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Enlarge the original recipe to 200 servings by using the factor method.
Original serving size: ___10_____
Calculate to six decimal places and round off to five decimal places.
Factor: ___20_____
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1
2 teaspoons
.333334 oz
20
Peanut Oil
(2 tspns)(20)(1 tbspn/3 tspns)(1 cup/16
tbspn)= 6 cups & 1 tbspn
2 Boneless skinless chicken 2 lbs
2 lbs
40 lbs
thighs
2 lbsx20lbs= 40 lbs
3

teaspoon

.166667
tbspn

3.3333334
tbspn

cup peanut
oil

.125 qt

5 qt

salt

(.5 tspn)(1 tbspn/3 tspn)= 3 tbspn &1 tspn

4 Peanut oil

(.5 cup)(1 qt/4 cup)= 5 qt

5 Cup all-purpose flour

cup

.2 lbs

4 lbs

6 Chopped onion

8 oz

8 oz

160 oz

7 Chopped celery

8 oz

8 oz

160 oz

(.5 cups)(1 lb/2.5 cups)=4 lbs

(8 oz)(1 lb/16 oz)= 10 lbs
(8 oz)(1 lb/16 oz)= 10 lbs
8 Chopped bell pepper

8 oz

8 oz

160 oz
(8 oz)(1 lb/16 oz)= 10 lbs

9 garlic

4 cloves

.666667 oz

13.333334 oz

10 chicken broth

3 cups

.21875 gal

4.375 gal

(4 cloves)(1 oz/6 cloves)x20=13 oz

(3.5 cups)(1 gal/16 cups)= .21875 gal x
20= 4gal
11 okra

2 cups

8 oz

160 oz
(2 cups)(1 lb/2 cups) x 20= 20 lbs

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12 Andouille sausage

1 lb

1 lb

20 lb

13 Creole seasoning

2 tspns

.041667 cups

.833334 cups

14 Dried bay leaves

20 bay leaves

15 Hot cooked rice

5 cups

2.222223
cups

44.444445
lbs

1 lb x 20= 20 lb
(2 tspn)(1 tbspn/3 tspn)(1 cup/16 tbspn) x
20=.833334 cups or 13 tbspn
2 bay leaves x 20=40 bay leaves
(5 cups)(1 lb/2.25 cups)=44.5 lbs