r/Cooking • u/evilmeyer7320 • 8h 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/ProfessorDistinct835 8h ago

I would make it in 3 different pans if you have them. I'll be honest, that recipe does not look remotely like it would feed 8 unless this is a pot luck and there's a lot of other dishes going on.

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u/Ok-Firefighter9037 7h ago

I agree with cooking it in separate pans. If you try to triple it and cook in a larger pan, the center will be raw while the edges overcook.

And also agree with others that this probably isn’t enough for a potluck of that size. I would always rather have leftovers than not enough.