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PREPARATION
Use a microwave-safe
baking dish, casserole,
etc. to cook meat, poultry
and fish.
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Frozen meat, poultry and fish should
be
completely
thawed.
Wash poultry and fish in cool water.
Arrange small items in a single
layer in dish
and avoid overlapping
edges of food.
Place thick sections toward
edge of the dish.
Use a rack in the dish to elevate
meat out of
the juices.
Use spices and seasonings
as desired.
Add salt after cooking
if necessary.
Kitchen bouquet with butter may be used to
obtain
"cooked"
colour of meats
and poultry.
Aluminium
foils can be used to cover thin
parts of meat or poultry wings
and legs to
prevent overcooking.
Foils should
be applied
toward the end of cooking
time.
Place meat fat
side down.
COOKING
Use wax paper or plastic wrap to stop
splattering.
Turn over or rearrange
meat,
poultry
and fish
halfway through
cooking
time.
CHECKING DONENESS
Beet The colour
inside meat indicates
doneness.
Rare roast should be red inside.
Medium
is pink and grey indicates
well done.
Pork:
Cooked
pork meat should be grey with
clear juice.
Pouttry: Juices should be clear yellow
when
cooked.
Legs should
move freely.
Fish and Seafood: Should
be opaque
in colour
and flake easily.
To check internal
temperature
of various
meats and poultry,
use a microwave
or
conventional
meat thermometer
after
rern?ving
meat from the oven. Insert the
therrno~eter
avoiding
bone or fat. Lower
temperatures
are found in the centre of the
roast or in the muscle
close to a large bone.
Never use a conventional meat thermometer
in the microwave oven.
Return
undercooked
food to oven for a short
period
of time at the recommended
power
level.
Let stand as recommended
in chart.
Cover roasts and whole
poultry during stand
time.
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Food
Power
Approx.
Stand
Cooking Time
Time
Special Notes
Beef
Hamburgers, refrigerated
100 g each
Cook in a shallow dish.
1
HI
1 -2 min.
2 min.
Cover loosely with wax paper.
2
HI
2-4
min. -
2 min.
Turn over halfway through
4
HI
5-8
min.
2 min.
cooking.
Hamburgers, frozen
loog
1
HI
2-3172 min.
2 min.
2
HI
5-7
min.
Turn over and separate
3 min.
4
HI
9-n
min.
halfway through cooking.
3 min.
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Meat loaf 680 g
5
18-23
min.
5 min.
Arrange in loaf dish. Cover
with wax paper.
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Roasts, tender 450 g
Cover with wax paper. Shield
Rare
5
8-10
min.
10t015
min.
halfway through cooking and
Medium
5
10-12
min.
10t015
min.
turn roast over if necessary.
Well done
5
12-15
min.
10t015
min.
Stand tented with foil.
1
Approx. temp. after stand
)
Rare 130"F (54°C )
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Medium 140°F (60"C )
Well done 170"F (77t
)
*Check with conventional meat thermometer.
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