Poultry
If you use meat thermometer while cooking, make sure it is
safe for use in microwave ovens.
Food
Container
Cover
Power Level & Time
Comments
Chicken
Pieces
Plate or
Wax paper
High (10)
2 to
min.
Arrange in single layer in cooking dish so
round dish
per piece
thickest meaty pieces are to outside edges
of dish. Turn pieces over and rearrange
after half of cooking time.
Whole
Round dish
Cooking bag
Meal-High (7)
10 to min.
Slit bag near closure to vent. Close
(unstuffed)
per lb.
securely with plastic tie. Cook breast-
(stuffed)
side-down. Turn over after half of
Round dish
Cooking bag
Meal-High (7)
17 to 20 min.
cooking time. Cook to
internal
per lb.
temperature. Let stand 5 to 10 minutes.
Hens
Halves
Round dish
Wax paper
Meal-High (7)
1 to 13 min.
Arrange skin-side-up in dish, on bed of
per lb.
stuffing, if desired.
Whole (stuffed
Round dish
Wax paper
Meal-High (7)
9 to 1 min.
Place breast-side-down in dish. Turn over
or unstuffed)
per lb.
after half of cooking time. Shield tips of
wings and legs with foil.
Vegetables
1. Always use microwave-safe cookware.
4. Cover vegetables when cooking. If using plastic wrap, turn
2. Salt vegetables after cooking. Salting before cooking
back one corner to vent.
cause darkening and dehydration of surface.
5. Larger vegetable pieces will take longer to cook than
3. Arrange vegetables, such as asparagus, with the thickest pieces
smaller pieces.
to the outside of the dish.
6. For more even heating, stir or rearrange vegetables
during cooking.
Vegetable
Amount
Power Level
Time
Comments
Asparagus
(fresh cuts)
lb. (3
into I to 2 inch
pieces
(fresh spears)
lb.
(frozen spears)
package
Beans
(fresh green)
lb. cut in half
(frozen green)
1O-OZ. package
(frozen lima)
package
Beets
(fresh, whole)
bunch
Broccoli
(fresh cut)
bunch
to
(fresh spears)
1 bunch
‘/~ to
(frozen, chopped)
1O-OZ. package
(frozen spears)
1O-OZ. package
High (10)
High (10)
High (10)
High
High (10)
High (10)
High (10)
High (10)
High ( 10)
High (10)
High (10)
8 to 10 min.
6 to 8 min.
8 to 10 min.
13 to 17 min.
7 to 9 min.
9 to 11 min.
25 to 30 min.
10 to 2 min.
I 2 to 5 min.
6 to 8
min.
6 to 8 min.
In 2-qt. casserole, place
cup water.
In 2-qt. casserole, place l/4 cup water.
In
casserole.
In 1
casserole, place 1/2 cup water.
In 1 -qt. casserole, place 2 tablespoons water.
In
casserole, place
cup water.
In
‘/2-or
2-qt. casserole, place 1/2 cup water.
In 2-qt. casserole, place 1/4 cup water.
In 2-qt. oblong glass baking dish, place
1/4 cup water.
In
casserole.
In
casserole, place 3 tablespoons water.
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