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Microwave cooking tips
Amount of food
•
If you increase or decrease the amount of food
you prepare, the time it takes to cook that food will
also change. For example, if you double a recipe,
add a little more than half the original cooking time.
Check for doneness and, if necessary, add more
time in small increments.
Starting temperature of food
•
The lower the temperature of the food being put
into the microwave oven, the longer it takes to cook.
Food at room temperature will be reheated more
quickly than food at refrigerator temperature.
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OTHER FOOD
FOOD
Baked Apples (4 large)
Chocolate
(melt 1 square)
Eggs, Scrambled (2)
Eggs, Scrambled (4)
Egg, Poached (1)
Eggs, Poached (2)
Rice, Parboiled
(1 cup uncooked)
Nachos (large plate)
Pie, reheated (1 slice)
Pie, reheated (2 slices)
TIME AND COOKING TIPS
5 to 10 min, or until apples are tender.
1 to 2 min.
1 min 15 sec to 1 min 45 sec, or until puffy and set
but still moist.
Add 2 tbsp milk or water. Stir after 1 min.
2 to 3 min, or until puffy and set but still moist.
Add
1
⁄4 cup milk or water. Stir every min.
1 to 1
1
⁄2 min or until almost set.
Break egg into bowl with boiling water.
Prick yolk.
Cook covered. Let stand 1 min.
1 to 1
1
⁄2 min, or until almost set.
Break eggs into bowl with boiling water.
Prick yolks.
Cook covered. Let stand 1 min.
5 min.
13 to 15 min.
Add 2
1
⁄2 cups water. Cook covered.
Stir after 10 min.
Let stand 5 min.
1
1
⁄2 to 3 min.
45 sec to 1 min.
1
1
⁄2 min to 1 min 45 sec.
COOK POWER
100%
50%
100%
100%
50%
50%
100%,
then 50%
50%
70%
70%
COOKING GUIDE
Composition of food
•
Food with a lot of fat and sugar will be heated
faster than food containing a lot of water. Fat and
sugar will also reach a higher temperature than
water in the cooking process.
•
The more dense the food, the longer it takes to heat.
“Very dense” food like meat takes longer to reheat
than lighter, more porous food like sponge cakes.
Size and shape
•
Smaller pieces of food will cook faster than larger
pieces. Also, same-shaped pieces cook more
evenly than different-shaped pieces.
•
With foods that have different
thicknesses, the thinner parts will cook faster than
the thicker parts. Place the thinner parts of chicken
wings and legs in the center of the dish.