Cooking Guide
(continued)
Gravies & Sauces
1. Cover thick, chunky sauces to prevent spattering.
3. Vary basic white sauce by adding cheese, egg yolks, cream, wine
2. Whisk sauces vigorously with wire whisk once or twice
or herbs.
while microwaving.
Food
Container
Cover
Time
Comments
Gravies and
sauces
thickened with
flour or cornstarch
(1 cup)
Melted butter
sauces, clarified
butter (1/2 cup)
Thick spaghetti,
barbecue or
sauces
(2 cups)
Thin, liquid sauces
(Au jus, clam, etc.)
( I cup)
Casserole
No
5 to 8 min.
Microwave fat, flour and salt together to
melt and blend. Whisk in liquid and
finish cooking. Increase time I to 2
minutes per additional cup of sauce.
Glass measure No
I to 2 min.
Microwave butter just to melting. For
clarified butter, bring to boiling then let
stand until layers separate. Pour off and
use clear, top layer.
Casserole
Yes
5 to 7 min.
Prepare as directed in recipe. Microwave,
stirring after half of cooking time. Let
stand 5 to 10 minutes to develop flavor.
Casserole
No
6 to 8 min.
Add flour-water mixture to heated
ingredients. Stir well and microwave
to finish.
Meats
1. Always use a cooking bag when cooking beef, lamb, pork or veal
3. Allow about 10 minutes standing time for most roasts before
roasts. See package instructions for proper use of cooking bag.
2. After enclosing roast in cooking bag, place in microwave-safe
carving.
dish.
If you use a meat thermometer while cooking, make sure it is
safe for use in microwave ovens.
Time
Food
Container
Cover
(or Internal Temp.)
Comments
Beef
Ground, crumbled
(for casseroles
or soup)
(1 lb.)
(I%
Meatballs
(1 lb.)
(2 lb.)
Meatloaf
(Round
Patties
(4 patties per lb.)
I to 2 patties
to 4 patties
Pot roasts
)
Tender roasts (rib,
high quality rump,
sirloin tip)
Casserole
Round dish
Pie plate
Ceramic dinner
plate
Pie plate
Pie plate
No
Wax paper or
plastic wrap
Plastic wrap
Wax paper
Cooking bag
Cooking bag
5 to 7 min.
7 to 9 min.
6 to 8 min.
9 to min.
26 to 29 min.
2 to 4 min.
5 to 7 min.
22 to 25 min.
per lb.
Minutes Internal
per
Temp.
Stir after half of cooking time. Add sauce
or casserole ingredients and finish. To
cook frozen block, microwave 10 to
minutes, breaking up and stirring every
5 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes.
Arrange 3/4 to I in. apart in circle around
edge of dish.
Make a well between the edge of meat
mixture and dish to eliminate spill-over
of juices during cooking. Let stand 10
minutes after cooking.
Cover with wax paper or cook uncovered
and turn patties over. If desired add
browning sauce.
Add
cup water to cooking bag. Turn
over after half of time. Add vegetables if
desired after half of cooking time. Recover
and finish.
Turn roasts over after half of cooking time.
Let meat stand 10 minutes before carving.
Rare
Medium 13 to
160°
Well
10
to
140°
16 to
1700
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