Adapting Your Favorite Recipes
Once you begin to use your microwave oven, you will
have more flavorful food and fewer dishes to wash.
soon be able to adapt most of your conventional cooking
Simply cook, or reheat and serve foods in the same dish.
quite easily to microwave cooking techniques. The more
Before using your microwave oven, we suggest you
you use your microwave oven, the more you will enjoy
carefully read through this guide book, then practice
using it. Not only will you save the time, trouble and
energy necessary in conventional cooking, you will
with a few of our suggested recipes.
How to Adapt Conventional Recipes for
Before converting your recipe, study it in terms of
microwaving. Is it one of the many foods which
microwave well? Look for cooking techniques which are
similar to microwaving techniques, such as covering,
steaming or cooking in sauce or liquid. If the food
requires a crisp, fried crust or very dry surface, you
may prefer to cook it conventionally. Some recipes may
not be exactly the same when microwaved, others will
not need changing. (Moist, rich cakes, candies and
meat loaves are examples. )
Since liquids do not evaporate when microwaved,
reduce the amount in saucy casseroles. Add more
thickening to sauces and gravies. Reduce some
seasonings also; they will not lose intensity in short
microwaving times. Salt meats and vegetables after
cooking. If an ingredient takes longer to microwave than
others in the same dish, precook that ingredient before
adding to the others.
Favorite Stuffed
6 medium green peppers
ground chuck beef
1 small onion, chopped
cup)
1
cup cooked rice
teaspoons salt
teaspoon pepper
1 clove garlic, minced
1 can (10% -oz.) condensed tomato soup
cup water
1
to 2 cups grated cheese
Makes 6 servings
Conventional Method
Cut off tops of green peppers; remove seeds and
membrane. Cook peppers in enough boiling water to
cover for 5 minutes; drain. In medium skillet on range
top, cook and stir ground beef and onion until onion is
tender. Drain off fat. Stir in rice, salt, pepper and garlic.
Divide evenly into peppers. Arrange peppers upright in
8-in. square dish.
Blend soup and water until smooth; pour over peppers.
Cover. Bake at 350° for 45 minutes to 1 hour.
with cheese, recover and let stand 5 to 10 minutes to
melt cheese.
Microwave Method
Cut off tops of green peppers; remove seeds and
membrane. Mix raw beef with onion, rice, salt, pepper
and garlic. Divide evenly into peppers. Arrange peppers
upright snugly in
casserole, so one pepper fits into
center of dish.
Blend soup and water until smooth. Pour over peppers.
Cover. Microwave at High (10) for 18 to 21 minutes.
with cheese, recover and let stand 5 to 10
minutes before serving.
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