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MICROWAVE COOKING TIPS
Amount of food
• If you increase or decrease theamount of food
you prepare,the time ittakes to cook that food will
also change. For example, ifyou double a recipe,
add a little morethan half theoriginal cooking time.
Check fordoneness and, if necessary,add more
time in small increments,
Startingtemperature of food
•The lowerthe temperature of thefood being put
intothe microwave oven, the longer it takesto cook.
Food at roomtemperature will be re-heated more
quicklythan food at refrigeratortemperature,
Composition of food
•Food with a lot of fat and sugarwillbe heated
fasterthan food containinga lotofwater, Fat and
sugarwill also reach a highertemperature than
water in the cooking process,
•The more dense the food, the longer ittakes to
heat, "Very dense" food likemeat takes longerto
heat than lighter, moreporous food likesponge
cakes,
Sizeandshape
•Smaller pieces of food will cook fasterthan larger
pieces,Also, same shaped piecescook more
evenly than different-shaped pieces.
•With foods that have different thicknesses, the
thinner partswill cook faster than the thickerparts,
Place thethinner parts of chicken wingsand legsin
thecenter of thedish.
Stirring,turning foods
•Stirring and turning foods spreads heat quicklyto
thecenter of thedish and avoids overcooking atthe
outer edgesof the food,
Coveringfood
Cover food to:
• Reduce splattering
•Shorten cooking times
• Keep foodmoist
You can use any covering that lets microwaves pass
through, See "Gettingto KnowYour Microwave
Oven"for materials that microwaveswill pass
through. If you are using the Sensorfunction, be sure
tovent,
Releasingpressureinfoods
• Several foods (forexample: baked potatoes,
sausages, egg yolks, and some fruits) are tightly
covered by a skin or membrane. Steam can build up
under the membrane during cooking,causing the
foodto burst.To relievethe pressure and to prevent
bursting,pierce these foods beforecooking with a
fork,cocktail pick, or toothpick.
Usingstandingtime
• Always allow food to stand after cooking.
Standingtime after defrostingand cooking allows
the temperatureto evenly spread throughout the
food, improving the cooking results.
• The length of the standing time depends on how
much food you are cooking and how dense it is.
Sometimes it can be as short as the time it takes
you to remove the foodfrom the ovenand take itto
the serving table, However, with larger,denser food,
the standing time may be as long as 10 minutes.
Arranging food
For best results, placefood evenly on the plate, You
can do this in several ways:
• Ifyou are cooking several items of the same
food, such as baked potatoes,place them in a ring
pattern for uniform cooking,
• When cooking foods of uneven shapes or
thickness, such as chicken breasts, place the
smaller or thinner area of the food towardsthe
center of thedish where it will be heated last,
• Layer thin slices of meat on topof each other,
• When you cook or reheatwhole fish, score the
skin - this preventscracking.
• Do not letfood or a container touch the top or sides
ofthe oven, This will prevent possible arcing,
Usingaluminumfoil
Metal containersshould not be usedin a microwave
oven. There are, however,some exceptions. Ifyou
have purchased foodwhich is prepackaged in an
aluminum foilcontainer, referto the instructionson
the package, When using aluminum foil containers,
cooking times may be longer because microwaves
will only penetrate the topof the food. Ifyou use
aluminum containerswithout package instructions,
follow these guidelines:
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