LG MHES173 Series Owner's Manual page 29

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foods cooks more quickly than the lower
portion.
- Shaping: Place the thickest portions of foods
like meat, poultry or fish toward the outside of
the cookware to help them cook more evenly.
If possible, shape foods into thin rounds or
rings.
• Foods with Skin, Shell or Membrane
- Skin or Membrane: Pierce the outsides of
foods like potatoes, sausages, or egg whites or
yolks before cooking.
- Shell: Pierce or remove the shells from eggs,
clams, oysters, or other shelled foods before
cooking.
• Defrosting Tips
- Remove fish, shellfish, meat, and poultry from
its original wrapping paper or plastic package.
Otherwise, the wrap close to the foods will
hold steam and heat, which can cause the
outer surface of the foods to be cooked.
- Remove any metal twist ties.
- Always slit or pierce plastic pouches or
packaging.
- Open containers such as cartons before they
are placed in the oven.
- If food is foil wrapped, remove foil and place
the food in a suitable container.
- The length of defrosting time varies
depending on the shape of the food and on
how solidly the food is frozen.
- As food begins to defrost, separate the food
into pieces so that they can defrost more
easily.
- Turn over food during defrosting or standing
time. Separate into pieces and remove food as
required.
- Let food stand after defrosting. Food should
still be somewhat icy in the center when
removed from the oven.
- When using Defrost, the weight to be entered
is the net weight in pounds and tenths of
pounds (the weight of the food minus the
container).
- Slit the skins of frozen food such as sausage.
- Bend plastic pouches of food to ensure even
defrosting.
- Place food in a shallow container or in a
microwave roasting dish to catch the
drippings.
- Always underestimate defrosting time. Food
should still be somewhat icy in the center
when removed from the oven. If defrosted
food is still frozen solid in the center, return it
to the upper oven for more defrosting.
- Depending on the shape of the food, some
areas may defrost more quickly than others.
- The shape of the package affects how quickly
food will defrost. Shallow packages will defrost
more quickly than a deep block.
- For best results, shape ground meat into the
form of a doughnut before freezing. When
defrosting, scrape off thawed meat when the
beep sounds and continue defrosting.
- Use small pieces of aluminum foil to shield
parts of food such as chicken wings, leg tips,
fish tails, or areas that start to get warm. Make
sure the foil does not touch the sides, top, or
bottom of the oven. The foil can damage the
oven lining.
Convection Cooking Tips
Convection cooking circulates hot air through the
oven cavity with a fan. The constantly moving air
surrounds the food to heat the outer portion
quickly, creating even browning and sealed-in
flavor by the constant motion of hot air over the
food surfaces. Press the Convection button to use
the convection functions on the oven. Do not use
the oven without the turntable in place.
NOTE
• Always use the metal rack on the turntable when
convection cooking.
• Do not cover the turntable or metal rack with
aluminum foil. It interferes with the flow of air
that cooks the food.
• Round pizza pans are excellent cooking utensils
for many convection-only items. Choose pans
that do not have extended handles.
• Use convection cooking for items like soufflés,
breads, cookies, angel food cakes, pizza, and
some meat and fish dishes.
• Your oven comes equipped with a metal tray
which can be used for cooking in convection
mode or combination mode.
• You do not need to use any special techniques to
adapt your favorite oven recipes to convection
cooking, but you do need to lower the oven
temperature by 25 ℉ from the temperature
recommended on the packaging when cooking
prepared foods.
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