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TIMED COOKING - MEATS, POULTRY AND FISH
PREPARATION CHECKING DONENESS
• Use a microwave-safe dish. Beef:The color of the meat, on the
• Defrostfrozen food completely, inside, indicates doneness. Rare
• Wash poultry and fish in cool roast should be red inside. Medium
water, is pink and gray indicates well
• Arrange small items in a single done.
layer in dish, avoid overlapping Pork:Cooked pork meat should be
edges of food. gray with clear juice.
• Place thick sections toward edge Poultry:Juices should be clear
of the dish. yellow when cooked. Legs should
• Use a rack in the dish to elevate move freely.
meat out of the juices. FishandSeafood:Should be opaque
• Use spices and seasonings as in color and flake easily.
desired.
• Add salt after cooking, if To check internal temperature of
necessary, various meats and poultry, use a
• Aluminum foil can be used to microwave or conventional meat
cover thin parts of meat or thermometer after removing meat
poultry wings and legs to from the oven. Insert the
prevent overcooking, thermometer, avoiding bone or fat.
• Foil should be applied toward the Lower temperatures are found in
end of cooking time. the center of the roast or in the
• Place meat fat side down to start muscle close to a large bone, Never
cooking. Turn fat side up half usea conventionalmeat
way through cooking time. thermometer inthe microwaveoven.
COOKING (Seepg. 24).
• Usewax paper or plasticwrap to
stop splattering. Return undercooked food to oven
• Turn over or rearrange meat, for a short period of time at the
poultry and fish halfway through recommended power level. Let
stand as recommended in chart,
cooking time. Cover roasts and whole poultry
during stand time.
Cooking Standing SpecialNotes
Food Power Time Time
Beef Placeina shallowdish
4 ozeach and coverlooselywith
Hamburgers, wax paper.Turnover
refrigerated 2 P100 2 - 4 rain. 2 rain. halfway through
4 P10O 4 - 6 rain. 2 rain. cooking.
Hamburgers,frozen
2 P100 4 - 6 rain. 3 rain. Defrostfrozenpatties
4 P100 7 - 9 rain. 3 min, just enoughto easily
separate.Turn over
halfway through
cooking.
Roasts,tender Coverwith wax paper.
lib P50 10-13rain. 10-15min, Shield halfway through
cooking andturn roast
over if necessary.Stand
tentedwith foil.
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