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TIMED COOKING - MEATS, POULTRY AND FISH
PREPARATION
•
Use a microwave-safe dish.
•
Defrost frozen food completely.
•
Wash poultry and fish in cool
water.
•
Arrange small items in a single
layer in dish, avoid overlapping
edges of food.
•
Place thick sections toward edge
of the dish.
•
Use a rack in the dish to elevate
meat out of the juices.
•
Use spices and seasonings as
desired.
•
Add salt after cooking, if
necessary.
•
Aluminum foil can be used to
cover thin parts of meat or
poultry wings and legs to
prevent overcooking.
•
Foil should be applied toward the
end of cooking time.
•
Place meat fat side down to start
cooking. Turn fat side up half
way through cooking time.
COOKING
•
Use wax paper or plastic wrap to
stop spattering.
•
Turn over or rearrange meat,
poultry and fish halfway through
cooking time.
CHECKING DONENESS
See page 23 for internal
temperatures for desired doneness.
Beef:
The color of the meat, on the
inside, indicates doneness. Rare
roast should be red inside. Medium
is pink and gray indicates well
done.
Pork:
Cooked pork meat should be
gray with clear juice.
Poultry:
Juices should be clear
yellow when cooked. Legs should
move freely.
Fish and Seafood:
Should be opaque
in color and flake easily.
To check internal temperature of
various meats and poultry, use a
microwave or conventional meat
thermometer after removing meat
from the oven. Insert the
thermometer, avoiding bone or fat.
Lower temperatures are found in
the center of the roast or in the
muscle close to a large bone.
Never
use a conventional meat
thermometer in the microwave oven.
(See pg. 23).
Return undercooked food to oven
for a short period of time at the
recommended power level. Let
stand as recommended in chart.
Cover roasts and whole poultry
during stand time.
Food
Power
Cooking
Time
Standing
Time
Special Notes
Beef
4 oz each
Hamburgers,
refrigerated 2
4
Hamburgers, frozen
2
4
P100
P100
P100
P100
2 - 4 min.
4 - 6 min.
4 - 6 min.
7 - 9 min.
2 min.
2 min.
3 min.
3 min.
Place in a shallow dish
and cover loosely with
wax paper. Turn over
halfway through
cooking.
Defrost frozen patties
just enough to easily
separate. Turn over
halfway through
cooking.
Roasts, tender
1 lb
P50
10 - 13 min. 10 - 15 min.
Cover with wax paper.
Shield halfway through
cooking and turn roast
over if necessary. Stand
tented with foil.
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