Time features using your oven – Cafe 30 Inch Over-the-Range Microwave Oven Owner's Manual User Manual

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Time Features

USING YOUR

OVEN

Defrosting Guide
Food

Time Comments

Breads, Cakes

Bread, buns or rolls (1

piece)

1/4 min.

Sweet rolls (approx. 12 oz.)

2 to 4 min.

Rearrange after half of time.

Fish and Seafood

Fillets, frozen (1 lb.)

6 to 9 min.

Fruit

Plastic pouch—1 or 2

1 to 5 min.

(10-oz. package)

Meat

Bacon (1 lb.)

2 to 5 min.

Place unopened package in oven. Let stand 5 minutes after defrosting.

Franks (1 lb.)

2 to 5 min.

Place unopened package in oven. Microwave just until franks can be

separated. Let stand 5 minutes, if necessary, to complete defrosting.

Ground meat (1 lb.)

4 to 6 min.

Turn meat over after first half of time.

Roast: beef, lamb, veal,

pork

9 to 13 min. per lb.

Use power level 10.

Steaks, chops and cutlets

4 to 8 min. per lb.

Place unwrapped meat in cooking dish. Turn over after first half of time

and shield warm areas with foil. After second half of time, separate pieces

with table knife. Let stand to complete defrosting.

Poultry

Chicken, broiler-fryer, cut up

to 3 lbs.)

14 to 20 min.

Place wrapped chicken in dish. Unwrap and turn over after first half of

time. After second half of time, separate pieces and place in cooking dish.

Microwave 2 to 4 minutes more, if necessary. Let stand a few minutes to

finish defrosting.

Chicken, whole (2

to 3

lbs.)

20 to 25 min.

Place wrapped chicken in dish. After first half of time, unwrap and turn

chicken over. Shield warm areas with foil. To complete defrosting, run cool

water in cavity until giblets can be removed.

Cornish hen

7 to 13 min. per lb.

Place unwrapped hen in oven breast-side-up. Turn over after first half of

time. Run cool water in cavity until giblets can be removed.

Turkey breast (4 to 6 lbs.)

3 to 8 min. per lb.

Place unwrapped breast in microwave-safe dish breast-side-down. After

first half of time, turn breast-side-up and shield warm areas with foil.

Defrost for second half of time. Let stand 1 to 2 hours in refrigerator to

complete defrosting.