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Cooking Instructions
Guide for Cooking Seafood in Your Microwave
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Cook fish until it flakes easily with a fork.
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Place fish on a microwave-safe roasting rack in a microwave-safe
dish.
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Use a tight cover to steam fish. A lighter cover of wax paper or paper
towel provides less steaming.
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Do not overcook fish; check it at minimum cooking time.
Cook Time/Power
Food
Level
Steaks
Cooking Time:
6-10 min. / lbs.
Up to 1.5 lbs.
Power Level: Medium-
High(7).
Fillets
Cooking Time:
3-7 min. / lbs
Up to 1.5 lbs.
Power Level: Medium-
High(7).
Shrimp
Cooking Time:
3-5 ½ min. / lbs.
Up to 1.5 lbs.
Power Level: Medium-
High(7).
Guide for Cooking Eggs in Your Microwave
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Never cook eggs in the shell, and never warm hard-cooked eggs in
the shell; they can explode.
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Always pierce whole eggs to keep them from bursting.
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Cook eggs just until set; they become tough if overcooked.
Guide for Cooking Vegetables in Your Microwave
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Vegetables should be washed just before cooking. Often, no extra
Directions
water is needed. If dense vegetables such as potatoes, carrots and
green beans are being cooked, add about ¼ cup water.
Arrange steaks on roasting
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Small vegetables (sliced carrots, peas, lima beans, etc.) will cook
rack with meaty portions
faster than larger ones.
towards the outside of rack.
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Whole vegetables, such as potatoes, acorn squash or corn on the
Cover with wax paper. Turn
cob, should be arranged in a circle on the turntable before cooking.
over and rearrange when
They will cook more evenly if turned over after half the cooking time.
cooking time is half up. Cook
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Always place vegetables like asparagus and broccoli with the stem
until fish flakes easily with a
ends pointing towards the edge of the dish and the tips toward the
fork. Let stand 3-5 min.
center.
Arrange fillets in a baking
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When cooking cut vegetables, always cover the dish with a lid or
dish, turning any thin pieces
vented microwavable plastic wrap.
under Cover with wax paper.
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Whole, unpeeled vegetables such as potatoes, squash, eggplant,
If over ½ inch thick, turn over
etc., should have their skin pricked in several spots before cooking to
and rearrange when cooking
prevent them from bursting.
time is half up. Cook until
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For more even cooking, stir or rearrange whole vegetables halfway
fish flakes easily with a fork.
through the cooking time.
Let stand 2-3 min.
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Generally, the denser the food, the longer the standing time.
Arrange shrimp in a baking
(Standing time refers to the time necessary for dense, large foods
dish without overlapping or
and vegetables to finish cooking after they come out of the oven.) A
layering. Cover with wax
baked potato can stand on the counter for five minutes before
paper. Cook until firm and
cooking is completed, while a dish of peas can be served
opaque, stirring 2 or 3 times.
immediately.
Let stand 5 min.
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