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TIMED COOKING - MEATS, POULTRY AND FISH
PREPARATION
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Use a microwave-safe dish.
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Defrost frozen food completely.
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Wash poultry and fish in cool
water.
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Arrange small items in a single
layer in dish, avoid overlapping
edges of food.
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Place thick sections toward edge of
the dish.
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Use a rack in the dish to elevate
meat out of the juices.
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Use spices, seasonings as desired.
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Add salt after cooking if necessary.
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Aluminum foil can be used to
cover thin parts of meat or poultry
wings and legs to prevent
overcooking.
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Foil should be applied toward the
end of cooking time.
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Place meat fat side down.
COOKING
•
Use wax paper or plastic wrap to
stop splattering.
•
Turn over or rearrange meat,
poultry and fish halfway through
cooking time.
CHECKING DONENESS
Beef:
The color inside meat indicates
doneness. Rare roast should be red
inside. Medium is pink and gray
indicates well done.
Pork:
Cooked pork meat should be
gray with clear juice.
Poultry:
Juices should be clear yellow
when cooked. Legs should move
freely.
Fish and Seafood:
Should be opaque
in color and flake easily.
To check internal temperature of
various meats and poultry, use a
microwave or conventional meat
thermometer after removing meat
from the oven. Insert the
thermometer avoiding bone or fat.
Lower temperatures are found in the
center of the roast or in the muscle
close to a large bone.
Never use a
conventional meat thermometer in
the microwave oven.
Return undercooked food to oven for
a short period of time at the
recommended power level. Let stand
as recommended in chart. Cover
roasts and whole poultry during
stand time.
Food
Power
Cooking
Time
Standing
Time
Special Notes
Beef
4 oz each
Hamburgers,
refrigerated 2
4
Hamburgers, frozen
2
4
P100
P100
P100
P100
2 - 4 min.
4 - 6 min.
4 - 6 min.
7 - 9 min.
2 min.
2 min.
3 min.
3 min.
Place in a shallow dish
and cover loosely with
wax paper. Turn over
halfway through
cooking.
Defrost frozen patties
just enough to easily
separated. Turn over
halfway through
cooking.
Roasts, tender
1 lb
P50
10 - 13 min. 10 - 15 min.
Cover with wax paper.
Shield halfway through
cooking and turn roast
over if necessary. Stand
tented with foil.
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