I'm planning on prepping chicken and steak street tacos with the standard staples to accompany them for a 90 person party. How much meat should I plan to buy (from Costco).
Im thinking chicken breast (or thighs?), skirt steak, beans, home made guacamole and salsa, cilantro, onion, etc.
ive never prepared for a group that large before. Need help and advice.
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Oh my. Where do I Starrt? Have you ever made tacos for 10? 20? Street tacos do not lend to skirt or other chunk. You need shred or "Great knife skills." For street tacos, they have samall corn tortillas not bigger than2" at most and doubled up so that at least 900-1100 small corn tortillas. How will you warm them? Hold them? Remember when you buy them they are like $1.20 each and you need a lot. Figure on 100 people having at least 4 to 5 each then incorporate the sides into the equation. Typically speaking you need 1.5x the amount of food you calculated.
Seems like about 25 lbs of meat, net, with all your other fixin's could be enough. Mexican food is designed to go lightish on the meat. If you use double 4" corn tortillas, and do 1.5 to 2 oz meat per taco (that's a reasonably generous taco), you get 200+ tacos. If you have a "normal" distribution of men & women that's a good starting point. If there's kids too, back it off a little. If this is "the food" for a multi hour party, multiply by 1.5. If it's just guys, run, run now.
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I agree with Bruce54 on the final weight as a minimum you'd have to finish with. If it were me, though, I'd use Pork Butt and Chuck Roast starting weight of about 50 pounds of meat maybe up to 75 pounds if mostly men. Cook low and slow until probe tender and shred.
I think i might be in over my head and will just order pizza instead!
its for a party for my own wedding weekend and it sounds like too much work. I know I can pull it off but not sure I want to. Maybe burgers and hot dogs
If you weren't in Oregon I would offer to come over and do the cooking. I second the pork but idea, you can do a few of them ahead of time and freeze them. When is the date and CONGRATULATIONS!
Smoking meat for 90 people would be difficult on a kettle. You could smoke in advance and seal in ziplocs or vac seal. Then you could shred before the party and place in disposable warming trays. That would free you up to actually party with your guests. I'd hate to have to cook burgers and dogs for that many people. Or order pizza.
Equipment
Primo Oval xl
Slow n Sear (two)
Drip n Griddle
22" Weber Kettle
26" Weber Kettle one touch
Blackstone 36†Pro Series
Sous vide machine
Kitchen Aid
Meat grinder
sausage stuffer
5 Crock Pots Akootrimonts
Two chimneys (was 3 but rivets finally popped, down to 1)
cast iron pans,
Dutch ovens
Signals 4 probe, thermapens, chef alarms, Dots, thermapop and maverick T-732, RTC-600, pro needle and various pocket instareads. The help and preferences
1 extra fridge and a deep chest freezer in the garage
KBB
FOGO
A 9 year old princess foster child
Patience and old patio furniture
"Baby Girl" The cat
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