How to Heat or Reheat
of Food
I
Two plates of leftovers maybe
reheated together. Arrange thick
or dense foods to outside edges of
plate and cover with plastic wrap.
Microwave at High (10) for 3
minutes. Reverse position of plates
(top to bottom) and rotate 1/2 turn.
Continue microwaving at High (10)
for 2 to 3 minutes. Continue
heating, if necessary, until hot.
Reheating two casseroles (height
should be less
inches) is
possible. Cover with plastic wrap.
Use staggered arrangements of
food, placing food on right side of
shelf and left side of floor. Refer to
Heating or Reheating Guide in
cookbook for suggested microwave
time per casserole and add the times
together. Microwave at High (10)
reversing position of foods (top to
bottom) after half of time. Several
small bowls of leftovers maybe
heated in the same way, stirring
and reversing positions after half
of time.
Two frozen individual entrees
(5 to 7 oz. each)
TV dinners
(10 to oz. each) are both ready to
serve at the same time. Remove trays
of food from their boxes. If there are
foil covers, remove them and return
the trays of food to their boxes.
(Batter foods should be removed
from the trays and cooked
conventionally. ) Place in oven with
one TV dinner on
shelf and
the second dinner
left floor.
Microwave at High (10) for 8
minutes. Reverse positions (top to
bottom) and rotate foods 1/2 turn.
Continue microwaving at High (10)
for 8 minutes. Check dinners for
heating. If one dinner seems less
done than desired, return it to the
box and continue heating on floor
1 to 2 more minutes.
How to Reheat Several
Different
of Foods
Together
When heating several different
types of food together, foods which
should be served hot must be
placed on the oven floor, while
foods which are only warmed
should be placed on the shelf. This
is because microwave energy enters
the oven from the bottom only.
Also, it is important to remember
that foods absorb microwave
energy at different rates. Rates can
be affected by the size of the food,
and its starting temperature.
Because of the varying rates, you
may need to start reheating a large
or dense food a few minutes ahead
of time, then add other smaller or
less dense foods. Alternately, if
one of the foods you are heating
seems undercooked but the others
are heated satisfactorily, let the
food continue
cooking.
Heat or reheat different types of
food at High (10). To determine
heating times, add times for all
foods together. (See heating guide
in cookbook. ) After half of time,
stir or rearrange foods (do not
reverse positions). Check foods
(especially those on oven floor)
after 3/4 of total time and remove
any which are done. Continue
cooking others.
Place on floor large or dense foods
which need the most heating, such
as leftover fried chicken, casseroles
of canned or leftover vegetables,
rice or pasta. Place on shelf those
foods which need only be warmed,
such as bakery pies, rolls, muffins
or breads.
Pop popcorn on the microwave
oven floor only. Popcorn placed on
the oven shelf will not pop properly.
Use a special microwave popcorn
accessory or popcorn labeled for
use in microwave ovens.
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