
Heating or Reheating Guide
1.
Directions below are for heating or reheating already-cooked
4.
Be sure foods are heated throughout before serving. Steaming or
foods stored in refrigerator or at room temperature. Use
bubbling around edges of dish does not necessarily mean food is
microwave-safe cookware.
heated throughout.
2. Cover most foods for fastest heating. Exceptions are some
sandwiches, griddle foods and baked items.
If you use a meat thermometer while cooking, make sure it is
3. Bubbling around edges of dish is normal, since the center is the
safe for use in microwave ovens.
to heat. Foods heated to
to
will
safe.
palatable results. Adjust temperatures to suit you; personal taste.
Let foods stand a few minutes before serving.
Item
Amount
Power
Appetizers
Dips: cream or processed cheese
cup
Medium (5)
2 to
min.
1 cup
Medium (5)
3 to 5 min.
Pastry
bites:
pizzas, egg rolls, etc.
2 to 4 servings
High (10)
2 to 4 min.
Saucy: meatballs,
1 to 2 servings
High (10)
2 to 4 min.
cocktail franks, etc.
3 to 4 servings
High (10)
cup per serving)
5 to 7 min.
Cover saucy appetizers with wax paper. Cover dips with plastic wrap. Microwave pastry bites uncovered to retain their crispness.
Bakery Foods
Cake,
coffee
cake,
doughnuts, sweet rolls,
1 piece
nut or fruit bread
2 pieces
4 pieces
9-in. cake or
12 rolls or
doughnuts
Dinner rolls, muffins
1
2
4
6 to 8
Pie: fruit, nut or custard
1 slice
1
of 9-in. pie
2 slices
(use minimum time for custard)
4 slices
9-in. pie
Low (3)
Low (3)
Low (3)
Low (3)
Medium (5)
Medium (5)
Medium (5)
Medium (5)
High (10)
High (10)
Meal-High (7)
Meal-High (7)
to 1 min.
1 to 2 min.
to
min.
2 to 4 min.
to min.
to 1 min.
1
min.
1 to 2 min.
to 1 min.
1 to
min.
to 3
5 to 7 min.
Cocoa,
other
milk based
(6
1 to 2 cups
(9 oz./cup)
Meal-High (7)
3 to 4 min.
1 to 2 cups
Meal-High (7)
5 to 7 min.
Coffee, tea, cider
(6
1 to 2 cups
(9 oz./cup)
High (10)
1 to 3 min.
1 to 2 cups
High (10)
6 to 7 min.
Gravies & Sauces
Desserts: chocolate, butterscotch, etc.
cup
High (10)
1 to 2 min.
1 cup
High (10)
2 to 3 min.
Gravies: giblet or creamy
cup
High (10)
1 to 2 min.
1 cup
High (10)
2 to 3 min.
Meat or main dish sauces, such as
cup
High (10)
2 to 3 min.
spaghetti sauce, etc.
1 cup
High (10)
3 to 4 min.
1 can (16 oz. )
High (10)
3 to 4 min.
Cover food to prevent spattering.
Griddle Foods
Pancakes,
toast or
Plain, no topping
2 or 3 pieces
High (10)
1 to
min.
Syrup & butter
2 or 3 pieces
High (10)
1 to 1 min.
Do not cover.
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