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Cooking Tips
Baking
When using the Multi-cooker to bake biscuits, brownies, muffins or cookies, make sure you do not place the
food directly into the non-stick bowl. For best results use an aluminium foil tray as these allow for faster and
more even cooking. Pre-heating the cooker is not necessary.
Air Frying
Little or no oil is used in this type of cooking but the effect is like pan-frying or deep frying. If you do decide to
use oil, only use a thin layer of oil spread over the food with a brush. A small amount of vegetable oil can be
sprayed or brushed onto the bowl to prevent the food sticking to it during cooking. When the food has
finished cooking carefully lift the lid of the cooker to allow the steam to escape and prevent the food from
becoming soggy.
Warning: Use caution when opening the lid to prevent injury from the steam.
Placing Foods for Optimum Cooking
When placing several pieces of food on to the wire rack, be sure to leave at least 1.5cm between the food
and the side of the bowl. This space allows the air to flow freely through the cooker. Also avoid stacking food
on food in order to cook more at one time. The hot air must circulate freely in order to cook the food properly.
Adapting Recipes
As a rule of thumb, when using recipes intended for conventional ovens, temperatures will remain the same
but cooking times will be less. After a short time you will easily be able to adapt your favorite recipes for the
Multi Chef.
Cooking Times
The cooking times in the recipes in this book should be used only as a guide. You need to judge whether the
food you are cooking weighs more or less than that which is used in the recipes and slightly adjust your
cooking time accordingly. Watch the cooking progress through the glass bowl.
FOOD TYPE
TEMPERATURE
TIME
Roast Beef Joint 1kgs
180°C
70 minutes
Whole Roast Chicken 1.5kg
200°C
70 - 90 minutes
Chicken Breasts
190°C
15 - 20 minutes
Pork Chops
200°C
15 - 20 minutes
Frozen Breaded Fish
200°C
10 - 15 minutes
Bacon
220°C
10 minutes
Roast Potatoes
200°C
30 minutes
Baked Potatoes
200°C
60 - 70 minutes
Frozen Oven Chips
200°C
15 - 20 minutes
