Halving a microwave recipe?
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Anonymous
| I'm trying a microwave risotto recipe, but I'm only making half the amount. Do I cut the microwave cooking time in half too? |
Anonymous
| I didn't know there were microwave recipes. |
Anonymous
| Go for and tell us how it turns out. I would keep cooking time the same and just keep checking on it. |
Anonymous
| The rays will be more concentrated, so you should take the square root of the usual cooking time if you have the recipe, and so on. |
Anonymous
| Gross. Do you seriously cook like this??? |
Anonymous
|
OP here. It was this recipe from a recent edition of Cooking Light. They had a whole section on "microwave cooking" that issue.
http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/asparagus-lemon-risotto-50400000127540/ I'd never tried preparing a whole dish in the microwave before but it got good reviews so I decided to try it. The only change I made was instead of cooking for 16 minutes after adding the rice, it was done after 12. I kept all other times the same. The result was actually quite tasty, not gross at all. My "dinner-must-have-meat-in-it" husband actually asked for seconds! But I did not feel like I saved any time using the microwave and honestly don't really see the point, unless you live in a home without a stove. I'll make it again, but will do it on the stovetop. |