How to Heat or Reheat Similar
of Food
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 2 to 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
be less than 3 inches) is
possible. Cover with plastic wrap.
Use
arrangements of food,
placing food on right side of shelf
and left side of floor. Refer to
Heating or Reheating Guide 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. Also,
heat several small bowls of leftovers
this way, stirring and reversing
positions after half of time.
Two frozen individual entrees
(5 to 7 oz.
or two TV dinners
(10 to oz. each) are both ready
to serve at the same time. Remove
trays of food from their boxes and
turn back one corner of the plastic
cover to vent. 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
right shelf and the second dinner
on 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
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 shelf, while
which
are only
should be placed on
the floor. This is because microwave
energy enters the oven from the top
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
foods together. (See Heating or
Reheating Guide, pages 14, 15.)
After half of time, stir or rearrange
foods (do not reverse positions).
Check foods (shelf especially) after
3/4 of total time and
which are done. Continue cooking
others.
Place on shelf, 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
oven floor 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.
