GE 49-4791 Use & Care Manual page 37

Broiling Guide
Broiling
1. Always use broiler pan and rack
that comes with your oven. It is
designed to minimize smoking and
spattering by trapping juices in the
shielded lower part of the pan.
2. Oven door should be ajar for all
foods except chicken; there is a
special position on door which
holds door open correctly.
3, For steaks and chops, slash fat
evenly around outside edges of meat.
To slash, cut crosswise through
outer fat surface just to the edge of
the meat. Use tongs to turn meat
over to prevent piercing meat and
losing juices.
4. If desired, marinate meats or
chicken before broiling. Or brush
with barbecue sauce last 5 to 10
minutes only.
5. When arranging food on pan,
do not let fatty edges hang over
sides, which could soil oven with
fat dripping.
6. Broiler does not need to be
preheated. However, for very thin
foods, or to increase browning,
preheat if desired.
7. Frozen Steaks can be
conventionally broiled by
positioning the oven shelf at next
lowest shelf position and increasing
cooking time given in this guide
11/2 times per side.
8. If your oven is connected to
208 volts, rare steaks may be broiled
by preheating broil heater and
positioning the oven shelf one
position higher.
Quantity and/or Shelf First Side Second Side
Food Thickness Position Time, Minutes Time, Minutes Comments
Bacon ½-lb. (about 8 C 3 ½ 3 ½ Arrange in single layer.
thin slices)
Ground Beef I-lb. (4 patties) Space evenly.
Well Done ½ to k-in. thick C 7 4-5 Up to 8 patties take about same time.
Beef Steaks
Rare
Medium
Well Done
Rare
Medium
Well Donc
Chicken
Bakery Products
Bread (Toast) or
Toaster Pastries
English Muffins
Lobster Tails
(6 to 8-oz. each)
Fish
Ham Slices
(precooked)
Pork Chops
Well Done
Lamb Chops
Medium
Well Done
Medium
Well Done
Wieners and similar
precooked sausages,
bratwurst
l-inch thick
11to 1½-1bs.)
1V2-in.thick
(2 to 2 ½-1bs. )
1 whole
(2 to 2 V>lbs. ),
split lengthwise
2 to 4 slices
I pkg. (2)
2 (split)
2-4
l-lb. fillets _A to
Vz-in. thick
l-in. thick
2 (½ inch)
2 (l-in. thick)
about 1lb.
2 (1 inch)
about 10 to 12 oz.
2 (1½ inch)
about 1 lb.
1-1b, pkg, (10)
c
c
c
c
c
c
A
c
c
B
C
c
B
C
C
C
B
7
9
13
10
15
25
35
1½-2
3-4
13-16
10
13
8
10
10
17
7
9
13
7-8
14-16
20-25
10-15
Do not
turn over.
10
13
4-7
10
4-6
12-14
1-2
Steaks less than 1 inch cook through
before browning, Ban frying is
recommended.
Slash tat.
Reduce times about 5 to 10 minutes per
side lor cut-up chicken. Brush each side
with melted butter. Broil with skin
dt_wn first and broil with door closed.
Space evenly. Place English muffins
cut-side-up and brush wtth butler, if
desired.
Cut through back of shell. Spread
open, Brash with melted butter
belore and after half time.
Handle and turn very. carefully,
Brush with lemon butter befi_re and
during cooking if desired. Preheat
broiler to increase browning.
Increase times 5 to 10 minutes per side
tbr 1½-inch thick or home cured.
Slash tat.
Slash tat.
If desired, split sausages in half
lengthwise into 5 to 6-inch pieces.
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