Super Easy to prepare entree for 100 teens - ideas?

[Anonymous]

I just fed an entire sports team (JV and Varsity) and their parents. I smoked 4 pork shoulders and shredded the pork into tin trays with lids and tossed it into a cooler with bricks heated and wrapped up. I also marinated overnight 4 Costco packs of chicken (half boneless skinless thighs and half chicken breast cut in half) and cooked them on my blackstone and also did the same cooler method. All were piping hot and easy to serve on buns.

Easy though for me because I have a large smoker and a large blackstone.

Sides were brought potluck style by other families.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Grilled cheese and chicken sandwich and tomato soup.

logistical
nightmare

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you have access to a commercial kitchen - huge pots, ladles and big gas burners? Can you cook Indian food or follow recipes? Indian food can accommodate veg and non-veg, dairy free, peanut free, gluten free, vegan easily and some of the dishes below lends well to being made in advance.

Appetizers -
- Tandoori chicken. (Easy marination and then just bake)
- Cauliflower fritters with green mint chutney. (super easy to make if you have a commercial fryer. Serve with ranch and mint chutney)
- Spiced potatoes and peas Samosas (buy frozen, need to be defrosted and baked/air fried/pan friend/deep fried

Main meal -
- Vegetable rice pilaf - super easy using frozen veggies and rice.
- Black bean daal - easy to make using a jumbo sized crock pot and it freezes well
- Spinach paneer - easy to make in the crock pot and it freezes very well.
- Butter chicken - make extra tandoori chicken and then dunk it in a crazy tasty easy tomato sauce.
- Fried crispy okra in chickpea flour - easy and super fancy dish using whole (headless) frozen okra.
- Lamb vindaloo - Cook the lamb in yakhni (stock) and a bit of vinegar in a jumbo pressure cooker to tenderize it, make the curry with store bought vindaloo paste by Pataks and deep fried onions in the fryer.

Dessert -
- Ice cream and cakes from Costco.

This is a lot of steps. Indian food is delicious and can accommodate a wide range of dietary preferences, but it is definitely NOT known to be easy.

People are split on Indian food. I’d never serve it to a large group. tastes great to me but generally looks like vomit on rice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Chic-fil-a catering. Everyone will love you!

This would be perfectly acceptable if it was for a church youth group or a Christian school, but I would not do this for anything else.

Who in the world do you hang out with?? I live in California, among Democrats, and no one would think twice about CFA. People eat what tastes good and are not political about food.

I live in DC and would seriously judge someone who catered from CFA. Says a lot about a person.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Chic-fil-a catering. Everyone will love you!

This would be perfectly acceptable if it was for a church youth group or a Christian school, but I would not do this for anything else.

Who in the world do you hang out with?? I live in California, among Democrats, and no one would think twice about CFA. People eat what tastes good and are not political about food.

I live in DC and would seriously judge someone who catered from CFA. Says a lot about a person.

I asked this earlier and didn’t get any responses so asking again. Don’t flame me, I am genuinely curious. CFA’s homophobic founder died 10 years ago. 5 years ago, CFA stopped giving to political/lobbying/religious organizations, including those that were anti-gay and supported conversion therapy. No more politics for CFA. CFA has embraced DEI fully, according to their press releases. So why do people still dislike CFA? Too little, too late? Or because the founder’s son is in charge and therefore there’s too much association with the past? It seems like CFA as a corporation changed the way people wanted them to but something is still missing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Chic-fil-a catering. Everyone will love you!

This would be perfectly acceptable if it was for a church youth group or a Christian school, but I would not do this for anything else.

Who in the world do you hang out with?? I live in California, among Democrats, and no one would think twice about CFA. People eat what tastes good and are not political about food.

I live in DC and would seriously judge someone who catered from CFA. Says a lot about a person.

I asked this earlier and didn’t get any responses so asking again. Don’t flame me, I am genuinely curious. CFA’s homophobic founder died 10 years ago. 5 years ago, CFA stopped giving to political/lobbying/religious organizations, including those that were anti-gay and supported conversion therapy. No more politics for CFA. CFA has embraced DEI fully, according to their press releases. So why do people still dislike CFA? Too little, too late? Or because the founder’s son is in charge and therefore there’s too much association with the past? It seems like CFA as a corporation changed the way people wanted them to but something is still missing?

I can't even imagine following a company's donations in that much detail. I would just go according to whether I like the food.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you have access to a commercial kitchen - huge pots, ladles and big gas burners? Can you cook Indian food or follow recipes? Indian food can accommodate veg and non-veg, dairy free, peanut free, gluten free, vegan easily and some of the dishes below lends well to being made in advance.

