Mince quantity question (stretching and portion sizes)?

Beki

Thanks for the PM And for the links too - i did a search for 'mince' but neither of those came up so you've done me a huge favour

Thanks again for that stew recipe - it sounds delish! xx

chivers1977

I use 100grm of mince per recipe for 2 adults and 1 child. Adding beans, lentils and veg bulks that out so that it is between 6-8 portions and freeze the rest. My last 100g of mince has fed us so far chilli con carne, enchiladas and I still have more left in the freezer which be used as chilli on baked potatoes! I use Costco mince which seems to taste more meaty and doesn't shrink so much.

Going to say my cottage pie has the same amount of mince in and was about 8 massive portions too with beans, lentils and veg too!

Hello to a fellow Kentish lady! :wave:

scuba_girl

I've started using beef mince in stir fries. I usually just add some veggies and cook with garlic and chillies.

Meatballs with a tomato sauce are another good way to use mince. I use onion, garlic and some seasoning to make the meatballs.

newlywed

I can make 450g mince padded with lentils and oats, stretch to feed 6.

I make a batch of chilli and freeze - extra kidney beans and sweetcorn stretch it further.

Lasagna
Shep pie
Mince bake Italienne (thick tomato bolog sauce put in a casserole dish with a white sauce layer on top and then buttered sliced bread (cut into 9 pieces per slice) put on top and baked.

~Chameleon~

chivers1977 wrote: »

I use 100grm of mince per recipe for 2 adults and 1 child. Adding beans, lentils and veg bulks that out so that it is between 6-8 portions and freeze the rest. My last 100g of mince has fed us so far chilli con carne, enchiladas and I still have more left in the freezer which be used as chilli on baked potatoes! I use Costco mince which seems to taste more meaty and doesn't shrink so much.

Am I reading this right? ... you get 6-8 portions out of just 100g of mince???? :eek: That's less than a quarter of a standard sized pack!

Either our portions are far too large (no larger than would be served in a restaurant though) or you've made a mistake with your figures. I tend to allocate around 100g per person and I honestly can't see how on earth you could get 6-8 portions from that very small amount

I've just looked at the packet in my fridge and reckon if you really are making 6-8 portions out of 100g mince then each portion can consist of no more than a teaspoon of mince. There must be a hell of a lot of lentils and veg in your meals

~Chameleon~

newlywed wrote: »

I can make 450g mince padded with lentils and oats, stretch to feed 6.

That sounds far more feasible and I could manage the same if I added lentils too. My 400g usually feeds 4 adults without any added lentils, but does have veggies in it

Gaia

scuba_girl wrote: »

I've started using beef mince in stir fries. I usually just add some veggies and cook with garlic and chillies.

Meatballs with a tomato sauce are another good way to use mince. I use onion, garlic and some seasoning to make the meatballs.

I pad my meatballs out with bread crumbs (using up any stale bread I have). Not only does it bulk it out but it traps some of the juices you may lose in cooking

Beki

Excellent - thanks everyone... some lovely ideas xx

zippychick

Beki wrote: »

Thanks for the PM And for the links too - i did a search for 'mince' but neither of those came up so you've done me a huge favour

Thanks again for that stew recipe - it sounds delish! xx

Beki, searching mystified me for ages until I read Squeakys guide. Invaluable stuff ,check it out here x

Pink.

Hi Beki,

Have a look at this thread for ideas on how much mince other Old Stylers use and for ideas on how they stretch their mince:

Mince quantity question (portion sizes)?

I'll add your thread to that one later to keep the suggestions together.

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