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Guide for cooking seafood in your microwave
• Cook fish until it flakes easily with a fork.
• Place fish on a microwave-safe roasting rack in a microwave-safe dish.
• Use a tight cover to steam fish. A lighter cover of wax paper or paper towel
provides less steaming.
• Do not overcook fish; check it at minimum cooking time.
Food
Cook time / Power level
Steaks
Up to 0.7 kg
Cooking Time:
0.5 kg
7-11 min.
Power Level:
Medium-High (7).
Directions
Arrange steaks on roasting rack with meaty portions towards
the outside of rack. Cover with wax paper. Turn over and
rearrange when cooking time is half up. Cook until fish flakes
easily with a fork. Let stand 3-5 min.
Fillets
Up to 0.7 kg
Cooking Time:
0.5 kg
4-8 min.
Power Level:
Medium-High (7).
Directions
Arrange fillets in a baking dish, turning any thin pieces under
Cover with wax paper. If over ½ inch thick, turn over and
rearrange when cooking time is half up. Cook until fish flakes
easily with a fork. Let stand 2-3 min.
Shrimp
Up to 0.7 kg
Cooking Time:
0.5 kg
4-6½ min
Power Level:
Medium-High (7).
Directions
Arrange shrimp in a baking dish without overlapping or
layering. Cover with wax paper. Cook until firm and opaque,
stirring 2 or 3 times. Let stand 5 min.
Cooking eggs in your microwave
• Never cook eggs in the shell, and never warm hard-cooked eggs in the shell;
they can explode.
• Always pierce whole eggs to keep them from bursting.
• Cook eggs just until set; they become tough if overcooked.
Guide for cooking vegetables in your microwave
• Vegetables should be washed just before cooking. Often, no extra water is
needed. If dense vegetables such as potatoes, carrots and green beans are
being cooked, add about ¼ cup water.
• Small vegetables (sliced carrots, peas, lima beans, etc.) will cook faster than
larger ones.
• Whole vegetables, such as potatoes, acorn squash or corn on the cob,
should be arranged in a circle on the turntable before cooking. They will cook
more evenly if turned over after half the cooking time.
• Always place vegetables like asparagus and broccoli with the stem ends
pointing towards the edge of the dish and the tips toward the center.
• When cooking cut vegetables, always cover the dish with a lid or vented
microwavable plastic wrap.
• Whole, unpeeled vegetables such as potatoes, squash, eggplant, etc.,
should have their skin pricked in several spots before cooking to prevent
them from bursting.
• For more even cooking, stir or rearrange whole vegetables halfway through
the cooking time.
• Generally, the denser the food, the longer the standing time. (Standing time
refers to the time necessary for dense, large foods and vegetables to finish
cooking after they come out of the oven.) A baked potato can stand on the
counter for five minutes before cooking is completed, while a dish of peas
can be served immediately.
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