GE Spacemaker JVM64 Use And Care Manual page 18

Automatic Cooking Meats and Main Dishes "'! "4
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.
To Automatic Cook Meats
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For meat and fish loaves use either
Whole Chioken, chicken breasts
Pork chops automatically cook well
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 % turn after oven
signals. See the chart on following
page for recipes.
Fish fillets, whole fish or seafood
pieces' should be in single layer in
flat pie plate or 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.
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
Cook Code 4.
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Chuck or rump roasts shcluld be
placed in a cooking bag with %
cup water or marinade (see mari-
nade recipes on page 98 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 1-1 %" slit near
the tie. Use Auto Cook Code 9 for
cooking.
in 8 x 12-X 2-in. dish, covered with
plastic wrap. Add barbeque sauce
or other sauce on each chop.
Microwave using Auto Cook Code
49 which is Code 4 with the added
digit 9 giving the Code 20°A more
time. (See page 17.)
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.
How to Adapt Miurowave Casserole Recipes
Use the following step-by-step instructions and tips when adapting your casserole recipes for Automatic
Cooking.
1:
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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 almount. 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-
topped casseroles, remove cover after oven sig-
nals and add topping, then continue cooking
uncovered.
Allow precooked ingredients or hot sauces tr
cool slightly before adding other ingredients.
Meats and vegetables should be submerged in
liquid.
After oven signals, rotate dish % turn and stir
covering all ingredients with liquid.
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