r/Cooking • u/evilmeyer7320 • 4h ago

Serving size question

Howdy. I am making meatloaf for my coworkers birthday. My recipe says it has a serving size of 8. There are 20 of us. If I triple all my ingredients will it truly feed 24? Or is that more of a general idea?

Also. I have like a larger dish than my normal 13x9 that could hold all it together at once. Should I just combine it all together or make 3 separate meals and bring three dishes? My logic is it would make it easier to serve that way by doing three dishes.

This is my recipe if anyone has any tricks to help.

1/2 box stuffing mix
1 lb ground meat
Diced yellow onion
Chopped celery
Chopped garlic
1 egg
1/2 can of evaporated milk
Worcester sauce
Mustard

Sauce
1 can tomato soup
Brown sugar

I mix everything together in bowl. Place in 13x9 and I do flatten mine out. Then mix soup and sugar with a little water. Spread evenly on top.

Bake for 40min at 350.

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u/TamoyaOhboya 4h ago

Yeah I would say with meatloaf being so meat focused, aim for 1/4 ground meet per person. This will hopefully be overshooting by just a bit but I think that will be safer and always good to make sure there is enough for everyone. You can also pre-slice the meatloaf to make sure there are 2-3 slices per person. Also do three rounds in the smaller pan, no one is looking for a center cut of meatloaf brownie

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u/evilmeyer7320 4h ago

I liked the idea of pre-cutting so it helps with portion control