By purchasing this miracle of modern household appliances, many do not want to confine themselves to simple functions of defrosting and heating dishes and think about what can be cooked in a microwave oven. It should be noted that with certain skills and the availability of a recipe, you can cook everything you want in a microwave oven, it's another thing that one dish will need to be cooked for 5 minutes, and another 20. So first we'll figure out what can be cooked without any particular time.
What can be quickly cooked in a microwave oven?
No one will doubt that of all the dishes that can be cooked in a microwave oven, it is the fastest way to prepare various semi-finished products. From semi-finished products, it is, of course, everyone's favorite dumplings, cutlets and sausages. Here's to the sausages and turn our gaze. We will need sausages of the favorite manufacturer, ketchup and seasoning. We clean sausages from the film, put them on a plate and sprinkle with seasoning or grease with ketchup, if you like more sharply, it's not forbidden to do both. Each sausage is cut along and sent to the microwave. We cook at full power for 3-4 minutes. That's all, as they say, eat!
What other fast food do we know? Immediately come to mind sandwiches. Fast and tasty, and if they are also hot to do, then generally delicious. But you do not want to heat the oven because of a couple of slices of bread. But in the microwave, make two sandwiches, most of it. We take sausage, cheese and tomatoes. Sausage and tomatoes cut slices, and cheese three on a grater (or cut into thin slices). We put sausage and tomatoes on a piece of bread, and sprinkle cheese on top. We put sandwiches on a plate, and put it in a microwave oven. We cook sandwiches 1-1.5 minutes at full power.
It sounds strange, but in a microwave, you can cook soup in a short period of time, of course, if you take sausage instead of meat. Cut into a plate of carrots and onions, add 1 tbsp. a spoonful of vegetable oil and put it for 3.5 minutes into an oven at full capacity. We add potatoes and sausage, cut into cubes, mix and cook at the same power for 7 minutes. Then salt, add spices, vermicelli and boiling water. We send it to the oven for another 7 minutes.
What can you bake in a microwave oven?
Of course, the microwave will not give a crusty crust to baked goods, but still baking in the microwave is tasty. You can cook a cupcake in a mug for a few minutes, make a cottage cheese casserole , and even bake a charlotte . Well, where without pizza ? Preparation of this dish will take very little time, especially if there is a ready-made dough. You just need to roll out the dough, put it on a plate. Lubricate the dough with tomato sauce or mayonnaise. We put the favorite stuffing on the dough: sausage, pickled cucumbers, peppers, olives, mushrooms, etc. Sprinkle all the grated cheese and send it to the microwave for 12-14 minutes.
And in the microwave you can bake apples. No, not from the dough, but bake real fruit with a delicious sweet stuffing.