Microwave oven, you always use it the wrong way: 5 surprising tips

Are you sure you really know how to use the microwave oven? Follow these tips and you will make the most of it.

Not particularly loved when it was first put on the market, at the end of the 70s of the last century, today the microwave oven lives a new youth and it is inevitable in modern kitchens, a trend that is underlined by the fact that all interior designers conceive the kitchen space foreseeing the presence of this appliance.

If you are reading this article, you probably also have a microwave oven in your kitchen. But you really know how to use it? Below we look at how to use the microwave oven in the best way to fully exploit all its potential.

Useful tips for making the best use of your microwave oven

Cooking with the microwave it is no longer considered dangerous, which is why it is now a commonly used household appliance. Yet not everyone knows how to best use it. So here is a series of tips that will be useful to you the next time you start cooking and want to prepare tasty and healthy dishes.

Dry fresh bread to make breadcrumbs. With the microwave oven you can harden fresh bread so that you can then turn it into breadcrumbs. This recipe is perfect if you need to use breadcrumbs but don’t have it at home. Take the loaf of fresh bread, cut some slices, place it on a sheet of absorbent kitchen paper without overlapping it and place it in the microwave for about four minutes at maximum power.

Peel tomatoes very easily. If you need skinless tomatoes in your recipe you can proceed as follows to peel the tomatoes. Take a toothpick and insert it into the tomatoes to make a hole, put them in the oven at maximum power for thirty seconds. Let them rest for about ten minutes before peeling them.

Get more juice from oranges and grapefruits. If you want to increase the amount of orange or grapefruit juice from squeezing you simply have to place them in the microwave at medium power for thirty seconds before proceeding. This advice is valid for any type of citrus fruit, even lemons and mandarins.

Reheat the fried foods to make them crispy again. In the microwave yours foods fried to perfection but once they have cooled they can become very crunchy again simply by placing them on sheets of kitchen paper which will absorb the humidity.

Making the perfect hard boiled egg in a flash. A boiled egg in the microwave is very simple to cook, follow the recipe at the link indicated and you will see how easy it is.