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ELLEN'S KITCHEN
Quantities for 100
These amounts are calculated to serve 100- they already include appropriate extra to allow for seconds.
| ELLEN'S KITCHEN SALADS AT DINNER FOR 100 |
Option 1:
Potato or Pasta Salad
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35 pounds potatoes (makes 50 pounds, or about 3 1/2 gallons salad)
OR Pasta salad made with 6 1/2 to 8 pounds dry macaroni or pasta
PLUS
2 tablespoons salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
12 cups diced celery
6 cups green peppers and/or pickles, and/or chopped stuffed olives
2 cups minced onion
1 cup minced parsley
1 1/2 to 3 dozen eggs, hard-cooked, chopped
1 1/2 to 3 quarts salad dressing, may also use mustard or vinegrette
Slaw, Mac and Potato Salad Recipes
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Option 2:
Caesar salad, dressed
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15 heads Romaine
Parmesan cheese, shredded, 5 pounds
small croutons, 3-4 pounds
PLUS 2 1/2 quarts Ceasar salad dressing
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Option 3:
Tossed Salad
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12-14 pounds tossed salad mix (2 ounces per person)
OR 20 12-ounce heads of lettuce
PLUS 12 8 ounce bottles or 3-4 quarts (1 gallon)salad dressing)- more if thick and self serve
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Option 4: Assorted made salads
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Coleslaw made with 20 pounds of mixed shredded vegetables total, 2 quarts dressing
OR
3-4 smaller salads such as marinated beans, waldorf salad, gelatin salad, coleslaw, your choice, total 60 pounds
Note: 17 small packages of jello makes the right amount for a jello-based salad for 100
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Option 5:
Cut up fresh fruit platter or fruit salad
Use all:
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sliced really thinly, 4 cantaloupes,
2 honey dew melons,
1 12-15 pound watermelon seeded,
3 pounds seedless grapes,
2 fresh pineapples,
4-6 pounds other cut upsliced fruits such as kiwis, apples, berries, oranges or whatever.
(Cut apples, pears and bananas turn brown and must be dipped in orange or lemon juice to stay white!)
3-4 quarts palad dressing or dip: poppyseed, yogurt, caramel etc.
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Option 6: Chicken, Tuna, Egg Salads |
luncheon salad (1 cup serving)
6 gallons allow 1- 1 1/2 more gallon if self serve revised 12-19-04.
reception (1/2 cup serving)
3-4 gallons
sandwich meal self serve (1 cup for 2 sandwiches)
7 gallons |
| ELLEN'S KITCHEN MEATS AND OTHER ENTREES |
| General notes:
Allow 40-45% waste and shrinkage with raw meat weight, purchase 50 pounds raw weight boneless meats to roast for 100 people. Allow at least 1 pound per person for raw meat with bones.
If cooking pre-formed burgers or chicken pieces or such, allow one piece per person plus 1/3 more, which is 4 pieces for every three people.
Meats can be served cold or hot. For safety, keep temperature at or above 160 or below 40 continuously until served. Discard meats after 2 hours at room temperature.
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Roasted Meats
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50 pounds (raw weight) beef roast, boneless served sliced hot
OR 4 15-18 pounds whole turkeys
OR 25 pounds turkey meat (2- 25 pounds turkeys)
OR 2- 25 pounds bone-in hams
OR 30 pounds cooked boneless ham, cooked pork loin or turkey roll or equivalent lean meat
NOTE For self-serve/ buffet, add about 10 pounds extra, such as sliced deli meats
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Meatballs, meat loaf, bulk sausage and ground meat in recipes
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5-6 1 inch meatballs OR
2-3 2-inch meatballs per person
OR recipe using 32-35 pounds ground meat with fillers
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Hot dogs and sausages |
Per person:
2 hotdogs or tofu dogs
OR 4 ounces smoked sausages or links= 25 pounds
OR 5 ounces fresh sausages=30 pounds
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Chicken and poultry
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Whole chickens or mixed pieces (2 1/2 to
3 1/2 pounds each) cut up into 8 pieces
use 4 pieces of chicken for
each 3 persons (1 piece is 1/2 boneless chicken breast or whole boneless thigh) plus 1/3 total=130 pieces
about 90 pounds
Halves (use small chickens), 1/2 each, 120-150 pounds raw
Individual pieces, you need about
Quarters: 1 per person
Legs: 2 per person
Whole wings: 3 per person
Buffalo wings or nuggets: 7 to 8 pieces per person
Fried Chicken
75 pounds cooked
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Fish, canned |
Canned tuna, 4 pound 14 ounce food service size, 6-7
cans
Each contains 2 1/4 quarts of flaked tuna and makes over 1 gallon tuna salad
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| Fish, fresh
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Whole large fresh fish, 50 pounds
Fresh or frozen fish steaks or fillets
6 ounces nuggets or filets per person, about 35
pounds
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Shrimp small 3 ounce serving portion
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raw, peeled and cleaned: 32 pounds
cooked, peeled and cleaned: 20 pounds
raw, shell on: 40 pounds
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Vegetarian,
soy
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TVP- reconstituted, same as ground beef
Tofu, Seitan/ wheatmeat-same as cooked lean roast meat
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Main dish casseroles, pilafs, baked beans or other bean dishes and main dish salads
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In place of
meats:
10-12 9x13 casseroles or equivalent
(8-9 gallons)
OR, with meats, 7-8 casseroles and
about half the meats, meaty or seafood salads indicated
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Chili, meat or vegetable stews, curries,
gumbo, main dish soups 1 1/2 cup serving
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8-9 gallons soup or stew
PLUS either 6 1/2 pounds
dry weight rice or grain, cooked
Or
10-12 pounds dry weight noodles or pasta,
cooked
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| Pasta sauce or cheese sauce for spaghetti or macaroni | 3 1/2 (thinner sauce) to 4 1/2 gallons |
| Tortelini, frozen | 16-18 pounds |
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| ELLEN'S KITCHEN BREADS FOR 100 |
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Dinner breads
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About 10 pounds, such as:
9 doz. small soft rolls
OR
9-10 garlic bread sliced
OR
18 baguettes
OR
8 variety breads cut in sm. slices (rye, tomato, whole grain etc.)
Plus 4 pounds of butter
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Sandwich breads
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1 pound sliced bread for each 6 persons,
or 17 loaves
120 full size Kaiser type rolls
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Breakfast breads
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See Breakfast for 100
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| Soup crackers |
6 pounds
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| Chips |
Potato, with sandwiches, 6 pounds
Corn, with sandwiches, 8 pounds
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| Pizza |
12” round thin crust, 20 pies
12” round thick crust, 16 pies
Note:One and one half to double amounts, approximately, for teens and college students
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| Cornbread or other pan breads |
16 8" rounds OR 6-7 9x13 pans
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| ELLEN'S KITCHEN VEGETABLES FOR 100 |
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Vegetables, small items (corn, green beans, etc.)
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3 gallons, such as:
4 #10 cans
OR
frozen vegetables, 21 to 28 pounds
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| Potatoes, fresh | 38 pounds to 40 pounds, raw "as purchased" |
Broccoli, cabbage, chopped cauliflower, chopped carrots | 30 pounds, raw "as purchased" |
Asparagus, fresh, whole small serving | 35 pounds, raw "as purchased" |
| Sauerkraut | 22-40 pounds |
| Greens, collards, etc. | 58 pounds, raw "as purchased" |
| Dried beans | 8 pounds plus fixings
OR 3 1/2 gallons cooked plus fixings |
| Winter Squashes | 35 pounds, raw "as purchased" |
| Summer Squashes | 41 pounds, raw "as purchased" |
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