Appetizers & Soups, Canned Soups Cooking Table

APPETIZERS & SOUPS

MICROWAVING APPETIZERS & SOUPS: TIPS & TECHNIQUES

Many appetizers can be prepared ahead of time, like meatballs and dips. They will reheat well on serving trays and casseroles in just a minute or two.

Some other uses for the microwave oven:

Cook refrigerated cheese 30 seconds at MEDIUM for easrer slicing.

Soften 8 oz. cream cheese for a spread by removing foil and microwave at medium for 1 minute. Freshen potato chips and pretzels by microwaving at HIGH for 1 minute per cup. Let stand until crisp. What you can’t do:

Don’t deep fat fry appetizers.

Pull pastry does not microwave well

Breaded products can be microwaved, but they do not come out crispy.

Use HIGH power for water-based soups and MEDIUM for milk or cream-based soups; soups with uncooked meat or chicken start on HIGH and finish on DEFROST.

Microwave soups in a container with twice the volume of the ingredients to prevent boiling over. Generally microwaved soups are covered with either a casserole lid, waxed paper or plastic wrap.

		APPETIZERS COOKING	TABLE
	Food	Amount	Power Level	Cooking Time
Meatballs		20	HIGH	3 to 8	minutes
(1 lb.=40)
Saucy Appetizers		2 cups	HIGH	7 to 8	minutes
(cocktail	franks	in sauce)
Cheese	DIP	1 cup	MEDIUM	6 minutes
Sour Cream Dip		1 cup	DEFROST	5% minutes
Canapes		12	MEDIUM	2 to 4	minutes

(spread on crackers or toast) III

		CANNED SOUPS		COOKING TABLE
	soup		Amount	Power Level		Cooking		Time
Water-based		l-8	oz. serving	HIGH	2% to 3%			minutes
-	Condensed	10% oz. can		HIGH	6	to 8 minutes
Milk or		l-8	oz. serving	MEDIUM	3	to 5 minutes
Cream-based		10% oz. can		MEDIUM	7 to 8		minutes
-	Condensed	15 oz. can		MEDIUM	11 to 12 minutes
Bean, pea		l-8	oz. serving	MEDIUM	3	to 5	minutes
or mushroom		10% oz. can		MEDIUM	7 to 8		minutes

-Condensed

Undiluted	10% oz. can	HIGH	3	to 4	minutes
Chunk-style	19 to 20 oz. can	HIGH	6	to 7	minutes

1.Mix soup as directed on can or package in a 1% or 2-quart casserole; individual servings can be heated in a mug or soup bowl.

2.Cover and microwave as directed above. Stir once or twice.

3.Let stand, covered, 3 minutes before serving.

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