Poultry
Let chicken and other small poultry stand after microwaving for 5 to 10 minutes
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Chicken
Pieces
Plate or 8-in.
Wax paper
3-4 min.
Brush with browning agent if desired. Arrange in
lbs. ,
square dish
per piece
single layer in cooking dish thickest, meaty pieces
6 pieces)
are to outside edges of
Whole
8-in. square dish
Wax paper
lbs.)
10-12 min.
Place breast side down. After half of cooking time turn
per lb.
over.
ends of legs and wing tips with foil.
Hens
Whole (stuffed
8-in. square dish
Wax paper
11-13 min.
Place breast side down in dish.
over after
or unstuffed,
1-1% lbs, )
per lb.
time.
Halves
8-in. square dish
Wax paper
10-12 min.
Arrange skin side up in dish, on bed stuffing
if desired.
1.
Always pierce whole yolks before microwaving to prevent bursting.
2. Never hard cook
in the shell, and do not reheat in-shell hard cooked eggs. They
explode
3. Cook
just until set, they are delicate and can toughen if overcooked.
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Scrambled
measuring cup
No
min.
teaspoon butter per egg in
Microwave
or casserole
per egg
until melted. Scramble the eggs with the butter and
I tablespoon
per
Place in oven and microwave
for
of total time. Scrape portions from the outside
to the center. Finish cooking. Allow to stand 1 2
minutes set
Poached
casserole
Lid
6-8 min.
Boil 2 cups hot tap water 6 to 8 minutes, covered.
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/z min.
Break eggs onto plate. puncture membrane. Swirl
per egg
boiling water with spoon, slip in eggs gently. Cover.
Let stand in water a
minutes before serving.
Crust on breads
be soft, outside of foods will not brown. If desired, sprinkle top of batter with cinnamon-sugar mixture, chopped nuts or
other topping for brown color. Or, increase brown color on upside-down breads by
dish before microwaving with brown sugar caramel
mixture, or savory topping like crashed canned French fried onion rings.
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Corn bread
8-in. round dish
No
6-8 min.
For flavorful browned topping sprinkle cooking dish
(8
OZ.)
with
chopped, canned French fried onions before
out of
down to serve.
Coffee cake
8-in. round dish
No
9-11 min.
Let
on flat surface minutes to
baking.
(14 oz.)
Gingerbread
8-in. round
No
11-13 min.
Let stand on flat surface 5 minutes finish baking.
or
dish
Quick bread
Glass loaf dish, bottom
No
11-13 min.
Rotate dish 1/4 turn after half time. Let stand on flat
(14-17 oz.)
lined with wax paper
surface 15 minutes to finish baking.
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