| Summer is here and if you are anything like me, you | | | | stated above. |
| don't want to turn on your oven or stove unless | | | | Cooking Ground Beef |
| absolutely necessary. I do most of my cooking in the | | | | Place the ground beef with your favorite seasoning in |
| microwave during the summer months. It helps keep | | | | the colander of the cooker. Cover and cook for 6 |
| my home cooler and cuts down on my cooling bill. | | | | minutes per pound. Let sit a few minutes then remove |
| I have found that many people don't like to cook meat | | | | from the microwave. By using the colander all the |
| in the microwave. I was once one of those people. | | | | grease will drain to the bottom of the cooker. |
| Chicken would come out like rubber and I always | | | | Cooking a Whole Chicken |
| worried that ground beef didn't cook thoroughly. I have | | | | If using the Oval Cooker you will need to use the |
| since found that the trick is to use the right cooking | | | | extender piece for your average size chicken. Then |
| utensils. | | | | place the chicken in the cooker. Pour about half a cup |
| There has also been some hype about how its not | | | | of water on the bottom of the cooker. Sprinkle your |
| safe to use plastic to cook meat or anything else in | | | | chicken with your favorites seasonings. Placed the |
| the microwave. This is only half true. Certain types of | | | | cover on the cooker and cook for 6 minutes per |
| plastic have chemicals that are activated with the | | | | pound. I think you will be surprised at how moist your |
| extreme heat of the microwave and these chemicals | | | | chicken comes out. |
| can get into your food. Hence, the key to cooking in | | | | Cooking Cut Up Chicken |
| your microwave is, once again, to use the correct | | | | After cutting up your chicken use the same instructions |
| cooking utensils. Basically, use containers that are | | | | for cooking a whole chicken. Determine by how high |
| specifically designed for cooking in the microwave. | | | | the chicken stacks if you will need to use the extender |
| My preference in microwave cooking is Tupperware. | | | | or not. |
| Their cookware is specifically designed for the | | | | Cooking Chicken Pieces |
| microwave so you don't have to worry about the | | | | You can use the colander to cook chicken pieces. Cut |
| chemicals. Their Oval Cooker is designed to retain the | | | | the chicken into bit size pieces. I usually use chicken |
| moisture of your meat so that your meat does't come | | | | breast cutlets for this. Place the cutup chicken pieces |
| out dry and rubbery. It also has a colander so you can | | | | in the colander. Season with your favorite seasonings. |
| brown your meat and let the grease drip to the | | | | Place the cover on the cooker and microwave for 6 |
| bottom. That makes it easy to dispose of the grease | | | | minutes per pound. |
| drippings or use them for gravy. Tupperware also | | | | Cooking Pork |
| backs it cooker with a lifetime warranty so if it breaks I | | | | I have not yet tried cooking pork in the microwave. |
| can just replace it with a new one, which seems like a | | | | Pork is tricky and my family doesn't eat pork so that is |
| good investment to me. | | | | one reason I have never tried cooking it in the |
| So the instructions I am providing below apply to the | | | | microwave. However, there are plenty of beef and |
| Tupperware Oval Cooker. If you feel confident using a | | | | chicken recipes out there, so I hope the above |
| different type of microwave cooker, of course, try | | | | suggestions will help you keep your kitchen cooler |
| that, but please make sure you follow the guidelines I | | | | during the hot summer months. |