How can I cook chicken in the microwave?

[Sugar100]

I live in a studio and I have chicken legs but I do have a heat burner , it’s a small square but it’s basically a mini stove for studios. But I feel I can’t cook it on my pan as I hav no lid. And I can’t afford buy a lid. I refuse buy it as I’m trying be on tight budget. I have a microwave but how many minutes would I cook 2 chicken legs and can I cook it in a ziplock bag? I want the legs soft , if I cook it on the stove without covered in a lid , will the chicken Still come out soft tender?

[razelove]

Get your hot plate, get your sauce you're going to sauté the chicken in, make a depression in aluminum foil, chicken goes in, sauce goes in, fold it all up at the top. Put it in your pot, just wrap the top with foil, now your pot has a lid, and the chicken is foil wrapped anyway, put a little water in the bottom of the pot and you're cooking with steam for even heating, with the loose foil on top the temperature won't exceed 100C except where the foil is in contact with the boiling water, that combined with the sauce will make very tender chicken.

I've cooked better with less lol. I'm assuming you're talking about a hot plate where you can get it to a boil and let it sit, get the setting right and just let it sit, yeah? If you want to make that temperature easier to control get a pan, fill it with sand and put that on top the hot plate, the sand will be your temperature regulator and gain/lose heat more slowly than metal will. Put a thermometer in the sand and you know your heat source, and can mark off temperatures on your dial.

[COMMODOREII]

If they are thawed you could cook it maybe for 4 mins per leg. Yes you can cook them in a ziploc bag but if it was the zip glide bag i would leave a part of the bag open to let the steam out as it cooked. Its best to make sure a plate is under it to catch any juice. You can cook it on the stove and still get it tender but you might need to cook it on a med to high heat. Some oil in the pan will help it not stick. If you have a lid for the pan that will help cause a steam effect and help cook the chicken thoroughly. Always make sure chicken is cooked thoroughly.

[kyleelyn199723]

You are better off cooking chicken in a pan with no kid than a microwave. A microwave only gets hot in certain places and it will take a very long time or maybe never to get your chicken fully cooked.

[kyleelyn199723]

No lid*** jeez lol

[Sugar100]

Will the chicken be tender tho? I can’t eat hard stuff as I choke

[kyleelyn199723]

It will turn out better than putting it in a microwave, I’ll tell you right now lol. You don’t need to have a lid to cook chicken successfully on a stove

[Gwenhwyfar]

I never tried that. Let me ask my BFF see if she knows.

[abc3643]

I don't have time tonight to respond but I have lived like you FOR YEARS in hotel rooms. I can teach you everything. PM me so I can do that over the next week or so.

Thst saud:
1. Crock pot
2. Casserole dish with lid, 30 minutes
3. InstantPot.

[abc3643]

You need to buy a glass casserole dish with a glass lid. I have mine in storage and we don't have one at my home and that drives me nuts because I can't properly cook in the microwave.

Such a dish is cheap and worth the investment.

I think I have this:
Anchor Hocking 2 quart Glass Casserole Dish, Clear
www.amazon.com/.../139-5067145-7927344

[Sugar100]

I’ll buy a crockpot next time I’m paid in 2 wks

[Sugar100]

For now we hav pan with stove & microwave , making pancakes tomorrow with banana and chicken in the stove

[abc3643]

Crock pots are good and relatively cheap but they can take hours to cook things just like an oven.

An InstantPot is really a pressure cooker. You can cook a roast in 20 minutes. It's really pretty fantastic. But, yet, the crockpot and the glass casserole dish are critical to your survival.

[Red_Arrow]

Do not cook food in a ziplock bag. They are not made for that kind of heat! A lid does not cost much. But do not put pans in microwave. Only use plates and bowls approved for use with microwave ovens.

[Jjpayne]

I'd highly recommend getting a pressure cooker. You plug it into a normal outlet and it's much better meals for sure

[joeldalton]

Don't cook chicken in a microwave. Cook it on the stove without a lid on your pan.

[Wise4myage]

Look it up on Youtube.

[Anonymous]

I doubt it's possible.

[RHK36]

Cook it on the stove