Tips for Heating Up Food in the Microwave

Microwave tips
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You might think that microwaving food is an obvious thing that everybody knows how to do, but it actually is possible to do it wrong. Yep, in all your years of heating up leftovers, you may have been messing it up all along. Here’s how to do it right.

Stir It Up

Microwaves are notorious for heating up food unevenly, yet people tend to just pop their food in for a few minutes and wait. If you want to eliminate hot and cold spots, you should be microwaving at intervals and mixing and stirring your food in between each one.

Spread It Out

If you don’t want to bother with doing all of that, the least you can do is try to spread your food out into an even a layer as you possibly can before you microwave it, which will give it the best possible shot of heating up evenly.

Add Moisture

Another classic microwave issue is food drying out, but this problem actually has a pretty easy fix: add moisture. You can cover or wrap your food in a wet towel or paper towel before popping it into the microwave or even just add some extra liquid like water or sauce into the bowl.