How many heads of romaine lettuce will you need to make a Caesar salad for 200 people?

Answer 1

Each taco salad would have approximately 1-cup shredded lettuce. One large head of iceberg lettuce yields around 25-cups of shredded lettuce. For 150 taco salads, you would need 150-cups shredded lettuce or 6 large heads of iceberg lettuce.

Answer 2

It depends on the function of the salad within the meal.

If you are serving it as a full meal on its own, you want about one head of Romaine between 6 people, i.e. around 30-35 lettuces.

With chicken, salmon etc. topping you could cut that down to around 25.

If the salad is a side dish or part of a buffet then obviously you would need considerably less.

Note that this is based on a medium-size Romaine head - if you get extra large or baby ones, adjust accordingly!

Answer 3

If the lettuce is being used as a dinner salad and NOT the main entree, the best rule of thumb is 5 serving per head, or 30 heads for 150 people.

If a Salad Bar is planned, use 35 heads of lettuce, 60 medium tomatoes (quartered), 25 cucumbers (sliced), 10 medium red onions (sliced), 3 dozen hard cooked eggs (peeled and chopped), 8 cans black olives (sliced thin), 3# imitation bacon bits, and 1 Green/red bell peppers (sliced thin)

Answer 4

For 150 side salads, you will need 30 12-ounce heads of lettuce, or 18-20 pounds tossed salad mix.

Answer 5

Depends on the type of salad. I would use about 18 pounds of mozzarella for 150 chefs salads.

Answer 6

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