Table of Contents
Advertisement
The benefit is automatic setting and control of cooking, but just like conventional microwaving you must
check the food after the AUTO cycle (oven beeps and cook time begins to count down on display) and turn,
rotate or stir as recommended.
For meat and fish loaves use either
Whole chicken, chicken breasts
the
round or loaf microwave-safe
containers. Fish loaves made with
precooked or canned fish use Auto
Cook Code 4. Beef loaf uses Auto
Cook Code 8. Cover with plastic
wrap and rotate X turn after oven
signals. See the chart on following
page for recipes.
and pieces, or turkey parts should
be placed in a microwave-safe 8-
in. square dish, 12 x 8 x 2-in. dish
or 3 qt. casserole. Cover securely
with plastic wrap or container lid.
If cooking bag is used for whole
chicken, shield breast bone with
small strip of foil. Rotate dish %
turn when oven signals. Use Auto
Pork chopsautomatically cook well
in 12 x 8 x 2-in. dish, covered with
plastic wrap. Add barbeque sauce
or other sauce on each chop. Micro-
wave using Auto Cook Code 49
which is Code 4 with the added
digit 9 giving the Code 20°/0more
time. (See page 31.)
Cook Code 4.
-
Fish fillets, whole fish or seafood
pieces should be in single,layer in
flat pie plateor oblong dish to fit.
Cover with plastic wrap or con-
tainer lid. Use Auto Cook Code 6
for fillets and Auto Cook Code 1
for seafood pieces.
Chuck or rump roasts should be
placed in a cooking bag, with %
cup water or marinade (see mari-
nade recipes
on page 100 in
Cookbook) and placed in a micro-
wave-safe dish. Cut bag to fit close
to the size of the roast and tie open
end securely. Cut a 1-1M" slit near
the tie. Use Auto Cook Code 9 for
cooking.
l%oP#
~0 Adapt
M ierowave
casserole
Recipes
Spare ribs and brisket should be
automatically
cooked
in round
glass container with lid or plastic
wrap. Make sure liquid covers meat.
After oven signals, turn over or
rearrange meats often.
Use the following step-by-step instructions and tips when adapting your casserole recipes for Automatic
Cooking.
1:
2:
3:
@
Select recipes that do not require adding ingre-
dients at different
stages during cooking
or
recipes that require extra attention,
stirring
or rotating.
4:
Use microwave-safe containers that are appro-
priate in size to the food amount. Use 3
qt. con-
5:
tainers or less.
For saucy casseroles, cover container with lid or
6:
plastic wrap. (No vents) For cheese or crumb-
32
topped casseroles, remove cover after oven sig-
nals and add topping, then continue cooking
uncovered.
Allow precooked ir~gredients or hot sauces to
cool slightly before adding other ingredients.
e
Meats and vegetables should be submerged in
liquid,
After oven signals, rotate dish M turn and stir
covering all ingredients with liquid.
Advertisement
Table of Contents
