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Cooking Guide
Poultry
Directions for Cooking Poultry Pieces by Microwave
Arrange pieces skin-side up, and evenly spread in a
shallow dish.
Cover with wax paper, or paper towel. Multiply the
weight by the minimum time recommended in the
chart.
Poultry Chart for Microwave Cooking by Time
Poultry
Chicken
(up to 2.8 kg)
Chicken
(Pieces)
Turkey
Duck
Power
MED HIGH
MED HIGH
MED HIGH
MED HIGH
Temperature After
Cooking
87˚C
87˚C
87˚C
87˚C
Approx. Cooking Time
(minutes per 500 g)
10 to 15
6 to 8
10 to 15
10 to 15
Pepper Chicken
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons butter
4 chicken breast fillets
1 tablespoon ground black pepper
2 to 3 cloves crushed garlic
1 tablespoon seeded mustard
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1
/
2
cup cream
Method:
Preheat a browning dish on HIGH for 5 to 7 minutes.
Flatten chicken fillets and press pepper onto each
fillet. Add butter and garlic to browning dish with
chicken and cook on MED HIGH for 6 to
8 minutes.Turn halfway through cooking. Remove
chicken and add mustard, lemon juice and cream to
dish, stir well. Replace fillets into dish and cook on
MED HIGH for 1 to 2 minutes.
Chicken Cacciatore
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
1 kg chicken drumsticks
440 g can tomatoes
1
/
4
cup tomato paste
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 onion, sliced
2 teaspoons dried oregano
Method:
In a 3-litre dish mix all the ingredients.
Set on MED HIGH for 12 to 15 minutes.
Turn over. Stir. Set MED HIGH for 15 minutes.
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