Microwave Cooking | 19 |
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Tips for Microwave Cooking
•Arrange food carefully. Place thickest areas towards outside of dish.
•Watch cooking time. Cook for the shortest amount of time indicated and add more time as needed. Severely overcooked food can smoke or ignite.
•Cover foods while cooking. Check recipe or cookbook for suggestions: paper towels, wax paper, microwave plastic wrap or a lid. Covers prevent spattering and help foods to cook evenly.
•Shield any thin areas of meat or poultry with small flat pieces of aluminum foil to prevent overcooking before dense, thick areas are cooked thoroughly. Refer to cookware suggestions on page 20.
•Stir foods from outside to center of dish once or twice during cooking, if possible.
•Turn foods over once during microwave cooking to speed cooking of foods such as chicken and hamburg- ers. Large items like roasts must be turned over at least once.
•Rearrange foods such as meatballs halfway through cooking, both from top to bottom and from right to left.
•Add standing time. Remove food from microwave oven and stir, if possible. Cover for standing time which allows the food to finish cooking without overcooking.
•Check for doneness. Look for signs indicating that cooking temperatures have been reached.
SIGNS OF DONENESS
•Food steams throughout, not just at edge.
•Center bottom of dish is very hot to the touch.
•Poultry thigh joints move easily.
•Meat and poultry show no pinkness.
•Fish is opaque and flakes easily with a fork.
