cooking times & food safety
Use these times purely as a guide. Check food is cooked through before serving. If in doubt,
cook it a bit more.
Cook meat, poultry, and any derivatives (mince, burgers, etc.) till the juices run clear.
Cook fish till the flesh is opaque throughout.
When cooking pre-packed foods, follow any guidelines on the package or label.
soup min
chicken 6
fish 5
leek and potato 5
onion 4
vegetable 5
pasta
macaroni 6
noodles 5
spaghetti 5
twists and shapes 4-5
vegetables
artichokes 6
asparagus 7
broad beans 4
broccoli 1
brussels sprouts 4
cabbage 5
carrots 6
cauliflower 5
corn on the cob 5
courgettes 2
leeks 4
potatoes 6
runner beans 6
spinach 4
rice
long grain 6
brown, long grain 12-15
pulses
chickpeas 20
kidney beans 15
lentils 12
white beans 15
shellfish
crab 7-9
lobster 9
mussels 2
shrimp/prawns 2
fish min
steaks and fillets 3-4
whole fish 4 min per 450g/lb
skate wings 4
fruit
apple slices 4
blackcurrants 2-5
damsons 4
gooseberries 4
loganberries 2-5
peaches/pears (halved & stoned) 3-4
pears, hard (halved & stoned) 5-6
plums (halved and stoned) 2-5
raspberries 2-5
rhubarb 4
dried fruit
apricots/peaches 3-4
apples/figs/pears/prunes 4-5
veal
breast (bone & roll) 12 min per 450g/lb
knuckle 12 min per 450g/lb
loin 10 min per 450g/lb
shoulder (bone & roll) 12 min per 450g/lb
beef
topside 12-15 min per 450g/lb
brisket, rolled 15 min per 450g/lb
silverside 12 min per 450g/lb
pork
shoulder (bone & roll) 12 min per 450g/lb
loin 12 min per 450g/lb
lamb
breast (bone & roll) 12 min per 450g/lb
shoulder (bone & roll) 13 min per 450g/lb
best end 10 min per 450g/lb
poultry
poussin (whole) 5-7
chicken (whole) 5 min per 450g/lb
partridge (whole) 8
pheasant (whole) 8