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TIMED COOKING - MEATS, POULTRY AND FISH
PREPARATION CHECKINGDONENESS
• Use a microwave-safe dish. See page 23 for internal
• Defrost frozen food completely, temperatures for desired doneness.
• Wash poultry and fish in cool Beef: The color of the meat, on the
water, inside, indicates doneness. Rare
• Arrange small items in a single roast should be red inside. Medium
layer in dish, avoid overlapping is pink and gray indicates well
edges of food. done.
• Place thick sections toward edge Pork: Cooked pork meat should be
of the dish. gray with clearjuice.
• Use a rack in the dish to elevate Poultry: Juices should be clear
meat out of theluices, yellow when cooked. Legs should
• Use spices and seasonings as move freely.
desired. Fish and Seafood: Should be opaque
• Add salt after cooking, if in color and flake easily.
necessary.
• Aluminum foil can be used to To check internal temperature of
cover thin parts of meat or various meats and poultry, use a
poultry wings and legs to microwave or conventional meat
prevent overcooking, thermometer after removing meat
• Foil should be applied toward the from the oven. Insert the
end of cooking time. thermometer, avoiding bone or fat.
• Place meat fat side down to start Lower temperatures are found in
cooking. Turn fat side up half the center of the roast or in the
way through cooking time. muscle close to a large bone, Never
COOKING use a conventional meat
thermometer in the microwave oven.
• Use wax paper or plastic wrap to (See pg. 23).
stop spattering.
• Turn over or rearrange meat, Return undercooked food to oven
poultry and fish halfway through for a short period of time at the
cooking time. recommended power level. Let
stand as recommended in chart.
Cover roasts and whole poultry
during stand time.
Food Power Cooking Standing Special Notes
Time Time
Beef Place in ashallow dish
4 oz each and cover loosely with
Hamburgers, wax paper. Turn over
refrigerated 2 PIO0 2 - 4 min, 2 min. halfway through
4 P100 4 - 6 min. 2 min. cooking.
Hamburgers, frozen
2 P100 4 - 6 rain. 3 min. Defrost frozen patties
4 P100 7 - 9 min. 3 min. just enough to easily
separate. Turn over
halfway through
cooking.
Roasts, tender Cover with wax paper.
1 Ib P50 10-13rain. 10-15rain. Shield halfway through
cooking and turn roast
over if necessary, Stand
tented with foil.
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