OVEN MEALS
Putting a favorite family meal together takes planning. It becomes a balancing act Oven meals
of perfect timing, with the need to create a harmony of flavor, texture and color, should beplanned
Fortunately, your Speed Oven comes to the rescue with all-together-easy plans for
oven meals. Read through our basic instructions, tips and suggested menus and _ithfoods of
you'll see how they can work beautifully into your schedule, similar quantity,
Oven meals can include two or three dishes from the following categories: seruingsize,
•Meats or poultry less than 4 pounds "Vegetables "Main dishes/casseroles
Set SPEED COOK I for all oven meals, if Speed Cooking a single recipe from an shape, density
oven meal follow recipe directions. Breads and desserts are best cooked separately, and te,nperature.
rather than combining them into oven meals.
BASIC INSTRUCTIONS
l. Determine the menu, cookware and rack positions.
NOTE: For best results, oven meals should be planned with foods of similar
quantity, serving size, shape, density and temperature. Consult the chart on page
32 for examples. Also, be sure to see the tips below for cookware and rack positions.
2. Determine the Speed Cook time for each food item. Refer to the charts as follows:
•Meats or poultry less than 4 pounds (page 12-13 ). •Vegetables (page 23 ).
• Main dishes/casseroles (page 16).
3. Determine the "meal time difference" by subtracting the minimum Speed
Cook time from the maximum Speed Cook time. Example:
Whole chicken 30to 35 minutes
Green bean casserole 16to 20 minutes
Meal Time Difference-- (35-16) = 19 minutes Max- rain = difference
4. Determine when foods are added to the oven by using one ofthe two rules of
thumb guidelines below.
• If'the meal time difference is 15 minutes or less, place all foods in the oven at the
same time. Set for the maximum time.
• Ifmeal time difference isgreater than 15 minutes, stagger the entry offood
items. Put in the longest-cooking food and set for the maximum Speed Cook
time. Add additional foods based on individual minimum Speed Cook time.
For example in Step 3 add the green bean casserole after 19 minutes, so the
beans can cook 16 minutes.
5. Check foods occasionally during cooking, just as you would for conventional
oven meal cooking. You may need to remove some foods from the oven, stir or
rearrange placement of items in the oven.
TIPS FOR SPEED COOKING OVEN MEALS
Cookware/Bakeware
• See recommendations in various sections (pages 6, 11, 15, 23, 25 and 29).
NOTE: Use metal pan without rack for meats and whole poultry.
• Cover dishes if`called for in the recipe. Do not cover a metal dish with a metal
lid or aluminum foil.
• Vegetables should be cooked in a glass dish with a cover.
Rack Positions
• For optimum results, place the food on one rack. Use rack position# 2 or # 3.
•For two rack cooking, place two of`the items on rack position # 1.Place the
third item (vegetable) on rack position #4.
•When using two racks, items should be covered, ifpossible, to prevent
condensation on the bottoms of`the pans on the top rack.
NOTE: Desserts are best cooked separately.
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