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information You Need To Know
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About 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 as
needed. Food severely overcooked 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 with small flat pieces of aluminum foil
any thin areas of meat or poultry to prevent
overcooking before dense, thick areas are
cooked thoroughly.
° Stir foods from outside to center of dish once or
twice during cooking, if possible.
° Turn foods over once during microwaving to
speed cooking of such foods as chicken and
hamburgers. 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 the center of the dish to the outside.
Add standing time. Remove food from 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.
Doneness signs include:
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.
About food
General • Cut baked goods with filling after heating • Heat or cook in closed glass jars or air
to release steam and avoid burns, tight containers.
Stir liquids briskly before and after heating - Can in the microwave as harmful
to avoid "eruption". bacteria may not be destroyed.
• Use deep bow]. when cooking liquids or • Deep fat fry.
cereals, to prevent boilovers Dry wood, gourds, herbs or wet papers.
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