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Cooking Instructions
Guide for Cooking Seafood in Your Microwave
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Cook fish until it flakes easily with a fork.
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Place fish on a microwave-safe roasting rack in a microwave-safe dish.
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Use a tight cover to steam fish. A lighter cover of wax paper or paper
towel provides less steaming.
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Do not overcook fish; check it at minimum cooking time.
Cook Time/Power
Food
Level
Steaks
Cooking Time:
6-10 min. / lb.
Up to 1.5 lbs.
Power Level: Medium-
High(70).
Fillets
Cooking Time:
3-7 min. / lb
Up to 1.5 lbs.
Power Level: Medium-
High(70).
Shrimp
Cooking Time:
3-5 ½ min. / lb.
Up to 1.5 lbs.
Power Level: Medium-
High(70).
Guide for Cooking Eggs in Your Microwave
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Never cook eggs in the shell, and never warm hard-cooked eggs in the
shell; they can explode.
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Always pierce whole eggs to keep them from bursting.
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Cook eggs just until set; they become tough if overcooked.
Guide for Cooking Vegetables in Your
Directions
Microwave
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Vegetables should be washed just before cooking. Often, no extra water
Arrange steaks on roasting
is needed. If dense vegetables such as potatoes, carrots and green
rack with meaty portions
beans are being cooked, add about ¼ cup water.
towards the outside of rack.
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Small vegetables (sliced carrots, peas, lima beans, etc.) will cook faster
Cover with wax paper. Turn
than larger ones.
over and rearrange when
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Whole vegetables, such as potatoes, acorn squash or corn on the cob,
cooking time is half up. Cook
should be arranged in a circle on the turntable before cooking. They will
until fish flakes easily with a
cook more evenly if turned over after half the cooking time.
fork. Let stand 3-5 min.
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Always place vegetables like asparagus and broccoli with the stem ends
Arrange fillets in a baking
pointing towards the edge of the dish and the tips toward the center.
dish, turning any thin pieces
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When cooking cut vegetables, always cover the dish with a lid or vented
under Cover with wax paper.
microwavable plastic wrap.
If over ½ inch thick, turn over
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Whole, unpeeled vegetables such as potatoes, squash, eggplant, etc.,
and rearrange when cooking
should have their skin pricked in several spots before cooking to prevent
time is half up. Cook until
them from bursting.
fish flakes easily with a fork.
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For more even cooking, stir or rearrange whole vegetables halfway
Let stand 2-3 min.
through the cooking time.
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Generally, the denser the food, the longer the standing time. (Standing
Arrange shrimp in a baking
time refers to the time necessary for dense, large foods and vegetables to
dish without overlapping or
finish cooking after they come out of the oven.) A baked potato can stand
layering. Cover with wax
on the counter for five minutes before cooking is completed, while a dish
paper. Cook until firm and
of peas can be served immediately.
opaque, stirring 2 or 3 times.
Let stand 5 min.
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