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TiME COOKING - MEATS, POULTRY AND FiSH
PREPARATION
o Use a microwave-safe dish, etc.
• Defrost frozen foods completely..
° Wash poultry and fish in coot water.
o Arrange small items in a single layer
in dish, avoid overlapping edges of
food.
o Place thick sections toward edge of
the dish
° Use a rack in the dish to elevate meat
out of the juices.
o Use spices, seasonings as desired_
o Add salt after cooking if necessary.
o Aluminum foils can be used to cover
thin parts of meat or poultry wings
and legs to prevent overcooking
o Foils should be applied toward the
end of cooking time,
o Place meat fat side down.
COOKING
• Use wax paper or plastic wrap to stop
splattering.
o Turn over or rearrange meat, poultry
and fish halfway through cooking
time..
CHECKING DONENESS
Beef: The color inside meat indicates
doneness Rare roast should be red
inside. Medium is pink and gray
indicates well done
Pork: Cooked pork meat should be gray
with clear juice
Poultry: Juices should be clear yellow
when cooked. Legs should move freely
Fish and Seafood: Should be opaque
in color and flake easily.
To check internal temperature of various
meats and poultry, use a microwave or
conventional meat thermometer after
removing meat from the oven, Insert the
thermometer avoiding bone or fat. Lower
temperatures are found in the center of
the roast or in the muscle close to a large
bone, Never use a ._onventional meat
thermometer in the microwave oven.
Return undercooked food to oven for a
short period of time atthe recommended
power level Let stand as recommended
in chart. Cover roasts and whole poultry
during stand time.
Food
Beef
4 oz each
Hamburgers,
refrigerated 2 P100
4 P100
Hamburgers, frozen
2 P100
4 P100
Roasts, tender
t lb P 50
Cooking
Time
2 - 4 rain.
4 - 6 rain.
4 - 6 min i
7 - 9 min.
t0 _13 min..
Stand
Time
2 min
2 min..
3 min,
3 min,
10 - 15 min
Special Notes
Cook in a shallow dish.
Cover loosely with wax
paper.. Turn over halfway
through cooking.
Turn over and separate
halfway through cooking.
Cover with wax paper_
Shield halfway through
cooking and turn roast
over if necessary. Stand
tented with foil
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