Microwave Cooking
To speed cooking and promote even heating, use the following techniques:
- Stir food during cooking to bring the heated outside parts to the center
- Turn food over when microwaving small items, like hamburgers, or when defrosting
- Rearrange foods or individual items during cooking to promote even heating
- Allow standing time to complete the cooking of roasts and baked products
- Coffee filters make a great shield against splatters. No more melting of plastic or possible leaching of chemicals into your food
- Cover foods to hold in moisture and speed cooking
- Arrange foods in a ring or circular shape to allow maximum exposure to micr9owave energy. Place tender or thin parts in the center and thicker parts toward the outside
- Rotate or move food a quarter or half turn during cooking to allow food that cooks quickly to cook evenly
- Select foods or pieces of the same size and shape because small items cook faster than larger
- Food at refrigerator temperature takes longer to cook than food at room temperature
- Dense foods take more time to heat than light or porous food
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