WWYD mexican food for party

For my DD's bday party we are doing Mexican food! I started out ready to cater the whole thing but then realized there are some things I could def do myself for much cheaper!

$30 for a tray of taco meat with sour cream, cheese and salsa. They say it feeds 12. We have about 22 people. but we will also have other food.

1 - Do you think thats a good price?

2 - Would you get two trays? We will also have a tray of quesdillas and enchiladas.

3 - would you cater this or make yourself?

Thank you!

WWYD mexican food for party

If you have the time I would suggest making it yourself.
Chop meat is usually on sale for less than $3 per pound.
How much meat is in the tray?

WWYD mexican food for party

I would make it. The good thing about tacos and enchiladas are you can make them ahead which is always what I look for when doing a big party. If you were going with the catered route, I would do two trays of taco meat but if you make it yourself you can do whatever amount you want (probably a pound for every 4-5 people).

WWYD mexican food for party

Do it yourself! We just did this for my son's 2nd birthday. We had 3pounds of ground beef, Spanish rice, tortilla chips, soft tortillas, and hard taco shells. I made a cheese sauce, and we had lettuce, black olives, peppers, shredded cheese, sour cream and salsa. Basically you could make your own nachos, tacos, taco sald, or burritos. It was a huge hit and cost around $30 for it all. We easily fed 15 people. You could just add a second meat option like chicken or beans and be fine. It was a huge hit and very low maintenance to do.

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I did my own for a party....
--chicken enchiladas (made the filling in the crockpot, then assembled trays prior)
--Mexican meatzza (cornbread then topped with taco meat, corn, beans, cheese, etc)
--cold & hot taco dip, salsa, guacamole
--Mexican wedding cookies
--Margaritas & sangria

WWYD mexican food for party

this is really helping! thank you

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I'd make it myself. You can cook up some ground beef w/ spices or a seasoning packet. And maybe do some pulled chicken in the slow cooker with spices. Its so easy and will be cheaper.

And I have an excellent salsa recipe - makes a lot and its easy. I make it often. Its a variation on pioneer womans recipe.

1 28oz can whole peeled tomatoes
1 can rotel
1/2 white onion OR 1 sm. onion
tsp cumin
bunch of cilantro
juice of 1 lime
salt (to taste)
pepper (to taste)
sugar (to taste, add a little to cut the acidity)
1-2 jalapenos (or any chili pepper)

chop everything up on pulse in the food processor (or blender) until desired consistency is reached. Let sit in fridge at least 3 hours before serving.

Message edited 12/6/2013 10:39:09 AM.