COOKING

PASTA AND RICE

Microwave cooking and conventional cooking of pasta, rice, and cereal require about the same amount of time, but the microwave is a more convenient method because you can cook and serve in the same dish.

There is no stirring needed and leftover pasta tastes just like fresh cooked when reheated in the microwave oven.

Cooking Pasta and Rice: Tips and Techniques

•If you are planning to use rice or pasta in a casserole, undercook it so it is still firm.

•Allow for standing time with rice, but not for pasta.

•The Pasta and Rice Cooking Tables below provide specific directions, with Power Level and cooking time settings for most common types of pasta and rice.

Pasta Cooking

Table

 

 

TYPE OF PASTA

POWER

COOKING TIME

 

 

LEVEL

 

Spaghetti

 

HI

9 to 10 minutes

4 cups water Add

5

8 oz. spaghetti

 

 

71/2to 81/2minutes

 

 

 

Macaroni

 

HI

6 to 7 minutes

3 cups water Add

5

2 cups macaroni

 

51/2to 61/2minutes

 

 

Lasagna noodles

Hi

7 to 8 minutes

4 cups water Add

5

8 oz. lasagna

noodles

 

11 to 121/2minutes

 

 

Egg noodles

 

HI

8 to 10 minutes

6 cups water Add

5

4 cups noodles

 

51/2to 61/2 minutes

 

 

DIRECTIONS

Combine hot tap water and salt, if desired. Use a 2-quart microwavable baking dish and cover with vented plastic wrap for spaghetti and lasagna noodles. Use microwavable lid or vented plastic wrap for macaroni and egg noodles.

Cook at Power Level HI as directed in chart or until water boils. Stir in pasta; cook covered at Power Level 5 as directed in chart or until tender.

Drain in a colander.

Rice Cooking

Table

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TYPE OF RICE

POWER

COOKING TIME

 

 

 

DIRECTIONS

 

 

 

 

LEVEL

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long grain

 

 

HI

 

Combine

hot tap water and salt, if desired, in 2 quart

2 1/4cups water

Add

5

41/2to 51/2 minutes

microwavable

casserole. Cover with microwavable

lid

 

14 minutes

or vented

plastic wrap. Cook as directed in chart at

1 cup rice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power Level HI or until water boils. Stir in rice and any

Brown

 

 

HI

 

seasonings.

 

 

 

2 1/2cups water

Add

5

41/2to 51/2minutes

Cook covered

as directed in chart at Power Level

5 or

 

28 minutes

until water

is absorbed and rice is tender.

 

1 cup rice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let stand covered 5 to 10 minutes. Fluff with fork.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long grain and

 

Hi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

wild rice mix

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 1/3cups water

Add

 

4 to 5 minutes

 

 

 

 

 

 

24 minutes

 

 

 

 

 

6 oz. pkg.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quick cooking

 

HI

 

Cook water until

it boils. Stir rice into boiling water

and

1 cup water

Add

 

 

 

let stand,

covered

5 to 10 minutes or until water is

 

1 cup rice

 

 

 

2 to 3 minutes

absorbed

and

rice is tender. Fluff with fork.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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