GE 164D2966P205-1 manual Broiling Guide

BROILING GUIDE

•Always use the broiler pan and grid that comes with your oven. It is designed to minimize smoking and spattering by trapping juices in the shielded lower part of the pan.

•The oven door should be open to the broil stop position.

•For steaks and chops, slash fat evenly around the outside edges of the meat. To slash, cut crosswise through the outer fat surface just to the edge of the meat. Use tongs to turn meat over to prevent piercing the meat and losing juices.

•If desired, marinate meats or chicken before broiling, or brush with barbecue sauce last 5 to 10 minutes only.

•When arranging food on the pan, do not let fatty edges hang over the sides because the dripping fat will soil the oven.

•The broiler does not need to be preheated. However, for very thin foods, or to increase browning, preheat if desired.

•Frozen steaks can be broiled by positioning the oven shelf at next lowest shelf position and increasing cooking time given in this guide 11⁄2 times per side.

•Use LO Broil to cook foods such as poultry or thick pork chops thoroughly without over-browning them.

•If your oven is connected to 208 volts, rare steaks may be broiled by preheating the broiler and positioning the oven shelf one position higher.

Broiling

	Quantity and/or	Shelf	First Side	Second Side
Food	Thickness	Position	Time, Minutes	Time, Minutes	Comments
Ground Beef	1 lb. (4 patties)	E	10	7	Space evenly.
Well Done	1/2 to 3/4 inch thick
	4 lbs. (16 patties)	E	10	9
Beef Steaks
Rare	3/4 to 1 inch thick	E	8	6	Steaks less than 3/4 inch thick are
Medium	(1 to 11⁄2 lbs.)	E	10	8	difficult to cook rare.
Well Done		E	12	10
Rare	11⁄2 inches thick	E	10	8	Slash fat.
Medium	(2 to 21⁄2 lbs.)	E	15	14–16
Well Done		E	25	20–25
Chicken	1 whole	C	25	10	Brush each side with melted butter.
	(2 to 21⁄2 lbs.),				Broil skin-side-down first.
	split lengthwise
	Breast	C	25	15
Bakery Products
Bread (Toast) or	2 to 4 slices	F	3	1	Space evenly. Place English muffins
English Muffins	2 (split)	F	3–4		cut-side-up and brush with butter,
					if desired.
Lobster Tails	2–4	C	13–16	Do not	Cut through back of shell. Spread
	(6 to 8 oz. each)			turn over.	open. Brush with melted butter before
					broiling and after half of broiling time.
Fish	1-lb. fillets 1/4 to	E	5	5	Handle and turn very carefully.
	1/2 inch thick				Brush with lemon butter before
					and during cooking, if desired.
Ham Slices	1/2 inch thick	D	6	6
(precooked)	1 inch thick	D	8	8
Pork Chops	2 (1/2 inch thick)	E	10	10	Slash fat.
Well Done	2 (1 inch thick),	D	15	15
	about 1 lb.
Lamb Chops
Medium	2 (1 inch thick),	E	10	9	Slash fat.
Well Done	about 10 to 12 oz.	E	12	10
Medium	2 (11⁄2 inches thick),	E	14	12
Well Done	about 1 lb.	E	17	12–14

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Broiling Guide