Teriyaki burgers

item required
1/2 cup soy sauce
3 tablespoons sugar
3 green onions, sliced
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/s teaspoon instant minced garlic or 1 clove garlic, minced
1 lb. ground beef
4 slices (81/4-oz. can) pineapple
4 hamburger buns, split and toasted

Setting: HIGH
1. In 2-quart (8 x 8 ) glass baking dish, combine soy sauce, sugar, onions, ginger and garlic; mix well.
2. Shape beef into 4 patties. Add to soy sauce mix¬ture, turning over to coat.
3. MICROWAVE for 6 to 7 MINUTES or until done, turning once during last half of cooking time. Top with pineapple slice.
4. MICROWAVE for 30 SECONDS to warm pineap¬ple. Serve on toasted buns.
4 Sandwiches
TIP If desired, make open-faced sandwiches by topping slices of French bread with meat patties and pineapple and spooning remaining teriyaki sauce over bread.

Barbecued luncheon sandwiches

Item required
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
1/2 cup (1/2 pepper) chopped green pepper 1 can (12 oz.) luncheon meat
3/4 cup barbecue sauce
6 hamburger buns, split and toasted 6 slices cheese

Setting: HIGH
1. In 1-quart glass casserole, combine butter and green pepper.
2. MICROWAVE for 2 MINUTES, stirring once. Cut luncheon meat into strips or cubes and add to pep¬per along with barbecue sauce, mixing to combine; cover.
3. MICROWAVE for 4 to 5 MINUTES or until mixture is bubbly, stirring twice. Spoon mixture onto toasted buns, topping with cheese slice and top half of bun.
4. Return to oven and MICROWAVE for about 1 MINUTE to melt cheese.
6 Sandwiches
TIPS The various seasoned luncheon meats are good used in this recipe, too.
• This idea would also be good with sliced bologna, cut into thin strips.
• To use leftover filling, spoon refrigerated filling into toasted bun; top with cheese and heat 1 bun about 1 minute or until cheese is melted.

Ground beef in a recipe

For chunks of ground beef in a recipe, first crumble it into the cooking dish and cook for about 5 minutes. This sets the meat which can then be stirred to break the meat into the size pieces desired.

After you drain off the fat juices, add the season¬ings so that you do not lose the seasoning when you drain the juices.

If you use lean ground beef, there is very little excess fat and no need to drain.

The filling for tacos is easily cooked in the mi-crowave oven; the meat filled shells can be heated to serve piping hot if necessary.

This mixture should thicken during cooking, so leave uncovered to allow the steam to evaporate.

To eliminate spatters in the oven, place a paper towel over the casserole dish; this is porous enough to allow some moisture to pass through or be absorbed.

SLOPPY JOE SANDWICHES

1 lb. ground beef
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped green pepper
1 tablespoon packed brown sugar 1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 cup (8 oz.) tomato sauce
6 hamburger buns

Setting: HIGH

1.    Crumble ground beef into 2-quart glass cas¬serole. Stir in onion and green papper. Cover with glass lid or plastic wrap.
2.    MICROWAVE for 5 MINUTES; drain. Stir in re-maining ingredients, except buns; recover, and MI¬CROWAVE for 12 to 14 MINUTES or until hot. Let stand, covered, 5 minutes before serving. Spoon into warm hamburger buns.
About 6 Servings

TIP Warm 6 buns 25 to 30 seconds.