first.

• If using solid fat, remove the lid and the basket, cut

the fat into pieces and place them directly into the
tank. Do not melt solid fat in the frying basket as it
may damage the appliance.

• Never operate the fryer with oil level below the

Sunbeam is very safety conscious when designing and

manufacturing consumer products, but it is essential
that the product user also exercise care when using
an electrical appliance. Listed below are precautions
which are essential for the safe use of an electrical
appliance:

• Read carefully and save all the instructions provided
with an appliance.

• Always turn the power off at the power outlet before
you insert or remove a plug. Remove by grasping the
plug - do not pull on the cord.

• Turn the power off and remove the plug when the
appliance is not in use and before cleaning.

• Do not use your appliance with an extension cord
unless this cord has been checked and tested by a
qualified technician or service person.

• Always use your appliance from a power outlet of the
voltage (A.C. only) marked on the appliance.

• This appliance is not intended for use by persons
(including children) with reduced physical, sensory
or mental capabilities, or lack of experience and
knowledge, unless they have been given supervision
or instruction concerning use of the appliance by a
person responsible for their safety.

• Children should be supervised to ensure that they do
not play with the appliance.

• The temperature of accessible surfaces may be high
when the appliance is operating.

• Never leave an appliance unattended while in use.

If you have any concerns regarding the performance and use of your appliance,

please visit www.sunbeam.com.au or contact the Sunbeam Consumer Service Line.

Ensure the above safety precautions are understood.

minimum mark or above the maximum mark.

• Do not touch any metal surfaces of the product while
it is in use as they will be hot.

• Remove excess moisture and ice particles from food
before deep frying.

• Check oil levels are correct before and during deep
frying.

• Be careful when lifting lid during and after cooking.
Steam can result in serious burns. Never place face
over deep fryer.

• Never decant oil from deep fryer while still hot.

• Do not move deep fryer once it is in use.

• Only use the oils recommended in this instruction
booklet.

• Do not use an appliance for any purpose other than
its intended use.

• Do not place an appliance on or near a hot gas
flame, electric element or on a heated oven.

• Do not place on top of any other appliance.

• Do not let the power cord of an appliance hang over
the edge of a table or bench top or touch any hot
surface.

• Do not operate any electrical appliance with a
damaged cord or after the appliance has been
damaged in any manner. If damage is suspected,
return the appliance to the nearest Sunbeam
Appointed Service Centre for examination, repair or
adjustment.

• For additional protection, Sunbeam recommend
the use of a residual current device (RCD) with a
tripping current not exceeding 30mA in the electrical
circuit supplying power to your appliances.

• Do not immerse the appliance in water or any other
liquid unless recommended.

• Appliances are not intended to be operated
by means of an external timer or separate remote
control system.

• This appliance is intended to be used in household
and similar applications such as: staff kitchen areas
in shops, offices and other working environments;
farm houses; by clients in hotels, motels and other
residential type environments; bed and breakfast
type environments.

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STAINLES S

PROFESSIONAL

Features of your Sunbeam
Multicooker

Integrated knob & adjustable steam vent

Allows you to accurately control moisture levels
during cooking.

Stainless Steel deep fry basket

Deep fry basket with detachable handle.
This lightweight stainless steel deep fry basket
is removable and has a 1.0kg food capacity for
deep frying. It can also be used for cooking and
draining spaghetti and other pasta.

EasyClean

Enables fat-free cooking and easy wipe down
cleaning.

Extra large cooking vessel

This 5 litre capacity non stick cooking vessel,
not only allows you to deep fry, but makes an
ideal saucepan as well for boiling, roasting,
braising, stewing, soups etc. The cooking vessel
is completely dishwasher safe and
fully immersible.

Removable control probe

The control probe is removable to allow
for easy cleaning.

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non-stick cooking surface

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Glass lid

The lid should be used when bringing water
to the boil, simmering, soups and stews etc.
NEVER USE THE LID WHEN DEEP FRYING.

Basket handle

Has a draining lever which rests securely
inside the rim of the vessel to allow safe,
hands-free draining of food. The basket
handle folds inside the basket for easy
storage.

Draining lever

Cool Touch Handles

1600 watt die-cast element

The 1600 watt element is completely cast
into the heavy duty base for faster superior
heating and a longer element life.

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Temperature settings

Glass Lid

With the lid in place, the multicooker can be
used as an oven, giving you the versatility to
roast pieces of beef, lamb and chicken.

The lid also retains heat and moisture when
simmering food such as casseroles.

Adjustable steam vent

The steam vent allows moisture to escape
without losing too much heat. Keep the vent
closed whenever cooking food where it is
necessary to retain the heat and/or moisture.
The vent should be left open for a crisper
result. When roasting chicken and meat,
open the vent in the last 15 minutes of
cooking to crispen.

Cast-in element

The element is completely cast into the heavy
duty

base for faster superior heating and a

longer element life.

