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PASTA & GRAINS
Guide for Cooking Pasta and Grains
Raw long grain rice takes time to rehydrate. Microwaving time is a little shorter than conventional, but the
greatest advantageis the ease withwhich you can preparefluffy rice withoutsticking or burning. Cookedrice
and pasta reheat easily in the microwave oven without loss of flavor or texture. No extra water is needed to
prevent sticking or drying, so there's no danger of overcooking rice and pasta or thinning sauces.
Food Hot Salt Oil or Power Cooking Standing
Water Butter Level Time Time
Pasta (8 oz)
Egg Noodles 4cups 1 tsp. 1 Tbsp. 100 6 1/2 - 7 1/2 min. 2-5min.
Macaroni 4cups 1tsp. 1Tbsp. 100 8-10min. 2-5min.
Spaghetti 4 cups 1 tsp. 1 Tbsp. 100 8 - 10 min. 2-5min.
Lasagna Noodles 4 cups 1 tsp. 1 Tbsp. 100 12 - 14 min. 2-5min.
Rice, Long Grain
100 5-6min.
WhiteRice(1cup) 2cups 1tsp. 1tsp. then 5-7min.
80 9 1/2 - 12 min.
100 5-6min.
BrownRice(1cup) 2cups 1/2tsp. 1tsp. then 5-7min.
80 22 - 27 min.
COOKING GUIDE
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CEREALS
Microwaveable hot cereals can be cooked directly in the cereal bowl and make cleaning up easy.
CONVENIENCE FOODS
Frozen Foods
A large variety of frozen foods, special dishes and dinners are available and the selections continue to
increase. The market is changing rapidly, therefore it is impossible to list the foods and types available and
recommend cooking procedures. In this book we can only give general directions to assist you.
T.V. Dinners
To prepare a T.V. dinner, follow the maker’s instructions for use with microwave ovens. To cook a T.V. dinner
will require approximately five to seven minutes for the food to thaw and heat to serving temperature
(depending on the types of food).Allow plastic wrap to remain over the dish for two minutes to allow heat to
equalize. Dinners that contain mashed potatoes have presented a bit of aproblem due to the large compact
mass of this particular food. You may want to remove about half the mashed potatoes after defrosting is
started, thenspread the remainingpotatoes over theindividual sectionof the tray. Heatthe removed mashed
potatoes in an individual dish. For foods that should be crisp when cooking is completed,remove the plastic
wrap and use the broiler of a conventional oven to crisp the food.
Individual Frozen Foods
These may be commercially prepared or frozen at home. Place the container of frozen food in the oven and
heat onlyuntil the foodstarts to defrostand can beremoved easily. Empty contentsinto a casseroleor serving
dish and continue to defrost and heat. Do not heat foods in deep foil containers. To crisp and brown special
toppings, usethe broiler ofa conventional oven.If allowed toheat to servingtemperature in aplastic container,
the container will warp or melt from the high heat of food.
Frozen Foods in Cooking Pouches or Boilable Bags
Toprepare these foods,slit the plasticbag.An X-type cutwill help removethe food atthe end ofcooking time.
Place the cut side down on a serving dish (with no metal trim). Heat foods other than vegetables for about
three minutes. Frozen vegetables require about eight to nine and a half minutes of cooking time. Allow the
pouch bagto remain overthe food forabout two minutesto allow timefor the heatto equalize. Foodsprepared
in cheese orwhite sauce should beremoved from the pouch andplaced in a glasscasserole dish and stirred
to prevent overcooking of the sauce around the edges of the dish.
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