The kitchen proving ground

Perhaps it is a rare experience or a fresh attempt

● Container: Plastic, glass, ceramics and other high-temperature resistant containers can be used in the microwave oven, but metal or containers with metal can't be used.

● Thawing: If you cook frozen food, thaw it first. Pay attention to the use of low-power gear when thawing, so that it can be thawed evenly. Generally, do not over-heat it until it is completely thawed, which may make the food partially cooked. Moreover, there should not be too many foods thawed at one time, and the thawed food pieces should not be too thick. The thickness of meat foods should not exceed 3 cm, and the thickness of other foods should not exceed 5 to 7 cm. Otherwise, it may cause uneven thawing from top to bottom.

● nutrition: when cooking with microwave, try to add as little water as possible to the dishes. The purpose of adding water is to prevent the dishes from burning. Generally, one or two tablespoons of water is enough. The standard of adding proper amount of water is that there is no water left after the dishes are cooked. Moreover, when cooking or heating food, cover it. This requires short time and little nutrient loss. Therefore, in order to shorten the cooking time as much as possible, if conditions permit, try to buy a high-power microwave oven.

● Dehydration: During the peak season of fruits and vegetables, you can use the microwave oven to keep some of your favorite fruits and vegetables fresh, such as cowpea, eggplant, Shelley, radish slices, pineapple slices, apple slices and mushrooms. Methods: Wash the fruits and vegetables, slice the large roots after controlling the water, put them in the microwave oven, heat them with low power (1-3 minutes) until some water is removed from the vegetables and some of them are weak, take them out and cool them, then seal them with fresh-keeping bags, which can be stored in the refrigerator for a long time, or simply sun them on the balcony for a few days and soon become real dried vegetables.

● seasoning: salt has a special effect on microwave, so it should be used as little as possible in cooking, especially meat, because salt will make the meat rough. If the taste is light, it is best to supplement it after cooking.

Simple recipe for microwave oven

● Boil the egg

1. Wrap the egg with "tin foil" (the bright side is in the pot, and don't wrap it too tightly, just leave a little), put it in a deep pot, add water until it covers the egg surface, cover it, and cook it on high fire for 8 minutes, and it will become a half-cooked egg.

after 2 or 8 minutes, the heating is stopped, but the eggs are still put in the oven, and they are taken out after 5 minutes, so that they are fully cooked.

rice congee

1, about 3 grams of rice, seven cups of hot water.

2. Wash the rice, put it in a container, add hot water, and keep on high fire for 2 minutes.

● Chicken curry

Wash the drumsticks for about a catty and a half, wipe dry with water and chop into pieces, add one tablespoon of curry powder, two tablespoons of oil, one and a half cups of hot water, half a cup of coconut milk, 2/3 teaspoons of salt, half a teaspoon of sugar, a little pepper, two tablespoons of peanut butter and half a teaspoon of chicken powder, mix well and marinate for one hour.

add a catty of peeled and diced potatoes to the chicken nuggets, add a tablespoon of curry powder, and add appropriate amount of garlic and dried onion, stir well, put them in a deep vessel, cover them, cook for 2 minutes on high heat until the potatoes are soft, and take them out for 3 minutes.

Avoid the misunderstanding of using microwave oven:

1. Don't heat the meat to half heat in advance, and then microwave it until it is fully cooked later. Although this can shorten the cooking time before the meal, the bacteria in the semi-cooked food are not killed, and even if they are put in the refrigerator, the bacteria will still grow. When heating in the microwave oven for the second time, because the time is too short, you may not be able to kill all the bacteria and eat your stomach badly. Therefore, if a busy family chef wants to save cooking time, it is still better to cook the meat, put it in a shallow container, or pack it in a plastic bag of frozen food, freeze it, thaw it in the refrigerator or microwave oven before heating it.

2. Meat and poultry that have been thawed in the microwave oven should not be frozen again. As a result of thawing in the microwave oven, the outer layer has actually started to heat at low temperature. At this low temperature, bacteria may have multiplied to a dangerous number. Although refreezing can stop reproduction, it cannot kill living bacteria. Therefore, the meat that has been thawed in the microwave oven must be heated until it is fully cooked. If it is not eaten, it will be put into the refrigerator.

3. According to the investigation report of the US Department of Agriculture, people often thaw or heat leftovers in the microwave oven, and then forget about it, leaving them for hours. If you forget to take it out for more than three hours, you'd better discard it to avoid food poisoning.

4. Don't put ordinary plastic containers in the microwave oven for heating. Although the plastic itself is not heated, hot food can make the container very hot. These plastic containers may release toxins and contaminate food at high temperature.

5. The US Food and Drug Administration and consumer rights groups have warned everyone to be careful that the plastic wrap for kitchen will release toxins into the microwave oven. Although no one has been poisoned yet, the possibility of poisoning still exists. In 1987, an experiment was conducted in Britain, and it was found that DEHA, a chemical in plastic paper, penetrated into food when heated in a microwave oven. DEHA permeates into high-fat foods more, because fat can be very hot in the microwave oven. High dose of DEHA can cause cancer in mice.

things to pay attention to when using microwave oven

Although the operation of microwave oven is simple and easy, we should also pay attention to some correct maintenance. When using microwave oven, we should pay attention to the following points:

1. The furnace bottom should be placed stably to prevent aging and deformation when opening the door, so as not to affect the sealing performance.

2. Do not place it near heat sources, household appliances, sunlight and humidity, so as not to reduce the performance.

3. The cooking time should be appropriate. The cooking time can be determined according to the requirements of food heating in the instruction manual, and it can be slightly reduced according to this time to prevent overheating and make the food dehydrated.

