Cooking Instructions

Cooking Guide

GUIDE for Cooking Meat in Your Microwave

•Place meat on a microwave-safe roasting rack in a microwave-safe dish.

•Start meat fat-side down. Use narrow strips of aluminum foil to shield any bone tips or thin meat areas.

•Check the temperature in several places before letting the meat stand the recommended time.

•The following temperatures are removal temperatures. The temperature of the food will rise during the standing time.

Food

Cook Time/Power Level

Directions

 

 

 

Roast Beef

Cooking Time:

Place roast fat-side down on

Boneless

7-10 min. / lb. for 115° F -

roasting rack. Cover with wax

 

Rare

paper. Turn over when cooking

Up to 4 lbs.

8-11 min. / lb. for 120° F -

time is half up. Let stand 10

 

Medium

min.

 

9-14 min. / lb. for 145° F -

 

 

Well Done

 

 

Power Level: High(Hi)

 

 

for first 5 min., then

 

 

Medium(50).

 

Pork

Cooking Time:

Place roast fat-side down on

Boneless

8-12 min. / lb. for 160° F

roasting rack. Cover with

or bone-in

Well Done

vented plastic wrap. Turn over

 

Power Level: High(Hi)

when cooking time is half up.

Up to 4 lbs.

Let stand 10 min.

 

for first 5 min., then

 

 

Medium(50).

 

Bacon

Cooking Time:

Arrange slices on roasting rack

 

2 slices: 1½- 2 min.

or a dish lined with paper-

2-6 slices

4 slices: 2½- 3½ min.

towel. Cover with paper towel.

 

6 slices: 4-5½ min.

Microwave until crisp.

 

Power Level: High(Hi).

 

 

 

 

GUIDE for Cooking Poultry in Your Microwave

•Place poultry on a microwave-safe roasting rack in a microwave-safe dish.

•Cover poultry with wax paper to prevent spattering.

•Use aluminum foil to shield bone tips, thin meat areas, or areas that start to overcook.

•Check the temperature in several places before letting the poultry stand the recommended time.

Food

Cook Time/Power Level

Directions

 

 

 

Whole

Cooking Time:

Place chicken breast-side down

Chicken

8-11 min. / lb. 170° -180°F

on roasting rack. Cover with

 

Power Level: High(Hi).

wax paper. Turn over when

Up to 4

cooking time is half up. Cook

lbs.

 

until juices run clear and meat

 

 

near the bone is no longer pink.

 

 

Let stand 5-10 min.

Chicken

Cooking Time:

Place chicken bone-side down

Pieces

6-9 min. / lb.

on dish, with the thickest

 

180°F dark meat

portions towards the outside of

Up to 2

170°F light meat

the dish. Cover with wax paper.

lbs.

Power Level: High(Hi).

Turn over when cooking time is

 

 

half up. Cook until juices run

 

 

clear and meat near the bone is

 

 

no longer pink. Let stand 5-10

 

 

min.

 

 

 

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