Cooking in your microwave oven
Be sure to read the MICRO MENUS@Cookbook packed with the microwave oven. It contains information about:
What microwave energy is.
How food is cooked by microwave energy.
What affects cooking speed and cooking evenness.
Safety tips.
Utensils to use when cooking in a microwave oven.
Cooking times for different foods.
Important fhlngs to remember to get the best cooklng results.
ALWAYScook food for the minimum recommended cooking time. If necessary, add time in one or two minute periods, then check for doneness to avoid overcooking the food.
Stir,turn or rearrange the food being cooked about halfway through the cooking time for most even doneness with all recipes.
If a glass cover is not available, use waxpaper, paper towels or microwave approved plastic wrap. Turn back a corner to vent steam during cooking.
Setting the controls
Be sure you understand the basics of microwave recipes from your MICRO MENUS@Cookbook.
oven cooking before you start. Start with Follow the directions carefully.
1. Open the oven door by pressing the DOOR OPEN Button on the bottom of the control panel.
2.Place food in the oven, then close the door. The oven won’t work If the door Isn’t closed tightly.
3.Set the cooking time by turn- ing the Timer Knob clock- wise. To reduce the cooking time, turn the Tlmer Knob counterclockwise. Each mark Is 30 seconds for the first 10 mlnutes. After 10 minutes, each mark Is 1 minute.
To set tfmer for less than 1 mlnute, turn ffmer past 1 mlnute then to deslred tlme.
