1.
Always use a cooking bag when cooking beef, lamb, pork or veal
roasts. Cut slit near closure to vent.
2. After enclosing roast in cooking bag, place on trivet in
microwave-safe dish.
3. Allow 10 minutes standing time for most roasts before carving.
Power
& Time
Food
Cover
(or Internal Temp.)
Beef
Ground, crumbled
(for casseroles
or soup)
(1 lb.)
Meatballs
(1 lb.)
(2
Patties
(4 patties/lb.)
1 to 2 patties
3 to 4 patties
Meat loaf
(Round
(Loaf shape)
Casserole
Round or
dish
Oblong glass
dish (with trivet
if desired)
or ceramic
dinner plate
Pie plate or
loaf dish
No
High (10)
5 to 7 min.
7 to 9 min.
Wax paper or
High (10)
plastic
6 to 8 min.
9 to 12 min.
Wax paper
High (10)
4
to 6 min.
6 to 8 min.
Plastic wrap
Meal-High (7)
or cook
26 to 29 min.
to 170°
32 to 35 min.
Stir after half of time. Add sauce or
casserole ingredients and finish. To cook
frozen
microwave 10 to 15 minutes,
breaking up and stirring every 5 minutes.
stand 5 minutes.
Round dish: arrange to 1 in. apart in
circle around edge of dish.
Oblong dish: arrange to 1 in. apart.
Rearrange after half of cooking time.
Cover with wax paper or cook uncovered
and turn patties over.
Let stand minutes after cooking.
Let stand 10 minutes after
roasts
Simmered beef
(corned beef or
brisket)
Tender roasts (rib,
high quality rump,
sirloin tip)
Oblong dish
Cooking bag
Low (3)
33 to 38
or casserole
min./lb.
Casserole
Lid or
Medium (5)
plastic wrap
120 to 130 min.
Oblong dish
Cooking bag
Low (3)
Min.
Internal
lb.
Rare
15 to 18
140°
Medium
18 to 21
160°
Well
21 to 24
170°
Add 1/2 cup water to cooking bag. Turn over
after half of cooking time. Add vegetables if
desired after half of cooking time. Recover
and finish.
Add 1 cup water per pound of meat. Turn
over after half of cooking time. Let meat
stand in broth at least 10 minutes after
cooking. For boiled dinner, remove meat
and cook vegetables in broth.
roasts over after
of cooking time.
Let meat stand 10 minutes before carving.
Pork
Bacon
(Per slice)
Pork sausage (raw)
lb.: 4 patties)
Pork link sausage
(raw)
Canadian bacon
2 slices
4 slices
6 slices
Pork chops: 1 in.
2
4
6
High (10)
High (10)
High (10)
Microwave-
Paper towel
High (10)
to 1 min.
Arrange in single layer on paper towels or on
safe plate or
trivet set in dish. Cover with a paper towel.
oblong dish
To microwave more than 1 layer of bacon,
use an oblong dish and place a paper towel
between each layer of bacon. Cover with a
paper towel to prevent spatters.
Microwave-
Wax paper
3 to 5 min.
Arrange in single layer. Turn over after half
safe cookware
of cooking time.
Microwave-
Wax paper
to min.
Arrange in single layer. If cooking 6 or more
safe cookware
per link
links, rearrange after half of cooking time.
Microwave-
Wax paper
Arrange in single layer.
safe cookware
1 to
min.
2 to
min.
to
3
min.
Microwave-
Plastic wrap
Medium (5)
Brush with barbecue sauce or browning
safe cookware
15 to 18 min.
agent, if desired. Turn over after half of
18 to 20 min.
cooking time. Let stand covered 5 to 10
20 to 23 min.
minutes before serving.
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