25 Slow Cooker Tacos Recipes (2024)

FAQs

How much beef for tacos for 35 people? ›

The answer to this question will depend on a number of factors, including the size of the crowd you're feeding, what other ingredients you're including, and how much everyone typically eats. Generally speaking, four ounces of taco meat per person should be enough to make plenty of tacos for everyone in your group.

You can feed between 2.5 to 3 people with one pound of meat. This estimate assumes that each person will eat two tacos, except children, who are counted as 0.5 of an adult and will have one taco.

Each taco shell or small soft taco-size tortilla fits about 2 ounces or 1/4 cup of meat. If you add diced onions, you could stretch a pound of ground beef to make about a dozen tacos. With just the meat and spices, you can make about 8 tacos from a pound of meat.

Using a traditional 6-inch tortilla or traditional size hard taco shell, you can use about 2-3 tablespoons of taco meat per taco. That means that depending on how much you load up the ground beef tacos with other ingredients, one pound of beef could serve between 8 and 12 people.

Try serving 3/4 of a pound per person to factor in the extra weight. If you're dishing up some ground beef for taco night, ¼ of a pound per person should be sufficient. You might want to consider ¾ of a pound for those with heartier appetites. A half a pound might not be enough.

Half a pound times 25 people is 12.5 pounds of cooked beef. Typically you lose 25% to shrink so 12.5 divided by 75% means you need just about 17 pounds raw beef.

the norm is about 50grams of ground meat per taco. So for 50 people having one taco each you will need 2.5kg of beef or about 5.5 lbs.

Most people will eat about 1 to 2 ounces of meat per taco. For 20 people figure at least 70 to 80 tacos. That's about 10 pounds of meat roughly. People tend to fill tacos with solid meats like not ground beef or chicken with less meat fillings than ground meats.

“After you have cooked your taco meat, put it in a large slow cooker set to medium heat, then place the tortillas in a 9-inch pie plate. Place the pie plate on top of the slow cooker so that it rests on top of the sleeve. Cover with the lid so that the steam heats up the tortillas and keeps the meat warm.”

How Much Taco Meat Per Person. The usual rule of thumb is about ¼ cup taco meat per taco so you have room for all those other fillings and toppings! Generally speaking, it's good to budget about 3 tacos per person, which means almost 1 cup of meat for each guest.

How many pounds of meat do I need for 30 tacos? ›

My thinking on the (relatively) easiest way to prep a large assortment of food would be to do tacos (which also happen to be a personal favorite!) I feel like the general rule is 1/2 lb of meat per person.

The "conservative" amount of ground beef in a typical taco is 2.5 ounces, but because of the other taco fillings we can estimate 2 ounces of beef for the average taco. So that being said, probably about 8 tacos per pound of ground beef.

How Much Carne Asada per Person? You'll need approximately ½ pound of meat per person served, although your guests can easily eat more if the carne asada is the star of the show and not a topping or addition to a more filling meal.

I cooked 4 pounds of boneless, skinless chicken breast and wound up with enough meat for 30 tacos/tostadas.

For tacos or Mexican dishes, common spices for ground beef include cumin, chili powder, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, and a pinch of cayenne for heat. Adjust quantities based on personal taste preferences.

I would suggest a quarter-pound ground beef/pork per person. That works out to about 12–1/2 - 13 pounds. You might have some leftover, but better that than having too little.

Most people will eat about 1 to 2 ounces of meat per taco. For 20 people figure at least 70 to 80 tacos. That's about 10 pounds of meat roughly. People tend to fill tacos with solid meats like not ground beef or chicken with less meat fillings than ground meats.

Roughly 40 pounds of meat would be needed to make an estimated 300 tacos.