Understanding your Sunbeam
Multicooker

Be careful when handling and lifting the hot
lid during and after cooking as steam can
result in burns.

Temperature settings

STAINLE SS

PROFE SSIONAL

Trigger Release Control Probe

The Probe is thermostatically controlled and
incorporates an indicator light which switches
off automatically when the temperature
selected has been reached and then cycles
on and off to indicate that the selected
temperature is being maintained.

The trigger release makes removal of the
probe easy.

The settings on the dial represent the following approximate cooking surface temperatures.
Preheat your multicooker on Seting 8 setting, then change to your desired setting.

Dial

Setting

1 100°C Keeping food warm and reheating Low

2 110°C

3 125°C 260°F Simmering, sauteing and slow cooking

4 140°C 285°F

5 150°C 300°F Boiling, pan frying and stir-frying Medium

6 160°C 320°F

7 175°C 350°F Shallow frying, baking

8 185°C 365°F

9 200°C 390°F Deep frying, searing and sealing, roasting High

10 210°C 410°F

Celsius

(approx)

Farenheight

(approx)

Uses Temperature

Note: The cooking surface temperatures given are a guide only and may require adjustment to
suit various foods and individual tastes.

When the dial is set to a low setting, it is quite normal for food to stop and start bubbling, as
the thermostat maintains the selected temperature.

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Understanding your Sunbeam
Multicooker

Glass Lid

With the lid in place, the multicooker can be
used as an oven, giving you the versatility to
roast pieces of beef, lamb and chicken.

The lid also retains heat and moisture when
simmering food such as casseroles.

Be careful when handling and lifting the hot
lid during and after cooking as steam can
result in burns.

Adjustable steam vent

The steam vent allows moisture to escape
without losing too much heat. Keep the vent
closed whenever cooking food where it is
necessary to retain the heat and/or moisture.
The vent should be left open for a crisper
result. When roasting chicken and meat,
open the vent in the last 15 minutes of
cooking to crispen.

Cast-in element

The element is completely cast into the heavy

base for faster superior heating and a

duty
longer element life.

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Using your Multicooker

Before the first use

Wash, rinse and dry your Multicooker Deep
Fryer, basket and lid, “Season” the cooking
surface by applying a thin coat of cooking oil
and rub in with paper towelling.

1. Insert the Control Probe into the inlet on
the Multicooker Deep Fryer.

2. Plug the cord into a 230-240V power
outlet and turn the power on.

3. Preheat the Multicooker on Seting 8 then
set the Control Probe Dial to the desired
temperature setting. Refer to page 4 for
the temperature guide.

This light will remain on until the set
temperature has been reached and then will
cycle on and off throughout cooking, as the
cooking temperature is maintained by the
thermostat.

Hint: On initial heating of the Multicooker
Deep Fryer, it is recommended that the
temperature be allowed to cycle (the light
glowing on and off) several times. This will
help the cooking surface to adjust to a more
accurate cooking temperature.

Note: The Multicooker Deep Fryer must only
be used with the Control Probe provided.

Saucepan cooking

The Multicooker is not just suitable for deep
frying, but it has many other uses. Use the
cooking vessel without the Deep Fryer Basket
as a rice and a pasta boiler, for simmering
soups and large stews, preparing spaghetti
sauce and braising roasts.

3. Pour good quality vegetable, nut or seed
oil into the vessel until it reaches ‘MAX’
mark indicated on the inside of the
non-stick vessel. (approx 2 to 2.4L)

Note: Do not mix different types of oil.

4. Insert the plug into a 230-240 volt power
outlet and turn the power on by using the
on/off switch.

5. Heat the oil to the cooking temperature
as recommended by the recipe. Rotate
the dial on the temperature control probe
to the temperature that you wish to cook
the food.

6. Using the frying basket supplied, pull
the handle backwards until it locks into
position.

7. Place your food inside the basket, and
gently lower the basket into the oil.

8. Cook your food for recommended time as
per the recipe, or as desired.

9. When the food is cooked, (ensuring that
the handle is locked in position) gently
lift the basket directly out of the cooking
vessel. Tilt the basket so that the draining
lever rests securely on the inside rim of
the cooking vessel. (see diagram below)

10. Remove hot food with tongs and drain on
absorbent paper.

Deep fry cooking

1. Place the deep fryer on a flat and stable
surface away from any heating source and
where it cannot be splashed with water.

2. Remove the lid. NEVER USE THE LID
WHEN DEEP FRYING.

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1. Always use the best quality oil possible.
We recommend corn, nut, seed or
vegetable oils. Never use butter,
margarine or olive oils.

2. Avoid mixing oils of different qualities or
types.

3. Change the oil when it becomes brown or
milky in colour.

4. Take into account the food to be cooked
before setting the frying temperature. As
a general guide precooked food will need
a higher temperature than raw food, and
the larger the individual items the lower
the temperature should be.

