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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1992
Simon Gagel, Forest Hills, NY (US);
ShiowShuh Sheen, New Hyde Park, NY (US);
John Moyer, Garden City, NY (US);
DCA Food Industries, Inc., Garden City, NY (US);
Abstract
In a process for preparing a coated microwaveable meat which will be juicy and tender after microwave cooking, the meat is intimately contacted with an aqueous solution having a pH of 5.0-9.0 and a cation normality ratio of Na.sup.+ /K.sup.+ /Ca.sup.++ of 2-10/1-6/1-4, the contact continuing until the water gain in the meat is at least 8% of the initial weight of the meat. Thereafter a dry, powdery coating agent, including starch, protein and optional flavoring, is applied to the meat. During subsequent microwave cooking of the meat, the coating agent forms a starch-and-protein crosslinked continuous skin-like film which controls the heating rate and the microwave penetration depth so that microwave energy absorption is at least initially higher at the film than in the interior of the meat.