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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 poul-
try 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 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.
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.
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