Microwave Chicken Tips

Cooking chicken in the microwave is convenient, but the correct timing is very important, particularly for breast. The trick to evenly cooked chicken is to elevate the breast off the flat cooking container. A meat rack that is microwave safe is best used, but you may also use chopsticks, evenly spaced in your baking dish, to elevate the chicken slightly. The outside edges of the chicken will cook faster than the centers, so halfway through cooking, turn the chicken over so that the pink side faces the outside of the dish, and the cooked outside edge faces the center. The chicken should be covered with wax paper; this sits loosely on top and allows much of the excess steam to escape while preventing spattering.