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I am making broccoli salad for my sons wedding how much broccoli,bacon,and onions will i need to serve 200 people. And also how much mayonnaise,vinegar and sugar.
Thank you in advance
Here's a great broccoli salad--this is scaled for 200 but below is the recipe scaled for 6 so you can make a batch to taste if you like so you will know what a good recipe it is!
325 slices bacon
33 heads fresh broccoli, cut into bite size pieces
8-1/3 cups red onion, chopped
16-2/3 cups raisins
6-1/4 cups white wine vinegar
4 cups and 2 tablespoons white sugar
33 cups mayonnaise
33 cups sunflower seeds
DIRECTIONS
Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside.
In a medium bowl, combine the broccoli, onion and raisins. In a small bowl, whisk together the vinegar, sugar and mayonnaise. Pour over broccoli mixture, and toss until well mixed. Refrigerate for at least two hours.
Before serving, toss salad with crumbled bacon and sunflower seeds.
Small batch to taste:
10 slices bacon
1 head fresh broccoli, cut into bite size pieces
1/4 cup red onion, chopped
1/2 cup raisins
3 tablespoons white wine vinegar
2 tablespoons white sugar
1 cup mayonnaise
1 cup sunflower seeds
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