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(continued)
Poultry
If
you
use a meat thermometer while cooking, make sure it is
safe
for
use in microwave ovens.
Food
Container
Cover
Power Level & Time
Comments
Chicken
Pieces
Plate or round
Wax
paper
High (
10)
2 to
2X
min.
Arrange in single layer in cooking dish
dish
per piece so thickest meaty pieces are to outside
edges
of dish. Turn pieces over
and
rearrange after half of cooking time.
Whole
Round dish Cooking bag Meal-High (7)
10 to 12 min.
Slit bag near closure to vent. Close
(unstuffed)
per lb.
securely with plastic tie. Cook
breast-
side-down. Turn over after half of
(stuffed)
Round dish Cooking bag Meal-High (7)
17 to 20 min.
cooking time. Cook to
1900F.
internal
per lb.
temp. Let stand 5 to 1 () minutes.
Cornish
Hens
Halves
Round dish Wax paper Meal-High (7)
1 I to 13 min.
Arrange skin-side-up in dish, on bed of
per lb.
stuffing, if desired.
Whole (stuffed
Round dish
Wax paper Meal-High (7)
9
to
I
I min.
Place breast-side-down in dish. Turn
or unstuffed)
per lb.
over after half of cooking time. Shield
tips
of wings and legs with foil.
Vegetables
1. Always use microwave-safe cookware. 4. Cover vegetables when cooking. If using plastic wrap, turn back
2. Salt vegetables after cooking. Salting before cooking may cause one corner to vent.
darkening and dehydration
of surface.
5. Larger vegetable pieces will take longer to cook than
3. Arrange vegetables, such as asparagus, with the thickest pieces to
smaller pieces.
the outside of the dish.
6.
For more even heating. stir or
rearran&e
vegetables
during cooking.
Vegetable
Amount Power Level Time
Comments
Asparagus
(fresh cut)
(fresh spears)
(frozen spears)
Beans
(fresh green)
(frozen green)
(frozen lima)
Beets
(fresh, whole)
Broccoli
(fresh
cut)
(fresh
spears)
(frozen, chopped)
(frozen spears)
t
lb.
(~
CUPS) Cut
High ( 10)
into 1- to 2-in. pieces
I lb.
High (
10)
1()-oz. package
High ( 10)
1 lb. cut in half
High ( 10)
10-oz.
package
High (
10)
1()-oz. package
High ( 10)
1 bunch
High ( 10)
1 bunch
High (
10)
( I
X
to I
X
Ibs.)
1 bunch
Hi&h
( 10)
(
I
X
to
I
X
Ibs.
)
I ()-oz. package
High ( 10)
I ()-oz. package High ( lo)
5 to 9 min.
6
to
10
min.
6
to
1 () min.
12 to
15
min.
7 to 9 min.
9 to
I
1 min.
25 to
30
min.
11 to
I
3
min.
I
2 to 15 min.
6
to
8
min.
7 to 9 min.
In 2-qt. casserole, place l/4 cup
water.
In 2-qt. casserole, place 1/4 cup water.
In 1 -qt. casserole.
In 1
fi-qt.
casserole, place 1/2 cup water.
In 1 -qt. casserole. place 2 tablespoons
wuter.
In I -qt. casserole, place
1/4
cup water.
In 1
X
or 2-qt. casserole, place
1/2
cup water.
[n
2-qt. casserole. place 1/4 cup water.
In 2-qt. oblong glass baking dish, place
1/4 cup water.
In I -qt. casserole.
In
1
-qt. casserole, place
3
tablespoons
water.
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