[] Cooking Guide For "Multi-Power" Settings; Fast Defrost - Kenmore Sears 87451 Use And Care Manual

COOKING GUIDE FOR
"MULTI-POWER" SETTINGS
The "Multi-Power" feature lets you cook at the best power level for the food being cooked. Cooking directions can
be found in the cookbook.
POWER POWER
LEVEL SETTINGS EXAMPLES
25 WARM • Softening cream cheese.
e Keeping casseroles and main dishes warm.
40 LOW • Softening chocolate.
• Heating breads, rolls, pancakes, tacos, tortillas and French toast.
• Clarifying butter.
• Taking the chill out of fruit.
o Heating small amounts of food.
55 DEFROST
• Thawing meat, poultry and seafood.
• Completing the cooking cycle of casseroles, stews and some sauces.
• Cooking small quantities of most food.
70 BRAISE o Cooking less tender cuts of meat in liquid or slow cooking dishes.
• Completing Ihe cooking cycle of less lender roasts,
85 SIMMER • Cooking stews and soups after bringing to a boil.
• Cooking baked custards and pasta.
100
(HI)
MAX POWER o
BAKE/ROAST •
REHEAT/SAUTE •
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Cooking scrambled eggs.
Cooking cakes.
Cooking rump roast, ham, veal, and lamb.
Cooking cheese dishes.
Reheating precooked or prepared food quickly.
Cooking onions, celery and green peppers quickly.
Cooking poultry, fish, vegetables and most casseroles.
Preheating the browning dish.
As you get to know your microwave oven, you may find that a particular setting is too low or too high for the results
you desire.
Multiple-power control gives you the means to obtain greater precision in setting power levels. For instance, if
you want a power level between BRAISE and SIMMER, you would set the time as usual: touch COOK
CONTROL, and then touch "7" and "5". The display window will show "75", indicating that your oven is set to
run at power level 75--between BRAISE and SIMMER.
FAST DEFROST
The single step method of defrosting meats and poultry on one power setting, as described in the Cookbook
is the most satisfactory method.
To speed up the defrosting of dense food items over I lb., start on L'HI", then reduce to the 55 (DEFROST)
setting.
I. Microwave on "HI" for 2 minutes per pound of dense food items.
2. Then Microwave on 55 (DEFROST) for 3 minutes per pound or until food is thawed.
Defrosting time will be greatly reduced.
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