How to Heat or Reheat SimilarTypes of Food
Two plates of leftoversmay be reheated together. Arrange thick or dense foods tooutside edgesof plate and cover with plastic wrap. Microwave atHIGH (IO) for 4to 5 minutes. Reverse position of plates (topto bottom) and rotate 1/2 turn. Continue microwaving at HIGH (IO) for4 t o 5 minutes. Continue heating, ifnccessary, until hot.
Reheatingtwo casseroles (height should be less than 3 %inches) is now possible. Cover withplastic wrap. Use staggered arrangements of food, placing food on right side of shelf and left side of floor. Refer to Heating or Reheating Guide in cookbook for suggested microwave time per casserole and add the times together. Microwave at HIGH (10) reversing position of foods (top to bottom) afterhalf of time. Also, heat several small bowls of leftovers this way, stirring and reversing positions after halfoftime.
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Two frozen individual entrees
(5 to 7 oz. each) or two TV dinners (10 to 12 oz. each)are both ready to serve at the same time. Remove foil covers. Removebatter foods: cook these conventionally. Return foil trays containing food to boxes in which they werepurchased. Place in oven withone TV dinneron right shelf and the second dinner o n left tloor. Microwave at HIGH(IO) for 9 minutes. Reverse positions (top to bottom) and rotate foods I/? turn. Continue microwaving at HIGH (IO) for 9 minutes. Check dinners for heating. Ifonc dinner seems lcsh done than desired. return it t o the box and continue heating on tloor
I to 2 more minutcs.
When heating severaldifferent types of food together, foods which should bc served hot must be placed o n the oven tloor. while foods which are only warmedshould be placed on the shelf. This is because microwave energy cntcrs the oven fromthe bottom only. Also. it is important
to remember that foodsabsorb microwave energy at different rates. Ratcs can be affectedby the size of thc f o t d . and its starting temperature.
Bccause ofthe varying rates, you may need to start reheating a large or dense food it k w minutcs ahead oftime. then add other smalleror less dense foods. Alternately, if one ofthefoods youare heating seems undercooked but the others are heated satisfactorily, let the underheated food continue cooking.
Heat or reheat different types of food at HIGH (IO). Todetermine heating times. add times for all foods together.(See heating guide in cookbook.) After half of time, stir or rearrange foods (do not reverse positions). Checkfoods (tloor especially) after 314 oftotal time and remove any whichare done. Continuecooking others.
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Place on floor, large or dense foods which need the mostheating. such as leftover fried chicken. casseroles of canned or leftover vegetables. rice or'pasta. Place on oven shelfthose foods which need only be warmed. such as bakery pies. rolls. muffins or breads.
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