GE JES61T Use And Care & Cooking Manual page 18

Cheese and Eggs
1. Eggs may be prepared many ways in the microwave oven.
bursting.
2. Never cook eggs in the shell. Do not reheat hard cooked eggs
in the shell. They will explode.
Food
Cheese
Buttered
custard
9 inch pie plate
Omelet
Poached eggs
1 X-qt. casserole
(4 maximum)
Quiche 9 inch pie plate
Scrambled Glass
measuring cup
or casserole
Fish and Seafood
1. Fish is done when it flakes easily when tested with a fork.
Center may still be slightly translucent, but will continue
cooking as fish stands a few minutes after cooking.
Food Container
Fillets or Round dish
steaks (1 lb.)
Pie plate
(peeled)
(unpeeled)
(continued)
3. Cook eggs just until set. They are delicate and will toughen if
Cover Time
Cover or To make sauce
plastic wrap 4 to 7 min.
5 to 8 min.
Plastic wrap 1/2 to 1 % min.
per egg
No Melt butter
1/2 min.
6 to 9 min.
Casserole 5 to 8 min.
cover Boil 2 cups
water.
1/4 to 1% min.
per egg
No 7 to 10 min.
No 1/2 to 1% min.
per egg
2. Cook fish with or without sauce. A tight cover steams fish. Use
3. Do not overcook fish. Check at minimum time.
Cover Time
Wax paper or 4 to 7 min.
plastic wrap
Plastic wrap 3 to 7 min.
3 to 7 min.
Lid or
plastic wrap
overcooked.
Make basic white sauce, substituting
wine for milk. Add cheese and
microwave at High for 6 to 8
minutes. whisking evem 2 minutes.
Puncture membrane of yolk to prevent
bursting.
Sprinkle cheese over omelet.
Microwave 1/2 to 1 minute until
cheese is slightly melted.
Heat 2 cups hot tap water 5 to 6 minutes
on High. Break eggs onto plate,
puncture membrane. Swirl boiling
water with spoon, slip in eggs gently.
Cover. Microwave at High 1/2 to 1
minute per egg. Let stand in water a
few minutes.
Pour filling into precooked shell.
Scramble eggs with 1 teaspoon butter
and 1 tablespoon milk per egg.
Place in oven and microwave for half
of total time. Stir set portions from the
outside to the center. Ut stand 1 or 2
minutes to finish cooking.
a lighter cover of wax paper or paper towel for less steaming.
Microwave until fish flakes easily. Turn
steaks over after half of cooking time.
Brush with garlic butter before cooking.
Rearrange after 4 minutes.
Place shrimp in casserole. Add 2 cups
hottest tap water. Cover. Stir after
5 minutes.