COOKING GUIDE FOR LOWER POWER LEVELS
The nine power | levels | in addition | to | HIGH allow you to | examples of foods best cooked at each level, and the |
choose the best | power | level for | the | food you are | amount of microwave power you are using. |
cooking. Below are listed all the power levels, |
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POWER LEVELMICROWAVE OUTPUT
10100%
HIGH
USE
•Boil water.
•Cook ground beef.
•Make candy.
•Cook fresh fruits and vegetables.
•Cook fish and poultry.
•Preheat browning dish.
9 | 90% | • Reheat meat | slices | quickly. | |
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| • Saute onions, celery, and green pepper. | |||
| 80% | • All reheating. |
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8 |
| • Cook | scrambled eggs. | ||
7 | 70% | • Cook | breads | and | cereal products. |
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| • Cook cheese dishes, veal. | |||
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| • Cook cakes, muffins, brownies, cupcakes. | |||
6 | 60% |
5 | 50% |
•Cook pasta.
•Cook meats, whole poultry.
•Cook custard.
•Cook whole chicken,, turkey, spare ribs, rib roast, sirloin roast.
440%
330%
•Cook less tender cuts of meat.
•Reheat frozen convenience foods.
•Thawing meat, poultry, and seafood.
•Cooking small quantities of food.
•Finish cooking casserole, stew, and some sauces.
2 | 20% | • Soften | butter | and cream cheese. | ||
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| • Heating small amounts of food. | ||||
1 | 10% | • Soften | ice | cream. | ||
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| • | Raise | yeast | dough. | |
0 |
| • | Standing | time. | ||
