According to the editors of Easy Home Cooking Magazine, a double recipe should include only 1.5 times the amount of seasonings the original recipe called for. That's because alcohol can overpower other flavors (so unless you want to serve chicken with a hangover, add it sparingly). See the spirits and seasonings? When you scale up a recipe, these ingredients don't follow the rules. ![]() Before you grab a calculator and multiply a four-serving recipe by three, eyeball the ingredients. So you've perfected bourbon chicken and want to impress 12 of your closest friends. You may have to do a little more mixing, but the end result should be more predictable. If you need to serve more people than a double recipe will accommodate, make the original recipe in several batches. We'd even argue that twice is a good limit. ![]() From a shopping standpoint, you'll want to round your ingredient quantities to whole numbers.Īs you're putting pencil to paper, keep in mind that most recipes shouldn't be increased more than four times. If doubling a recipe, you'll buy twice as much of the main ingredients such as meat, poultry, seafood, pasta or vegetables. Like most cooks, your dinner probably starts at the local market.
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