Appetizers -
- Tandoori chicken. (Easy marination and then just bake)
- Cauliflower fritters with green mint chutney. (super easy to make if you have a commercial fryer. Serve with ranch and mint chutney)
- Spiced potatoes and peas Samosas (buy frozen, need to be defrosted and baked/air fried/pan friend/deep fried

Main meal -
- Vegetable rice pilaf - super easy using frozen veggies and rice.
- Black bean daal - easy to make using a jumbo sized crock pot and it freezes well
- Spinach paneer - easy to make in the crock pot and it freezes very well.
- Butter chicken - make extra tandoori chicken and then dunk it in a crazy tasty easy tomato sauce.
- Fried crispy okra in chickpea flour - easy and super fancy dish using whole (headless) frozen okra.
- Lamb vindaloo - Cook the lamb in yakhni (stock) and a bit of vinegar in a jumbo pressure cooker to tenderize it, make the curry with store bought vindaloo paste by Pataks and deep fried onions in the fryer.

Dessert -
- Ice cream and cakes from Costco.

This is a lot of steps. Indian food is delicious and can accommodate a wide range of dietary preferences, but it is definitely NOT known to be easy.

People are split on Indian food. I’d never serve it to a large group. tastes great to me but generally looks like vomit on rice.

No. It is clam chowder that looks like vomit. And BBQ pork that looks like a pile of rotting worms. The prettiest food is raw vegan food.

The problem with Indian food is that people do not know how to make it. I would suggest that you make soul food. Fried chicken, Mac and cheese, corn bread etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Chic-fil-a catering. Everyone will love you!

This would be perfectly acceptable if it was for a church youth group or a Christian school, but I would not do this for anything else.

Who in the world do you hang out with?? I live in California, among Democrats, and no one would think twice about CFA. People eat what tastes good and are not political about food.

I live in DC and would seriously judge someone who catered from CFA. Says a lot about a person.

I asked this earlier and didn’t get any responses so asking again. Don’t flame me, I am genuinely curious. CFA’s homophobic founder died 10 years ago. 5 years ago, CFA stopped giving to political/lobbying/religious organizations, including those that were anti-gay and supported conversion therapy. No more politics for CFA. CFA has embraced DEI fully, according to their press releases. So why do people still dislike CFA? Too little, too late? Or because the founder’s son is in charge and therefore there’s too much association with the past? It seems like CFA as a corporation changed the way people wanted them to but something is still missing?

So the new people running the company don't follow the founders principals? Right....

Politics and discrimination are 100% why I will never spend a penny at CFA

[Anonymous]

Chipotle is the answer here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Chic-fil-a catering. Everyone will love you!

This would be perfectly acceptable if it was for a church youth group or a Christian school, but I would not do this for anything else.

Who in the world do you hang out with?? I live in California, among Democrats, and no one would think twice about CFA. People eat what tastes good and are not political about food.

I live in DC and would seriously judge someone who catered from CFA. Says a lot about a person.

I asked this earlier and didn’t get any responses so asking again. Don’t flame me, I am genuinely curious. CFA’s homophobic founder died 10 years ago. 5 years ago, CFA stopped giving to political/lobbying/religious organizations, including those that were anti-gay and supported conversion therapy. No more politics for CFA. CFA has embraced DEI fully, according to their press releases. So why do people still dislike CFA? Too little, too late? Or because the founder’s son is in charge and therefore there’s too much association with the past? It seems like CFA as a corporation changed the way people wanted them to but something is still missing?

So the new people running the company don't follow the founders principals? Right....

Politics and discrimination are 100% why I will never spend a penny at CFA

Does the company still follow the founders’ principles? Have you found info about that? Again, sincerely asking because I haven’t found evidence of that. I did find some very dumb articles from right-wing organizations saying that CFA is now “woke” and should be avoided since they embrace DEI.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Chic-fil-a catering. Everyone will love you!

This would be perfectly acceptable if it was for a church youth group or a Christian school, but I would not do this for anything else.

This is a stupid convo but fwiw my company sells DEI services and CFA is a great client.

Who in the world do you hang out with?? I live in California, among Democrats, and no one would think twice about CFA. People eat what tastes good and are not political about food.

I live in DC and would seriously judge someone who catered from CFA. Says a lot about a person.

