How to Scale Thai Green Curry Chicken from 4 to 6 Servings

Question

Hi,
I have made
# Thai Green Curry Chicken and Vegetables (Gaeng Keow Waan) Serves 4
and it is delicious.  I want to serve it to my bridge group and want to make it to serve 6 people.  How would I calculate the increase of  ingredients to serve 6. I think I figured out the chicken proportion and I would start with 2 1/4 #s, but the other ingredients I'm not certain how to increase the amounts. I suppose I could just double everything and serve 8??? Would that follow-little confused here.
Thank you,
Sally K

Whitney Kimball · Accepted Answer

Hi Sally! This is from our education director Rosie:
If you’re feeding hungry people, I think simply doubling the recipe would be a great solution. Six hungry people will eat it all or leave just enough for you to have lunch the next day.
If you’re worried about too many leftovers, I would still buy the ingredients for a double batch. Make the double batch up through the cooking the chicken, then portion off whatever you don’t think you will eat and freeze it, without adding the carrots, chilies, peas and basil. With the remaining portion in the pan – what you will serve that night – I would continue with the recipe using as much of the carrots, chilies, peas and basil as you like. It’s flexible. You can either pack it with extra vegetables, or reserve some of the veggies for a quick salad or vegetable stir-fry the next day. You will need to buy new vegetables for when you cook up the frozen portion -- to do that, just defrost the frozen portion and then continue with the recipe as written.
Hope that helps!

How to Scale Thai Green Curry Chicken from 4 to 6 Servings

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