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Pasta And Rice
Microwave cooking and conventbnal cooking of pasta,
rice, and cereal require about the same amount of time,
but the microwave is a more convenient method
because you can cook and serve _nthe same dish
There is no stirring needed and leftover pasta tastes
just like fresh cooked when reheated in the microwave
oven
Cooking Pasta and Rice: Tips and Techniques
• If you are ptanntng to use rice or pasta in a casserole, • The Pasta and Rice Cooking Tables below provide
undercook it so it is stlil firm specific directions, with Power Level and Cooking
• Allow for standing time with rice, but not for pasta Time settings for most common types of pasta and
rice
Pasta Cooking Table
TYPE OF PASTA POWER COOKING TIME DIRECTIONS
LEVEL
Spaghetti
4 cups water
Add 8 oz spaghetti
HI 9 to 10 minutes
5 71,_to 81`2minutes
Macaroni
3 cups water HI 6 to 7 minutes
Add 2 cups macaroni 5 51,2to 61r_minutes
Lasagna noodles
4 cups water Hi 7 to 8 minutes
Addaoz lasagnanoodJe& 5 11 to t2_r_ minutes
Egg noodles
6 cups water
Add 4 cups noodles
HI
5
8 to 10 minutes
51e to 6_ minutes
Combine hot tap water and salt, if desired Use a
2-quart mlcrowavable baking dish and cover with
vented plastic wrap for spaghetti and iasagna
noodfes Use microwavable lid or vented pfastic
wrap for macaroni and egg noodles
Cook at Power Level HI as directed in chart or until
water boils Stir in pasta; cook covered at Power
Level 5 as directed in chart or until tender
Drain in a colander
Rice Cooking Table
TYPE OF RICE
Long grain
2 lr4cups water
Add 1 cup rice
POWER
LEVEL
COOKING TIME
HI 41`2to 51t'2minutes
5 14 minutes
Brown
2 _r_cups water HI 4_`2to 5_r2minutes
Add I cup rice 5 28 minutes
Long grain and
wild rice mix
2 _r_cups water
Add 6 oz pkg
HI
5
HI
Quick cooking
1 cup water.
Add 1 cup rice
DIRECTIONS
Combine hot tap water and salt, if desired, in 2
quart microwavable casserole Cover with
mtcrowavable Iid or vented plastic wrap Cook as
directed in chart at Power Level Hi or until water
boils Stir in rice and any seasonings
Cook covered as directed in chart at Power Level 5
or until water }s absorbed and dce Is tender.
Let stand covered 5 to 10 minutes Ruff with fork
4 to 5 minutes
24 minutes
Cook water until it boils, Stir rice into boittng water
and let stand, covered 5 to 10 m_nutes or until water
2 to 3 minutes is absorbed and rice is tender Ftuff with fork
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