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Rice, Pasta and Noodles
Cooking Rice by Micro power
Follow directions in chart for recommended dish
size, amounts of water and cooking time. Add grain
to water. Add salt and butter according to package
directions. Cook on 1100 W for time recommended
in chart. Allow to stand, covered, before serving.
For special rice, substitute beef or chicken stock for
water. Add cooked onion, mushrooms or crumbled
bacon before serving.
ITEM CONTAINER
AMOUNT
OF
WATER
APPROX. TIME
TO COOK GRAIN
on 1100 W
UNCOVERED
(in minutes)
STANDING
TIME
(in minutes)
RICE
Quick Cook Brown (1 cup) 2-litre dish 1
1
⁄
3
cups 10 5
Brown (1 cup) 3-litre dish 3 cups 25 to 30 10
Long Grain (1 cup) 2-litre dish 2 cups 12 to 14 5
Short Grain (1 cup) 2-litre dish 2 cups 12 to 14 5
Jasmine (1 cup) 3-litre dish 2 cups 12 to 14 5
C
OOKING
R
ICE BY
AUTO
C
OOK
• Minimum weight 100
g
/ Maximum weight 300
g
• Suitable for cooking white rice including short, long
grain and specialty rices.
• Place rice with water in a suitable sized dish. Use
the following as a guide:
Rice Water Dish Size
100
g
200
g
300
g
200
g
400
g
600
g
2-litre
3-litre
3-litre
*(It may be necessary to adjust the amount of water
to your personal preference.)
• Rice will boil over if the dish used is too small.
• Cook rice uncovered.
• Do not cook in plastic containers unless suitable for
high temperature cooking.
• Stand rice for 5 to 10 minutes after cooking, if
necessary.
• This setting is not suitable for cooking brown rice or
wild rice.
To Operate:
Select Rice, press Weight pads to select serve
required, then press Start.
S
AUSAGE &
B
EAN
S
TUFFED
C
APSICUMS
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
250
g
thin Italian sausages
1 small onion, chopped
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
440
g
red kidney beans, drained
1
⁄
2
cup cooked long grain rice
4 medium red capsicum
1
⁄
4
cup tomato paste, extra
1 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese
Method:
Place sausages onto a paper towel lined dinner
plate. Cook on 1100 W for 2 minutes, turn and cook
for a further 2 minutes. Set aside. Place onion and
tomato paste into a medium microwave safe bowl.
Cook uncovered on 1100 W for 2 minutes. Remove
skins from sausages and cut sausages into 1cm
slices. Stir through onion mixture along with parsley,
beans and rice. Remove tops from capsicum. Take
out the seeds and white membrane and discard. Fill
capsicum with stuffi ng mixture. Place into a shallow
sided microwave safe dish. Blend together extra
tomato paste with half a cup of water. Pour over and
around capsicum. Cook uncovered on 1100 W for
12 to 14 minutes. Rotate halfway through cooking.
Sprinkle each capsicum with Parmesan and cook on
1100 W for a further 2 minutes.
Tip: substitute any thin sausages Freeze leftover rice
then defrost on 1100 W for 2 minutes per cup
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