Panasonic NN-GT546W Microwave Oven User Manual


 
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Auto Cook Menu
Pre-cooked foods are reheated automatically by setting the
food’s serving. You need not select power level or reheating
time. The foods should be at refrigerator or room tempera-
ture. Use suitable sized dish and cover with a lid or
microwave safe plastic. Stir at the beep.
Note: When reheating items such as soups, stews, and
casseroles, it is recommended that they are stirred at half of
reheating time and at completion of reheating.
Auto Reheat
Suitable for cooking dried pasta. Place pasta and water in a
large sized dish to prevent from boiling over. Use hot tap
water at a ratio of:
Add 1 tablespoon of oil, if desired, before cooking to prevent
the pasta from sticking together. Cover with plastic wrap or a
fitting lid. Stir at the beep. Stand for 5 to 10 minutes at the
completion of cooking time.
Pasta
Suitable for cooking whole fish and fish fillets. Select fish
suitable for microwave cooking and place in a single layer in
a shallow dish, with skin-side down. Add butter, spices,
herbs, or lemon juice to flavor. Overlap thin edges of fillets to
prevent overcooking. If stuffing whole fish with seasoning,
cooking time may need to be extended. Shield the eye and
tail area of whole fish with small amounts of aluminum foil to
prevent overcooking. Cover dish securely with plastic wrap
or fitted lid. Halfway through the cooking time, turn over the
fish. Allow large amounts of fish to stand for 3 to 5 minutes
after cooking before serving. (thickness of fish should not be
more than 3 cm)
Steam Fish
It is suitable for reheating most fried foods, fried chicken,
curry puffs, fried spring roll, etc. Arrange fried food on wire
rack placed on glass tray. Turn over at the beep.
Reheat Fried Foods
Suitable for cooking all types of leaf, green and soft varieties,
including broccoli, squash, cauliflower, cabbage, asparagus,
beans, celery, zucchini, spinach, capsicum or a mixture of
these. All vegetables should be trimmed or prepared and cut
into even size pieces. Add 1 tablespoon to
1
/4 cup water if
vegetables appear slightly dehydrated. Add water if you pre-
fer a softer cooked texture. Place in a suitable size dish.
Butter, herbs etc. may be added before heating, but do not
add salt until serving. Cover with plastic wrap or a well fitting
lid. Halfway through the cooking time, the oven will ‘beep’
and prompt you to stir and rearrange the vegetables. At the
completion of heating, stir larger quantities of vegetables. Let
stand, covered, for 2 to 3 minutes.
Vegetables
Suitable for cooking chicken pieces such as wings, drum-
sticks, thighs, half breasts etc. Chicken pieces should be
thawed completely before cooking. Marinate chicken pieces
prior to cooking, for added flavor and color. Place marinated
chicken pieces on wire rack, with a shallow dish underneath
to collect drips. Turn over at the beep.
Chicken Pcs.
Potatoes should be trimmed or prepared and cut into evenly
sliced pieces. Add 1 tablespoon to
1
/4 cup of water to vegeta-
bles, if dehydrated or softer texture is desired. Place in a
appropriate size dish and cover with plastic wrap or well fit-
ting lid. Halfway through the cooking time, stir potatoes. This
will assist in even cooking.
Potatoes
Suitable for cooking white rice including short, long grain,
Jasmine and Basmati. Place rice with water in a suitable
sized dish. Use the following as a guide:
*(It may be necessary to adjust the amount of water to your
personal preference.)
Rice will boil over if the dish used is too small. Cook rice
uncovered. Do not cook in plastic containers unless suitable
for high temperature cooking. Stir at the beep. Stand rice for
5 to 10 minutes after cooking, if necessary. This setting is
not suitable for cooking brown rice.
Rice
It is suitable for cooking meat pieces on microwave-safe
skewers, Cut meat and vegetables into oven sized pieces.
Place meat skewers on wire rack, with a shallow dish under-
neath to collect drips. Turn over at the beep.
Meat Skewers
Pasta
150 g
250 g
375 g
500 g
Water
4 cups
5 cups
6 cups
8 cups
Rice
1 cup
1.5 cups
2 cups
2.5 cups
Dish Size
3 litre
3 litre
4.5 litre
4.5 litre
* Water
2 cups
3 cups
4 cups
5 cups
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