How to Heat or Reheat Similar ~pes of Food
Because of the varying rates, you may need to start reheating larger or more dense foods a few minutes ahead of time, then add other smaller or less dense foods. Alternately, if one of the foods you are heating seems undercooked but the others are heated satisfactorily,
Two plates of leftovers maybe reheated together. Arrange thick or dense foods to outside edges of plate and cover with plastic wrap. Microwave at High (10) for 2 to 3 minutes. Reverse position of plates (top to bottom) and rotate 1/2 turn. Continue microwaving at High (10) for 2 to 3 minutes. Continue heating, if necessary, until hot.
Reheating two casseroles (height should be less than 3 V2 inches) is possible. Cover with plastic 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) after half of time. Several small bowls of leftovers may be heated in the same way, stirring and reversing positions after half of time.
Two frozen individual entrees (5 to 7 oz. each) or two TV dinners (10 to U oz. each) are both ready to serve at the same time. Remove trays of food from their boxes. If there are foil covers, remove them and return the trays of food to their boxes. (Battered foods should be removed from the trays and cooked conventionally. ) Place in oven with one TV dinner or entree on right side of shelf and the second dinner or entree on left side of floor. Microwave at High (10) for 7 minutes. Reverse positions (top to bottom) and rotate foods 1/2 turn. Continue microwaving at High (10) for 7 minutes. Check dinners for heating. If one dinner seems less done than desired, return it to the box and continue heating on floor 1 to 2 more minutes.
How to Reheat Several Different ~pes of Foods Together
When heating several different types of food together, foods which should be served hot must be Dlaced on the oven floor, while foods’which are only warmed should be placed on the shelf. This is because microwave energy enters the oven from the bottom only. Also, it is important to remember that foods absorb microwave energy at different rates. Rates can be affected by the size of the food and its starting temperature.
let the underheated food continue cooking.
Heat or reheat different types of food at High (10). To determine heating times, add times for all foods together. (See Heating Guide in cook~ook. ) After half of;ime, stir or rearrange foods (do not reverse positions). Check foods (especially those on oven floor) after 3/4 of total time and remove any which are done. Continue cooking others.
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Place on floor larger or more dense foods which need the most heating, such as leftover fried chicken, casseroles of canned or leftover ve~e~bles, rice or pasta. Place on o~en shelf those fbods which need only be warmed, such as bakery pies, rolls, muffins or breads.
Pop popcorn on the microwave oven floor only. Popcorn placed on the oven shelf will not pop properly Use a special microwave popcorn accessory or popcorn labeled for use in microwave ovens.
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