4. The microwave oven should be powered by a dedicated line with correct and reliable grounding.

5. When using, metal utensils and flammable containers should not be placed in the microwave oven. When using plastic containers, high-temperature resistant containers should be selected. Porcelain with gold and silver edges should not be used. It is best to use special glass containers.

6. When the microwave oven is working, it should be far away from the furnace body. Although there is safety insurance, it is also necessary to prevent microwave radiation from harming the human body.

7. When operating, don't put your eyes near the window for observation, because your eyes are most sensitive to microwave radiation.

8. After using the microwave oven, be sure to cut off the power supply and unplug it to prevent it from idling and damaging the magnetron.

9. To clean the microwave oven, you can wipe it with a wet towel or add a little detergent. If the stain is too stubborn, you can also boil a cup of hot water in the microwave oven and let the steam steam soften the stain before cleaning it. Adding a lemon or two can also remove the odor in the furnace.

9 taboos for microwave oven use

1. Avoid using ordinary plastic containers: first, hot food will deform plastic containers; second, ordinary plastics will release toxic substances, pollute food and endanger human health. Use special microwave oven utensils to hold food and put it in the microwave oven for heating.

2. Avoid using metal utensils: Because the utensils such as iron, aluminum, stainless steel and enamel put in the oven will generate electric sparks and reflect microwaves when heated, which will not only damage the furnace body but also heat the uncooked food.

3. Avoid using closed containers: wide-mouth containers should be used when heating liquids, because the heat generated by food heating in closed containers is not easy to dissipate, which makes the pressure in the containers too high and easily leads to blasting accidents. Even when cooking food with shells, you should pierce the shells with needles or chopsticks in advance to avoid bursting after heating, splashing to pollute the furnace wall, or splashing to hurt people.

4. Avoid overtime heating: put the food in the microwave oven for thawing or heating. If you forget to take it out, if it takes more than 2 hours, you should throw it away to avoid food poisoning.

5. Don't heat the meat until it is half-cooked. Because bacteria will still grow in the half-cooked food, it is impossible to kill all the bacteria when it is heated in the microwave for the second time because of the short time. Frozen meat must be thawed in the microwave oven before being heated into cooked food.

6. Don't refreeze the meat thawed in the microwave oven: because after the meat thawed in the microwave oven, it has actually heated the outer layer at a low temperature, and bacteria can reproduce at this temperature. Although refreezing can stop its reproduction, it can't kill the living bacteria. Meat that has been thawed in the microwave oven must be heated until it is fully cooked if it is frozen in the refrigerator again.

7. Do not fry food: high temperature oil will splash and cause fire. In case of accidental fire in the furnace, don't open the door, but turn off the power first, and then open the door to cool down after the fire is extinguished.

8. Avoid placing the oven in the bedroom, and at the same time, be careful not to cover the cooling window grille on the microwave oven with articles.

9. avoid working in front of the microwave oven for a long time: after turning on the micro-oven, people should stay away from the microwave oven or at least 1 meter away from the microwave oven.

How to use and maintain the light wave microwave oven

The light wave microwave oven can cook faster than the ordinary microwave oven, and it can keep the moisture and nutrients in the food from losing, which can ensure the original flavor of the food. The full name is digital light wave microwave oven, although the name suffix is also called microwave oven, but it is qualitatively different from microwave oven. The microwave oven is completely different from the microwave oven in heating principle. The microwave oven is completed by ordinary magnetron emitting microwaves, while the microwave oven is rapidly heated by light waves, which can skillfully use light waves and microwaves to heat food.

use and maintenance:

1. Avoid overtime heating: if food is thawed or heated in the furnace, if it is forgotten to be taken out for more than 2 hours, it should be thrown away to avoid food poisoning.

2. Avoid using metal utensils: Metal utensils such as iron, aluminum, stainless steel, enamel, etc. put into the furnace are prone to spark, which will not only damage the furnace body but also cook uncooked food.

3. Avoid using plastic wrap to touch food: When using plastic wrap, it is best not to let it directly touch food during heating. You can put food in the bottom of a large bowl, seal the mouth of the bowl with plastic wrap or directly cover it with glass or porcelain without plastic wrap, which can also seal the water vapor and make the heating fast and even. The plastic wrap can be punctured before taking out the food to prevent it from sticking to the food.

4. Avoid frying food: high-temperature oil will splash and lead to open flame. In case of accidental fire in the furnace, don't open the door, turn off the power first, and then open the door to cool down after the fire is extinguished.

Tips for maintenance and cleaning of microwave oven

Microwave oven is a kind of high-tech product in household appliances, with high-voltage electricity in it, so you must be careful when maintaining and maintaining it. When there are abnormalities or problems in the microwave oven, you need to ask professionals to repair it, instead of maintaining and continuing to use it yourself. Before maintaining the inside of the microwave oven, turn off the power switch and unplug the power plug. When maintaining, don't think that the power supply has been cut off, because the high-voltage capacitor in the high-voltage circuit of the microwave oven has been charged, and there is still high-voltage electricity in it, so wipe it carefully.

the washing liquid should be neutral detergent or neutral soapy water, and warm water should be used. Never use granular detergent or acid-base detergent to wipe any part of the microwave oven. Don't use the solvent, volatile agent, decontamination powder, alkaline soap, metal brush and other items with strong irritation or hard texture to wipe the microwave oven, so as to prevent discoloration, deformation and scratches, and use a soft rag when cleaning.

before cleaning, unplug the power supply to ensure power failure.