How do you cook bacon and sausage in the microwave without it exploding?

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I want to cook a big breakfast with scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon, mushroom, tomato but want to cook it quickly. I had heard you can cook sausages in the microwave as well as bacon but im afraid it might explode if I cook it, particularly the sausage. Plus if you microwave it wont it stay pink and not turn brown? It might be cooked but look very unappertising

Answer 1

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I personally would cook it like this: get a nice big cast iron skillet, cook off the bacon and sausages and hold them in a warm oven, then pour off the grease into a heatproof container, and use some of it to cook your scrambled eggs!

As for microwaving....Ew. I suppose you *could* cook your meat in a microwave, but kiss any browning (i.e. flavor) you'd get from pan-cooking goodbye. Just yuck.

If you *must* mic it and you don't want your sausage to explode, make sure you prick some holes in the casing, but you can still expect both the bacon and sausage to spatter fat all over the inside of your microwave during the cooking process. My mother used to cook such things in a bowl with a piece of paper towel laid across the top - this absorbed most of the flying grease. Don't expect it to taste very good, though. Due to the nature of microwave cooking, it'll be more steamed than fried.

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Thanks for your answer I didnt think about all the oil splattering that would happen in the microwave. I might cook the bacon in the microwave but give the sausage a miss.
Thanks to every one who answered

Answer 2

Microwaved bacon is not so bad, but sausage can come out tough. First, you might want to to them seperately. The bacon can be done in under 2 minutes, depending on your microwave and the bacon.

For the sausage, cut it into near slices (slice, just not all the way through) to keep it from (1) exploding and (2) not fully cooking. Nevertheless, sausage will come out tough from a microwave - there's no way I've found to properly cook sausage in a microwave. You can cook it, sure, but it may be rubbery and tough.

Cover each with a paper towel to prevent spattering.

Good luck!

Answer 3

IVE DONE IT THE LAST FEW DAYS IT DOESNT EXPLODE IT TURNS OUT GREAT.

Answer 4

I cooked spam in the microwave before for 2:30 minutes and it exploded. I tried to find ways on how to cook it there safely. After many trials and error, I found out that the key was tissue. Before I cook any of those meat in the microwave I put tissue cover in it or even wrap it around in tissue. Tissue doesn't reduce the heat given to it by the microwave, so you could still cook it there in the shortest possible time. I dont use toilet paper coz thats just disgusting.

Answer 5

Microwaves heat is almost identical to regular oven heat in terms of exploding food :). i've cooked those foods without any problem.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave_o…

Answer 6

I don't cook it in the microwave, because it tastes better cooked in the grill pan. If you are worried about your sausages getting cooked properly, then boil them first in water, then stick under the grill to brown.

Answer 7

psst --it isn't all that much faster than the pan way, and the pan way tastes better. . .

Answer 8

Prick the sausages. Bacon is fine, but then just give both a quick fry after, to turn them brown. A minute should do it. On the stove.

Answer 9

Agreed, microwave sausage is gross. You can make it without explosions though by putting a couple of slits int he skin. That will keep it from expanding in the heat. Really, it's hardly worth the few minutes you save, just fry the stuff up.

Answer 10

just put the meat in a fricken fry pan and take the extra ten minutes - microwave sausage is gross

Answer 11

Bacon and sausages should be cooked in short burst seperattly and then kept warm.
The others could be donne together except for the eggs.

I applaud you mate for wanting to to try to cook in the M/W and I will tell you it is alearning curve for all of us, as our M/W's are so different.

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I'm still training mine....

Answer 12

there's a microwavable canister that you can buy for that..try to look for it at your nearest homeware stores.