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NOTE: Use Power Level High (10) unless otherwise noted.
1.
Directions below are for heating or reheating already-cooked
palatable results. Adjust temperatures
to suit your personal
foods stored in refrigerator or at room temperature. Use
taste. Let foods stand a few minutes before serving.
microwave-safe cookware.
4. Be sure foods are heated throughout before serving. Steaming
2. Cover most foods for fastest heating. Exceptions are some
or bubbling around edges of dish does not necessarily mean
sandwiches, griddle foods and baked items.
food is heated throughout.
3. Bubbling around edges of dish is normal, since the center is the
last to heat. Foods heated to
160°F.
to
165°F.
will provide safe,
If you use a meat thermometer while cooking, make sure
it is safe for use in microwave ovens.
Item
Amount Power Level Time
Bakery Foods
Cake, coffee cake,
doughnuts, sweet rolls,
1 piece Low (3)
1/4 to
1
min.
nut or fruit bread
9 inch cake or
Low (3) 1 to 4 min.
12
rolls
or doughnuts
Dinner rolls, muffins
1
Medium (5) 1/4 to 1/2 min.
6 to 8
Medium
(5)
1/2 to 2 min.
Pie: fruit, nut or custard;
1
slice= l/8 of 9 inch pie
1
slice
1/4
to 1 min.
(use minimum time for custard)
9 inch
pie
Meal-High (7)
4 to 7 min.
Beverages
Cocoa,
other milk based drinks (6 oz. per
cup)
1
to 2 cups
Meal-High (7) 2 to 6 min.
Coffee,
other water-based drinks (6 oz. per
cup)
1
to 2 cups
1/2 to 3 min.
Meats and Main Dishes
Chicken pieces
1
to 2 pieces
1
to 3 min.
Hamburgers or meatloaf (4 oz.
per serving)
1 to 2 servings 1 to 3 min.
Hot dogs
and sausages
1
to 2
1/4 to 1 min.
Nce
and pasta (2/3-3/4
cup per serving)
1
to 2 servings
1/2 to 3 min.
Saucy, main dishes: chop
suey,
spaghetti, creamed chicken,
1 to 2 servings 2 to 5 min.
chili, stew, macaroni and cheese, etc. (3/4-1 cup per serving)
Steaks, chops, ribs, meat pieces
1
to 2 servings
1
to 4 min.
Thinly-sliced meat (3 to 4 oz. per serving)
1 to
2
servings 1/2 to 2 min.
Topped or mixed with sauce (2/3-3/4 cup per serving)
1 to
2
servings 1/2 to 5 min.
Tip: Cover saucy main disbes with plastic wrap. Cover other main dishes and meats with wax paper. When heating or reheating 3 to 4 servings
of meat
slices or pieces, rotate
disb
1/2 turn after balf of cooking time.
Plate of Leftovers
Meat plus 2 vegetables
1
plate
2 to 4 min.
Tip: Cover plate of food with wax paper or plastic wrap.
Sandwiches
Meat-cheese filling: with 2 slices of bread
1
to 2 servings
Meal-High (7) 1/2 to 3 min.
Moist filling:
Sloppy Joes,
barbecue, ham salad,
1
to 2
servings
Meal-High (7) 1/2 to 2 min.
etc. in bun (1/3 cup per serving)
Tip: Use paper towel or napkin to cover sandwiches.
soups
Milk-based (6 oz. per serving)
1
to 2 servings
Meal-High (7)
I
to 3 min.
Water-based (6 oz. per serving)
1
to 2 servings
1
to 3 min.
Tip: Cover soups with wax paper or plastic wrap.
Vegetables
Large pieces or whole: asparagus spears, corn on the cob, etc.
1 to 2 servings
112
to 2 min.
Mashed (1/2 cup per serving)
1
to 2 servings
1/2 to 2 min.
Small pieces: peas, beans, corn, etc. (1/2 cup per serving)
1
to 2 servings
1/2 to 2 min.
Tip: Cover vegetables for most even heating.
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