Need some advise on quantity of food

shoppergal

Hi there,

long time lurker, occassional poster hoping to pick the brains of you old stylers.

I'm having a party tomorrow night and doing food etc for about 25, just cocktail sandwiches and the like. But i also want to do a chicken tikka masala for later in the night when it will just be close friends left, probably about 8-10 people at most.

my plan is to buy an extra large cooked chicken which says on it feeds 5-6. This normally does a Sunday lunch for 4 of us and then a large tikka masala for 2 so that gives an idea of size.

Do you think that will be enough chicken for 8-10 people(bearing in mind they will have had cocktail sausages etc earlier) or would i be better off to get 2 chickens. not overly worried about having too much as can freeze leftovers anyway but don't want to do 2 if i really won't need them.

Any advice much appreciated.

pigpen

I'd go for 2.. peole tend to eat more if others are still eating and if they've had a few drinks and them they tend to also go back for more a bit later if it is left available.

I'd have a huge bowl of salad available too, and a bowl of crisps.. cheapy ones.. and maybe a couple of cakes or a tray of mixed buns like eclairs and fairy buns and sponge cakes available for afters too..

Hippygirl

Well, if they are anything like my friends - I'd definitely get 2! But better to have too much than not enough. As you say, you can freeze it so it won't be wasted.

shoppergal

wow thanks for the fast replies. right that's my mind made up, will go for the two. pigpen, i really like the idea of the buns/eclairs for afters. thanks. :T

Bongedone

shoppergal wrote: »

wow thanks for the fast replies. right that's my mind made up, will go for the two. pigpen, i really like the idea of the buns/eclairs for afters. thanks. :T

Can we have the tikka masala you use please ?