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NOTE: Use Power Level High (10) unless otherwise noted.
Directions
below are for heating or reheating already-cooked
foods stored in refrigerator or at room temperature. Use
palatable results. Adjust temperatures to suit your personal
taste. Let foods stand a few minutes before serving.
microwave-safe cookware.
4. Be sure foods are heated throughout before serving. Steaming
Cover most foods for fastest heating. Exceptions are some
or bubbling around edges of dish does not necessarily mean
sandwiches, griddle foods and baked items. food is heated throughout.
Bubbling around edges of dish is
no~al,
since the center is the
last to heat. Foods heated to
160°F.
to
165°F.
wiIl
provide safe,
If you use a meat thermometer while cooking, make sure
it is safe for use in microwave ovens.
Item
Amount
Power Level
Time
Bakery Foods
Cake, coffee cake, doughnuts, sweet rolls,
1 piece
Low (3)
1/4 to 1/2 min.
nut or fruit bread
9
inch cake or
Low (3)
2 to 4 min.
12
rol]s
or doughnuts
Dinner rolls, muffins
1
Medium (5)
1/4 to 1/2 min.
6 to
8
Medium (5)
1 to
2
min.
Pie:
fruit, nut or custard;
1
slice= l/8 of 9 inch pie
1 slice
1/2
to
1
min.
(use minimum time for custard)
9 inch pie
Meal-High (7)
3 to 5 min.
Beverages
Cocoa, other milk based drinks (6 oz.
per cup)
1 to 2 cups
Meal-High (7)
2 to 4 min.
Coffee, other
water-based drinks (6 oz.
per cup)
1
to 2 cups
2 to 3 min.
Meats and Main Dishes
Chicken
piec=
1
to 2 pieces
Hamburgers or meatloaf (4 oz.
per serving)
1
to
2 servings
Hot dogs and sausages
1 to 2
Rce
and pasta (Z3-3/4
cup per serving)
1 to 2 servings
Saucy, main dishes:
chop
suey,
spaghetti, creamed chicken,
1 to 2 servings
chili, stew, macaroni and cheese, etc. (3/4-1 cup per serving)
Steaks, chops, ribs, meat pieces
1 to
2 servings
Meal-High (7)
Thinly-sliced
mat
(3 to 4 oz. per
serving)
1 to 2 servings
Meal-High (7)
Topped or mixed with sauce (2/3-3/4
cup per serving)
1 to 2 servings
Tip:
Cover saucy main dishes with plastic wrap. Cover other main dishes and meats with wax paper.
When heating or reheating 3 to 4 servings of meat slices or pieces. rotate dish
1/2
turn after half of cooking time.
1 to 2 min.
1 to 2 min.
1
to
1
X
min.
1 to 2 min.
2 to 4 min.
1
X
to
2fi
min
1
to 2 min.
2 to 4 min.
Plate of Leftovers
Meat
plus
2 vegetables 1 plate
3 to 4
mirr
Tip: Cover plate of food
with wax paper or plastic wrap.
Sandwiches
Meat-cheese filling: with 2 slices of bread
1 to 2 servings
Meal-High (7)
1 to 2 min.
Moist filling: Sloppy
Joes,
barbecue, ham salad,
1
to 2 servings
Meal-High (7)
1
to 2 min.
etc. in bun (1/3 cup per serving)
Tip: Use paper towel or napkin to cover sandwiches.
soups
Milk-based (6 oz.
per serving)
1 to 2 servings
Meal-High (7)
1
X
to 4 min.
Water-based (6 oz.
per serving)
1 to 2 servings
1
X
to 3 min.
Tip:
Cover
soups
with wax paper or plastic wrap.
Vegetables
Large pieces or whole:
asparagus spears,
com
on the cob, etc.
1
to
2
servings
1 to
3
min.
Mashed
(1/2
cup per serving)
1
to 2 servings
2 to
4
min.
Small pieces:
peas, beans, corn, etc. (1/2 cup per serving)
1
to 2 servings
1
Z
to 3 min.
Tip:
Cover vegetables for most even heating.
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