POINTS FOR CHECKING
Always check that food is piping hot after reheating in the microwave. If
unsure return to oven. Foods will still require a STAND TIME, especially if they cannot be stirred. The
denser the food the longer the stand time.
Cooking Charts
Food
Weight/
Quantity
Power
Level
Time to
Select (approx)
Instructions/Guidelines
CHICKEN from raw – Caution: Hot fat! Remove dish with care.
Quarters
552 g (2)
LOW
18-20 mins.
Place on microwave safe rack or plate.
Cover and place on turntable.
16-20 mins.
Place on grill rack with heatproof plate
underneath. Turn halfway.
22-23 mins.
Whole
HIGH
450 g (1 lb)
Place on upturned saucer breast side
down in microwave safe dish. Place on
turntable, cover, turn over halfway.
EGGS – Poached.
Water
45 ml
HIGH
•Place in a small bowl and heat for 1st
cooking time.
•Add egg (medium sized).
•Pierce yolk and white.
•Cover.
•Cook for 2nd cooking time.
•Then leave to stand for 1 min.
Egg
1
HIGH
Water
90 ml
HIGH
1 min. 20 secs.
Eggs
2
HIGH
1 min
EGGS – Scrambled.
1 Egg
HIGH
•Add 1 tbsp of milk for each egg used.
•Beat eggs, milk and knob of butter
together.
•Cook for 1st cooking time then stir.
•Cook for 2nd cooking time then stand
for 1 min.
HIGH
20 secs.
2 Eggs
HIGH
HIGH
FISH – FRESH from raw
Fillets, Steak, Whole
450 g
HIGH
Place in microwave safe dish. Add 30
ml of liquid. Cover. Place on turntable.
FISH – FRESH from raw
Haddock Fillets
380 g (4)
HIGH
Place in microwave safe dish. Add 30
ml of liquid. Cover. Place on turntable.
Whole
450 g (2)
HIGH
Boil in the Bag
170 g (1)
DEFROST
4 mins.
Place bag sauce side down on a
microwave safe plate. Slash top of bag
with a knife.
+ rest
2 mins.
+ LOW
6 mins.
FRUIT – Peel, slice, chop into even sized pieces. Place in shallow microwave safe dish.
Apples, Rhubarb, stewed
450 g
HIGH
Only half fill dish. Cover. Place on
turntable.
Plums – stewed
450 g
HIGH
Add 30 ml (2 tbsp) of water. Only half
fill dish. Cover. Place on turntable.
LAMB – from raw – CAUTION: Hot Fat! Remove dish with care.
Chops, loin
400 g (4)
HIGH
2-3m per 450g (1lb)
Place on microwaveable safe dish or
rack. Cover. Place on turntable.
+ LOW
3-4m per 450g (1lb)
Joints
HIGH
4-5m per 450g (1lb)
Place on upturned saucer in microwave
safe dish or rack. Cover.
Place on
turntable and turn joint over halfway.
Drain off fat during cooking.
+ LOW
8-9m per 450g (1lb)
PASTA – Place in a large 3 litre (6 pint) microwave safe bowl.
Macaroni
225 g
HIGH
10-11 mins.
Use 600 ml (1 pint) of boiling water in
a 1 litre (2 pints) bowl. Cover. Place on
turntable.
Spaghetti, Tagliatelli
225 g
HIGH
10-10 mins.
Comb * GT261
i
Combi*G M231
*For NN-GT261 use combi level 2.
En-30
7-8 mins.
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8 -10 mins. per
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45 secs.
45 secs.
25 secs.
50 secs.
50 secs.
4 -6 mins.
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4 -5 mins.
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4 -6 mins.
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7-8 mins.
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