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Cooking Rice by Micro power
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size, amounts of water and cooking time. Add grain | special rice, substitute beef or chicken stock for | ||||
to water. Add salt and butter according to package | water. Add cooked onion, mushrooms or crumbled | ||||
directions. Cook on High for time recommended in | bacon before serving. |
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| 11⁄3 cups | 10 | 5 |
Quick Cook Brown (1 cup) |
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Brown (1 cup) |
| 3 cups | 25 to 30 | 10 | |
Long Grain (1 cup) |
| 2 cups | 12 to 14 | 5 | |
Short Grain (1 cup) |
| 2 cups | 12 to 14 | 5 | |
Jasmine (1 cup) |
| 2 cups | 12 to 14 | 5 |
Rice, Pasta and
COOKING RICE BY AUTO COOK
•Minimum weight 1 cup / Maximum weight 21/2 cups
•Suitable for cooking white rice including short, long grain and specialty rices.
•Place rice with water in a suitable sized dish. Use the following as a guide:
Rice | Water | Dish Size | |
1 cup | 2 cups | 3 litre | |
11⁄2 | cups | 3 cups | 3 litre |
2 cups | 4 cups | 4.5 litre | |
21⁄2 | cups | 5 cups | 4.5 litre |
*(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.
•Stand rice for 5 to 10 minutes after cooking, if necessary.
•This setting is not suitable for cooking brown rice or wild rice.
To Operate:
Select Rice, press Serving/Weight Pad to select serve required, then press Start.
SAUSAGE & BEAN STUFFED CAPSICUMS
Serves: 4 |
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250 g | thin Italian sausages |
1 | small onion, chopped |
2 tablespoons | tomato paste |
1 tablespoon | chopped parsley |
440 g | red kidney beans, drained |
1⁄2 cup | cooked long grain rice |
4 | medium red capsicum |
1⁄4 cup | tomato paste, extra |
1 tablespoon | grated Parmesan cheese |
Method:
Place sausages onto a paper towel lined dinner plate. Cook on medium high for 2 minutes, turn and cook for a further 2 minutes. Set aside. Place onion and tomato paste into a medium microwave safe bowl. Cook uncovered on High for 2 minutes. Remove skins from sausages and cut sausages into 1cm slices. Stir through onion mixture along with parsley, beans and rice. Remove tops from capsicum. Take out the seeds and white membrane and discard. Fill capsicum with stuffing mixture. Place into a shallow sided microwave safe dish. Blend together extra tomato paste with half a cup of water. Pour over and around capsicum. Cook uncovered on High for 12 to 14 minutes. Rotate halfway through cooking. Sprinkle each capsicum with Parmesan and cook on High for a further 2 minutes.
Tip: substitute any thin sausages Freeze leftover rice then defrost on High for 2 minutes per cup
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