5. Large pieces of food should not be deep
fried, as they take too long to cook thus
absorbing too much oil.

6. Fry small amounts at a time, adding too
much at a time will decrease the oils
temperature and increase the chance that
food will stick together.

7. Make sure that food is dry before frying,
wet food will splatter.

8. Do not use the lid when deep frying

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Care and cleaning

High Grade Non-Stick cooking
surfaces.

Cooking on a non-stick surface minimises the
need for oil, food does not stick and cleaning
is easier.

To ensure you get the best results from your
non-stick cooking surfaces, follow these
simple instructions:

Before the first use

“Season” the cooking surface by applying a
thin coat of cooking oil and rub in with paper
towelling. This will also be necessary after
cleaning in a dishwasher.

Avoid using high settings as any food which
may burn on the non-stick surface may
cause it to discolour.

Any discolouration that may occur will only
detract from the appearance of the frypan
and will not affect

th

e cooking performance.

To clean interior and exterior surface

Wash in hot soapy water. Remove stubborn
spots with a plastic washing pad or sponge.

WASH AS DIRECTED, AND RE-SEASON THE
MULTICOOKER DEEP FRYER BEFORE USING
AGAIN.

Dishwasher-safe

Your Multicooker Deep Fryer is completely
dishwasher-safe. The heating element is
totally sealed so it is safe to fully immerse in
water.

WARNING: DO NOT USE STEEL WOOL
OR COARSE SCOURING PADS.
These will damage the non-stick cooking
surface.

Vessel

Take care when handling the vessel and any
metal surfaces whilst it is in use, as these
will be hot.

Be careful when lifting the lid during and
after cooking, as steam can result in serious
burns. Never place face over deep fryer.

Control Probe

If cleaning is necessary, wipe over with a
damp cloth.

WARNING: The Control Probe must be
removed before the frypan is cleaned and the
Control Probe inlet must be dried before the
Multicooker Deep Fryer is used again.

NEVER IMMERSE THE CONTROL PROBE IN
WATER OR OTHER LIQUID.

Storage: Store the Control Probe carefully.
Do not knock or drop it as this can damage
the probe. If damage is suspected, return
the Control Probe to your nearest Sunbeam
Appointed Service Centre for inspection Refer
to the separate warranty and service centre
booklet.

WARNING: Always wait for the fryer vessel
and hot oil to cool down before emptying the
vessel.

Drain off any oil, water or other liquid from
the vessel and remove any food particles.

NEVER PUT COLD WATER INTO
A HOT DEEP-FRYER

Allow the vessel to cool, add tepid water and
let stand, if necessary, to soak and soften
stubborn food particles.

Washing the inside of the vessel

1. When cooled, remove any excess food
particles.

2. When cooled, wash thoroughly in hot soapy
water.

Note: Your cooking vessel is fully immersible
in water and is also dishwasher safe.

3. Remove stubborn spots with a plastic
washing pad or sponge.

WARNING: DO NOT USE STEEL WOOL OR
COARSE SCOURING PADS. These will
damage the non-stick cooking surface.

4. Rinse out in hot or boiling water to remove
unseen fat particles.

Washing the outside of the vessel

Wash grease and oil off the outside of the
vessel with hot soapy water.

Cleaning the basket

1. Remove excess food particles from the
Deep Fry Basket.

2. Place in hot, soapy water in a sink. Steel
wool or a mild abrasive may be used to
remove stubborn food particles.

3. Rinse and dry thoroughly.

4. Alternately, place the basket in a
dishwasher.

Cleaning the lid

Wash the lid in hot, soapy water. Alternately,
place the lid in a dishwasher.

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High Grade Non-Stick cooking
surfaces.

Cooking on a non-stick surface minimises the
need for oil, food does not stick and cleaning
is easier.

To ensure you get the best results from your
non-stick cooking surfaces, follow these
simple instructions:

Before the first use

“Season” the cooking surface by applying a
thin coat of cooking oil and rub in with paper
towelling. This will also be necessary after
cleaning in a dishwasher.

Avoid using high settings as any food which
may burn on the non-stick surface may
cause it to discolour.

Any discolouration that may occur will only
detract from the appearance of the frypan
and will not affect the cooking performance.

To clean interior and exterior surface

Wash in hot soapy water. Remove stubborn
spots with a plastic washing pad or sponge.

WARNING: DO NOT USE STEEL WOOL
OR COARSE SCOURING PADS.
These will damage the non-stick cooking
surface.

WASH AS DIRECTED, AND RE-SEASON THE
MULTICOOKER DEEP FRYER BEFORE USING
AGAIN.

Dishwasher-safe

Your Multicooker Deep Fryer is completely
dishwasher-safe. The heating element is
totally sealed so it is safe to fully immerse in
water.

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