GE JE1456KWH Use And Care & Cooking Manual page 28

Cooking Guide
Gravies & Sauces
1. Cover thick. chunky sauces to prevent spattering.
2. Whisk sauces vigorously with wire whisk once or twice while
microwaving.
Food Container
Gravies and Glass
or bowl
sauces thickened
with flour or
cornstarch ( 1
Melted butter Glass measure
sauces, cltirified
Thick spaghetti, Casserole. bowl
barbecue or
(2 cups)
Thin, liquid sauces Casserole
(Au jus. clam, etc. )
( 1 cup)
Meats
1. Always use a cooking bag when cooking beef, lamb, pork or veal
roasts. See package instructions for proper use of cooking bag.
2. Alter enclosing roast in cooking bag, place on trivet in
microwave-sate dish.
Food Container
Beef
Ground, crumbled Casserole
or soup)
( 1 lb.)
( 1 Y lbs. )
Meatballs Round or
(1 lb.) oblong dish
(2 Ibs.)
Meatloaf Pie plate or
loaf dish
(Round loaf)
Patties
dish (with trivet
(4 ptitties per lb. )
1 to 2 patties
or ceramic
dinner plate
Pot roasts Oblong dish
or casserole
(Up to ~ lbs. )
Casserole
Simmered beef
(corned beef or
brisket)
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Cover Power Level & Time
measure High ( lo)
N()
High ( 10)
Yes
High ( lo)
N() High ( 10)
Power Level & Time
Cover
(or Internal Temp.)
No High ( 10)
Wax paper or High ( 10)
plastic wrap
Meal-High (7)
or cook
to I 700
Wax paper
High ( 10)
Cooking bag Medium (5)
Cooking bag Medium (5)
Comments
Microwave fat, tlour and salt together to
4 to 7 min.
melt and blend. Whisk in liquid and finish
per additional cup of sauce.
1 to 3 min. Microwave butter just to melting. For
clarified butter, bring to boil then let stand
until layers separate. Pour off and use clear,
top layer.
5 (0 1 () min. Stir ingredients together, then microwave,
stirring after half of cooking time. Let stand
5 to 10 minutes to develop flavor.
Add cornstarch-water mixture to heated
ingredients, Stir well and microwave to
finish.
3. Allow about 10 minutes standing time for most roasts before
carving.
is safe for use in microwave ovens.
Comments
Stir after half of' cooking time. Add sauce
or casserole ingredients and finish. To cook
frozen block, microwave 10 to 15 minutes,
5 to 12 min. breaking up and stirring every 5 minutes.
Let stand 5 minutes.
7 to 12 min.
Arrange around edge of dish.
Rearrange after half of cooking time.
Let stand 10 minutes after cooking.
25 to 30 min.
Let stand 1 () minutes after cooking.
If desired, add browning sauce. Let
patties stand, covered, 2 minutes.
4 to 6 min.
Brush with brownin~ sauce and add 1/2 cup
water to cooking ba~. Turn over after half ~f
per lb.
cooking time. Add vegetables if desired after
Add I cup water per pound of meat. Turn
over after half of cooking time. Let meat
stand in broth at least 10 minutes after
cooking. For boiled dinner, remove meat
and cook vegetables in broth.