Cooking Charts
Cooking meat in your microwave
Be sure to place prepared meats on a
check the temperature in several places before letting the meat stand the recommended time. Please note that the temperatures in the following charts are temperature at removal time; the temperature will rise during the standing period.
Meat | Power level | Cook time | Directions |
Ÿ Roast beef boneless | High (10) for | Place roast beef | |
(up to 4 lbs.) | first 5 minutes, | 160° F (Medium) | Cover with wax paper. Turn over half way |
| then medium (5) |
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| 170° F (Well Done) |
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Roast pork boneless | High (10) for | Place roast pork | |
or | first 5 minutes, | F (Well Done) | Cover with wax paper. Turn over half way |
(up to 4 lbs.) | then medium (5) |
| through cooking. Let stand * |
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* Expect a 10° F rise in the temperature during the standing period.
Meat | Doneness | Remove from oven | After standing |
Beef | Medium | 150° F | 150° F |
| Well Done | 160° F | 160° F |
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Pork | Medium | 150° F | 150° F |
| Well Done | 160° F | 160° F |
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Poultry | Dark meat | 170° F | 170° F |
| Light meat | 160° F | 160° F |
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Cooking poultry in your microwave
Be sure to place poultry on a
Poultry | Cook time / power level | Directions | |
Ÿ Whole chicken | Cook time: | Place chicken | |
(up to 4 lbs.) | 180° F dark meat | wax paper. Turn over half way through cooking. Cook until | |
| 170° F light meat | juices run clear and meat near bone is no longer pink. Let | |
| Power level: medium high (7) | stand for | |
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Chicken pieces | Cook time: | Place chicken | |
(up to 4 lbs.) | 180° F dark meat | toward the inside of dish. Cover with wax paper. Turn over | |
| 170° F light meat | half way through cooking. Cook until juices run clear and meat | |
| Power level: medium high (7) | near bone is no longer pink. Let stand for | |
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Cooking eggs in your microwave |
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Ÿ Never cook eggs in the shell and never warm hard- | Ÿ Cook eggs just until set; they will become tough if | ||
cooked eggs in the shell; they can explode. | |||
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ŸAlways pierce whole eggs to keep them from bursting.
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