| Roasting |
| Roasting is cooking by dry heat. |
| (9Tender meat or poultry can be |
| roasted uncovered in your oven. |
| Roasting temperatures, which |
| should be low and steady, keep |
| spattering to a minimum. When |
| roasting, it is not necessary to sear, |
I | baste, cover, or add water to your |
Imeat. Roasting is easy, just f~llow
Step2: Check weight of roast. Place meat
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Step 4: Most meats continue to cook slightly while standing after being removed from the oven. Standing time recommended for roasts is 10 to 20 minutes to allow roast to firm up and make it easier to carve. Internal temperature will rise about 5° to 10”F.; to compensate for temperature rise, if desired,
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these steps:
Step 1. Position oven shelf at second from bottom position (B) for small size roast (3 to 5 lbs.) and at bottom position (A) for larger roasts.
Roasting Guide
Step 3: Turn OVEN TEMP to desired temperature. Check the Roasting G~ide for temperatures and app~oximate cooking times.
remove roast horn oven at 5° to 10”F. less than temperature on guide.
Frozen Roasts
Frozen roasts of beef, pork, lamb, etc., can be started without thawing, but allow 15 to 25 minutes per pound additional time (15 minutes per pound for roasts under 5 pounds, more time for larger roasts).
Thaw most frozen poultry before roasting to ensure even doneness. Some commercial frozen poultry can be cooked successful] y without thawing. Follow directions given on packer’s label.
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Meat
Tender cuts; rib, high quality sirloin tip, rump or top round*
Lamb leg or
Veal shoulder, leg or loin*
Pork loin, rib or shoulder*
Ham,
Ham, raw
*For boneless rolled roasts over
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Chicken or Duck
Chicken pieces
Turkey
Oven |
| Approximate | Roasting llme |
| Internal |
Temperature | Doneness | in Minutes per Pbund |
| Temperature W | |
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| 3 to 54bs. |
| 6 to |
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325° | Rare: |
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| Medium: |
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| Well Done: |
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325° | Rare: |
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| Medium: |
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| Well Done: |
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325° | Well Done: |
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325° | Well Done: |
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325° | To Warm: | per lb. (any weight) | |||
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| Under 10 lbs. |
| 10 to |
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325° | Well Done: |
| 170° |
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| 3 to | Over | 5 lbs. |
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325° | Well Done: |
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375° | Well Done: |
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| 10 to | Over | 15 Ibs. | In thigh: |
325° | Well Done: |
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