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Your Favorite Recipes
Once you begin to use your microwave oven, you will
have more flavorful food and fewer dishes to wash.
soon be able to adapt most of your conventional cooking
Simply cook, or reheat and serve foods in the same dish.
quite easily to microwave cooking techniques. The more
Before using your microwave oven, we suggest you
you use your microwave oven, the more you will enjoy
using it. Not only will you save the time, trouble and
carefully read through this guide book, then practice
energy necessary in conventional cooking, you will
with our suggested recipe.
How to Adapt Conventional Recipes for Microwaving.
Before converting a conventional recipe for microwaving,
study it in terms of microwaving. Is it one of the many
foods which microwave well? Look for cooking
techniques which are similar to microwaving techniques,
such as covering, steaming or cooking in sauce or liquid.
If the food requires a crisp, fried crust or very dry
surface, you may prefer to cook it conventionally. Some
recipes may not be exactly the same when microwaved,
others will not need changing. (Moist, rich cakes,
candies and meat loaves are examples. )
Since liquids do not evaporate when microwaved,
reduce the amount in saucy casseroles. Add more
thickening to sauces and gravies. Reduce some
seasonings also; they will not lose intensity in short
microwaving times. Salt meats and vegetables
after
cooking. If an ingredient takes longer to microwave than
others in the same dish, precook that ingredient before
adding to the others.
Favorite Stuffed
Rppers
6 medium green peppers
1%
lbs.
ground chuck beef
1/2
cup chopped onion
1 cup cooked rice
1 teaspoon salt
1A
teaspoon pepper
1 clove garlic, minced
1 can (10% -oz.) condensed tomato soup
1/2
cup water
1 to 2 cups grated cheese
Makes 6 servings
Conventional Method
Cut off tops of green peppers; remove seeds and
membrane. Cook peppers 5 minutes in enough boiling
water to cover; drain. In medium skillet on range top,
cook and stir ground beef and onion until onion is
tender. Drain off fat. Stir in rice, salt, pepper and garlic.
Divide evenly into peppers. Arrange peppers upright in
8-in. square dish.
Blend soup and water until smooth; pour over peppers.
Cover.
Bake at 350° for 45 minutes to 1 hour.
Sprintie
with cheese, recover and let stand 5 to 10 minutes to
melt cheese.
Microwave Method
Cut off tops of green peppers; remove seeds and
membrane. Mix raw beef with onion, rice, salt, pepper
and garlic. Divide evenly into peppers. Arrange peppers
upright snugly around edge of
3-qt.
casserole.
Blend soup and water until smooth. Pour over peppers.
Cover.
Microwave at High (10) for 25 to 30 minutes,
rotating 1/2 turn after 15 minutes.
Sprintie
with cheese,
recover and let stand 5 to 10 minutes before serving.
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