I asked this earlier and didn’t get any responses so asking again. Don’t flame me, I am genuinely curious. CFA’s homophobic founder died 10 years ago. 5 years ago, CFA stopped giving to political/lobbying/religious organizations, including those that were anti-gay and supported conversion therapy. No more politics for CFA. CFA has embraced DEI fully, according to their press releases. So why do people still dislike CFA? Too little, too late? Or because the founder’s son is in charge and therefore there’s too much association with the past? It seems like CFA as a corporation changed the way people wanted them to but something is still missing?

So the new people running the company don't follow the founders principals? Right....

Politics and discrimination are 100% why I will never spend a penny at CFA

Does the company still follow the founders’ principles? Have you found info about that? Again, sincerely asking because I haven’t found evidence of that. I did find some very dumb articles from right-wing organizations saying that CFA is now “woke” and should be avoided since they embrace DEI.

[Anonymous]

Why do you need to feed 100 teens?

American BBQ food.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you have access to a commercial kitchen - huge pots, ladles and big gas burners? Can you cook Indian food or follow recipes? Indian food can accommodate veg and non-veg, dairy free, peanut free, gluten free, vegan easily and some of the dishes below lends well to being made in advance.

Appetizers -
- Tandoori chicken. (Easy marination and then just bake)
- Cauliflower fritters with green mint chutney. (super easy to make if you have a commercial fryer. Serve with ranch and mint chutney)
- Spiced potatoes and peas Samosas (buy frozen, need to be defrosted and baked/air fried/pan friend/deep fried

Main meal -
- Vegetable rice pilaf - super easy using frozen veggies and rice.
- Black bean daal - easy to make using a jumbo sized crock pot and it freezes well
- Spinach paneer - easy to make in the crock pot and it freezes very well.
- Butter chicken - make extra tandoori chicken and then dunk it in a crazy tasty easy tomato sauce.
- Fried crispy okra in chickpea flour - easy and super fancy dish using whole (headless) frozen okra.
- Lamb vindaloo - Cook the lamb in yakhni (stock) and a bit of vinegar in a jumbo pressure cooker to tenderize it, make the curry with store bought vindaloo paste by Pataks and deep fried onions in the fryer.

Dessert -
- Ice cream and cakes from Costco.

This is a lot of steps. Indian food is delicious and can accommodate a wide range of dietary preferences, but it is definitely NOT known to be easy.

People are split on Indian food. I’d never serve it to a large group. tastes great to me but generally looks like vomit on rice.

Agreed. I love it but it’s not for large groups, especially kids. It’s also at of work. Not everyone likes Indian food. Some are turned off by the smell.

Go with soul food. Something for everyone and simple.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you have access to a commercial kitchen - huge pots, ladles and big gas burners? Can you cook Indian food or follow recipes? Indian food can accommodate veg and non-veg, dairy free, peanut free, gluten free, vegan easily and some of the dishes below lends well to being made in advance.

Appetizers -
- Tandoori chicken. (Easy marination and then just bake)
- Cauliflower fritters with green mint chutney. (super easy to make if you have a commercial fryer. Serve with ranch and mint chutney)
- Spiced potatoes and peas Samosas (buy frozen, need to be defrosted and baked/air fried/pan friend/deep fried

Main meal -
- Vegetable rice pilaf - super easy using frozen veggies and rice.
- Black bean daal - easy to make using a jumbo sized crock pot and it freezes well
- Spinach paneer - easy to make in the crock pot and it freezes very well.
- Butter chicken - make extra tandoori chicken and then dunk it in a crazy tasty easy tomato sauce.
- Fried crispy okra in chickpea flour - easy and super fancy dish using whole (headless) frozen okra.
- Lamb vindaloo - Cook the lamb in yakhni (stock) and a bit of vinegar in a jumbo pressure cooker to tenderize it, make the curry with store bought vindaloo paste by Pataks and deep fried onions in the fryer.

Dessert -
- Ice cream and cakes from Costco.

This is a lot of steps. Indian food is delicious and can accommodate a wide range of dietary preferences, but it is definitely NOT known to be easy.

People are split on Indian food. I’d never serve it to a large group. tastes great to me but generally looks like vomit on rice.

No. It is clam chowder that looks like vomit. And BBQ pork that looks like a pile of rotting worms. The prettiest food is raw vegan food.

The problem with Indian food is that people do not know how to make it. I would suggest that you make soul food. Fried chicken, Mac and cheese, corn bread etc.

You want OP to fry chicken for 100 people?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Casual dinner setting - I only need suggestions for entrees. Hot or cold. The easier the better! Thanks for your suggestions!

Sloppy joes.
Can cook the meat on stove and then transfer and mix everything in crockpot(s).
Bags of buns. Done.