Some basic guidelines are given in the table below.
About Your Microwave Oven
(*Combination refers to microwave + grill and microwave +
Microwave cooking is very quick and efficient. Microwave
convection cooking)
cooking can also help preserve the minerals and vitamins in
many foods.
The microwave power output of your oven is 800 watts.
Because the temperature in a microwave oven is relatively cool
(unlike a normal oven) you have to remember that the food can
be extremely hot. Always take precautions when handling
containers.
Radio Interference:
Tesco stores stock a wide range of microwave containers and
wraps designed for microwave ovens. Plastic films should not
touch food as they may gas, melt or break down when hot and
Suitable and unsuitable containers:
contaminate food.
Use heat resistant porcelain, glass or plastic containers made for
Wax paper, oven cooking bags, parchment paper and white
microwave ovens, otherwise there is a risk of shrinking,
microwave paper towels are safe for microwave use. Wooden
deforming or burning. Metal containers, or containers having
objects may catch fire - so avoid their use.
metal decoration or trim are not suitable for use with your
Do not use aluminium foil for microwave cooking unless the
microwave oven.
recipe requires it. Keep foil at least 25mm away from the oven
When you are combination cooking, the container must be fully
walls. Metal skewers, ties, etc. should be removed from food
heatproof as well as suitable for microwave cooking.
before cooking.
Avoid containers which narrow at the top as these may cause the
contents to erupt when removed from the oven.
Operation of the microwave oven can cause interference to your
radio, TV or similar equipment. When there is interference, it may
be reduced or eliminated by taking the following measures:
$Clean the door and sealing surface of the oven.
$Reorient the receiving antenna of radio or television.
$Relocate the microwave oven with respect to the receiver.
$Move the microwave oven away from the receiver.
Cookware
Heat–Resistant Glass
Non Heat–Resistant Glass
Heat–Resistant Ceramics
Microwave–Safe Plastics
Kitchen Paper
Metal Trays / Metal Racks
Aluminium Foil
Metal Foil Containers
Microwave Grill Convection Combination*
properly. Add more minutes as you drop the power.
Cooking In your Oven
$About 20% of the cooking takes place after the oven turns off
Your oven can carry out a number of cooking processes.
so your food will continue cooking after you've removed it.
$Basic Microwave Cooking
$Food that takes an hour in to cook in a regular oven should
$Basic Grilling
take around15 minutes in the microwave.
$Convection Cooking ( standard convection oven)
$Foods such as cakes with baking powder should stand a few
$Microwave/Grill combination cooking
minutes before cooking to allow the leavening agents to
$Microwave/Convection combination cooking
work.
In these above two processes, food is partially cooked by
$If a recipe calls for milk and water, reduce the water.
microwaves and then finished by either grilling or oven cooking.
$Stir liquids and purees before during and after cooking.
This accelerates the cooking process whilst maintaining the finish
$Rotate large items of food occasionally during cooking to
and texture of traditionally cooked foods. There is also a programme
encourage even heat distribution.
that enables you to defrost frozen food and then combination cook
$Food cooks better in a dish with round or curved sides.
it thus completing the entire cooking process in one operation.
$Salt attracts microwaves. Don't just sprinkle it on food before
Preset cooking programmes
cooking, stir it in or add it later.
$To ensure better distribution of heat when cooking large
pieces of meat in the microwave, remove the bone, cook on
medium power for longer periods of time, rotate twice
during cooking .
Tips for good microwave cooking
Arrange food in the dish so that the thicker part is on the outside
$Fats and sugars attract microwaves - thoroughly mix sugar
and the thinner part inside for more even cooking. Fold under the
with other ingredients. Take care when cooking foods with
thin edges of fish fillets and other tapered foods. Where it is
high sugar or fat contents as they can reach very high
possible to control the shape, e.g. by tying a meat roast into a
temperatures.
cylinder, more uniform results will be obtained.
$Handle pastry-wrapped foods like mince pies carefully as the
filling gets hotter than the pastry.
$5-6 minutes per 500 g. will cook most diced foods including
meat, poultry fruit and vegetables. Seafood takes less time.
$Always follow the advice in the Safety Guide on Page 2 for
$Different foods require different temperatures to cook
safe, effective cooking procedures.
Your oven has 8 preset programmes. These programmes allow
you to automate the cooking of a range of standard foods for
greater convenience. Some programmes use one cooking
method, others use combination cooking. So you can just select
the programme, dial in the amount of food you want to cook and
the oven will do the rest!
$Stuffing in poultry does not have an opportunity to
completely cook, because the meat outside is heated
quickly. Stuffing for poultry should be cooked beforehand
and inserted later.
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