How to Convert a Microwave Recipe to an Oven Recipe
Converting a microwave recipe to a conventional oven recipe is easy if you understand the differences in microwave cooking and oven cooking. A microwave oven heats the food with radio waves that are translated into atomic motion or heat energy in the food. A conventional oven contains a heating element that brings the oven to the recipe temperature and then the food is placed in the preheated oven to cook. Basically, a microwave is able to cook in a shorter period of time because it accesses and utilizes the food energy and a conventional oven does not. Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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Increase the liquid components in a microwave recipe by one-fourth to cook it in an oven. For example: If the microwave recipe calls for 1 cup of water, use 1-1/4 cups water for a conventional oven.
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Increase the spice and flavoring components of the microwave recipe by one-half.
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Use standard preheat and baking temperatures from conventional oven recipes that are similar to your dish. For example, a casserole that is microwaved on high can be cooked in a conventional oven at 350 degrees.
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Increase the cooking time by 75 percent and check the dish for internal temperature before removing it from the oven.
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Tips & Warnings
Converting a microwave recipe into a oven recipe is easiest when you locate an oven recipe that is similar to your microwave recipe and use it as a guide.
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juanaquena
Jan 08, 2010
I found another eHow article, Conversion for Microwave Recipes to Conventional Oven, By Katie Leigh, that states, "Generally speaking, it takes four times as long to cook a dish in the conventional oven as it does in the microwave," and "Steaming, poaching and stewing items may take less time in the oven, so keep an eye on those dishes. They may require only two to three times the amount of cooking time." This conversion makes more sense to me. Perhaps, the writer of the above article meant "increase the cooking time by 3 times" instead of "increase the cooking time by 75 percent," thinking that a 75 percent increase was the equivalent of a 3 times equivalent.
