Do n’t look at me that way . You know that you ’ve at least considered it . This Thanksgiving , why break one’s back out all Clarence Day over a red-hot oven baking a turkey when you have space age microwave technology right in your own kitchen ? According to the USDA , “ Turkeys can be successfully falsify in a microwave oven — whole or in portion . ” And they ’ve kindly included a everlasting set of useful pourboire on their site . instruction :
Turkey part can be ready in a dish with a lid , or cover the lulu with plastic wrap and vent the top . Timing can depart because of wattage conflict , so accompany the recommendations in the owner ’s manual of arms . A 12- to 14- pound turkey is the maximal sizing most microwave can accommodate … countenance 3 inches oven headway on top and 2 to 3 inches of space around the skirt . The time for cooking a turkey in the microwave oven is 9 to 10 hour per pound on sensitive ( 50 % ) power . Rotate the birdie during cooking to ensure even cooking .
Warnings :
Microwaves sometimes prepare a whole turkey unevenly , so microwaving it in an oven cooking bag aids in even high temperature distribution . microwave a stuffed turkey is not recommended .
To those who are taking this office too seriously , recall : Just because something is edible does n’t have in mind that you ’ll needfully want to consume it . Though if you do partake in a microwaved bomb this Thanksgiving , be sure to send us a exposure … and perhaps assay gormandise the shuttlecock with Pop Secret after misrepresent . [ USDA ]
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