How to quickly cook beets in a microwave oven

Fresh beets are rarely used for salads or snacks. Usually, this root is pre-baked or boiled. If you cook a vegetable in a saucepan, this will take a very long time. It is possible to cook beets quickly in a microwave oven. It's very simple and convenient. It is worth using one of the three ways to prepare a vegetable in a microwave oven. After all, if you take a plastic bag, then you do not have to wash brownish-pink spots on the dishes, which often remain with the standard cooking of root vegetables.

Methods of preparing beets in a microwave oven

You can simply and quickly cook beets in a microwave oven in several ways. All these methods are good when you need a small portion of a ready-made vegetable for salad, snack or baby puree. Prepare the root in the microwave oven in just a few minutes.

Beet cooking in microwave oven

To cook beets in a microwave quickly, you should prepare a special dish, which is intended for this type of household appliances. The container must be closed with a lid. Root should be small or medium-sized.
  1. According to this recipe, the beets must be washed with a brush and transferred to a glass, refractory bowl. In addition, at the bottom of such a transparent pot should be poured a little water, about 1 cm.

  2. The container with beets is closed with a lid. Following this recipe, the microwave is turned on for maximum power. The timer should be set to 15 minutes.

  3. When the microwave turns off, you should get the beets and make a few punctures with a knife. This simple technique will determine the degree of availability of the product. If the root was cooked, then the container should be opened and the vegetable should be cooled. When you need to "bring" the product to readiness, you need to leave it under the lid or turn on the microwave for another 2-3 minutes.

The attractiveness of this method of cooking beets is that there remains a minimum of stained surfaces. Beet turns dry and clean, and vitamins and valuable substances are fully preserved in the fruit. There is no need to monitor the stove. Quick cooking allows you to do other things.

On a note! Prepare by this recipe can be carrots and potatoes. But these fruits are cooked in just 7-8 minutes.

Beet cooking in microwave oven in a bag

Simply and very quickly, the beets can be cooked in a microwave using an ordinary plastic bag. This recipe is suitable in cases where it is necessary to prepare root vegetables for salad or vinaigrette. The peculiarity of this method is that the beets are brewed without water, and the total cooking time of the product takes no more than 10 minutes.
  1. Take a medium-sized beetroot. It must be thoroughly washed under a stream of running water with a brush.

  2. The fruit must be cleaned and put in a clean, sufficiently dense cellophane bag. If the beet is large, cut it into two halves or into smaller pieces.
    Note! In root vegetables, you do not need to make punctures with a toothpick or a fork.

  3. It is necessary to dial a small amount of air into the bag. Then he ties up on the knot. But you can simply twist the edges of the package and wrap them under the root.

  4. Next, the plate with the beets packed in cellophane should be placed in the microwave. To weld it quickly, you need to set the device mode to 800 watts. Such power in most microwave ovens is the highest. Usually the preparation takes from 8 to 10 minutes.

  5. When the microwave finishes the work, you need to open it and carefully (not to burn yourself) to unfold the film. A small knife or toothpick should make a puncture in the beet to make sure it is ready. Cooking will be completed if the point freely passes into the flesh of the vegetable. If there are certain problems with the product readiness, it is worthwhile again wrapping the cellophane and putting the fruit back into the oven for 2 minutes.

  6. Apparently, this method is extremely simple. When the beet is completely ready, cut it into two halves and allow to cool.

  7. That's all! Now you can use the product for further culinary experiments.

Beetroot boiling in the skin without water

Another way to quickly cook a vegetable in a microwave oven involves the process of baking the product. This recipe is attractive because the beet will be ready in the shortest possible time and it can be put on a salad or snack.
  1. So, if a recipe is chosen for baking the product in a microwave oven, then it is recommended to take the fruits of medium size. Before processing, vegetables are well washed and cut off their tails. But you need to leave a tip 1 cm long.

  2. Many housewives believe that the fruit must necessarily peel the skin or chop the vegetables into small pieces. It is not always so. In this recipe you need to pierce the vegetables with skewers.

    On a note! It is necessary to pierce the fruits to the very middle of their entire surface: from above, from the sides, from below. In each beet it is necessary to make up to 5-6 holes.
  3. The billets are transferred to the dishes, which are intended for the microwave oven.

  4. The container is closed with a special lid made of plastic. If it has a valve, it should be opened.

  5. The device is turned on for maximum power. The timer should be set to 10 minutes. When they expire, the beets should be kept in a closed microwave for 3 more minutes. After opening the device, you need to pierce the fruit with a sharp knife. If it freely passes into the pulp, the product is ready.

  6. You can cool the workpiece at room temperature in a natural way or pour it with cold water. Before further preparation with the product you need to peel and cut it into small pieces.

  7. Apparently, it is very realistic to cook beets very quickly. To do this, use modern appliances.

Video: how to cook beets in a microwave quickly

In the video below, the process of cooking beets in a microwave is shown in full detail.