How much taco seasoning for 8 lbs. of meat?

[Sahamamama]

Tomorrow after church we're having a taco party for the twins' fourth birthday. Tonight I'm getting the meat ready. My husband and my dad will add their own heat. :D My mom and kids will want it on the milder side. I always add two cans of vegetarian refried beans to the mix, and some dehydrated onions.

 

8 pounds of ground beef = ______ T. taco seasoning (I have the big container, not little packets). The container doesn't have directions. :glare:

[justasque]

I use 2 packets for three pounds of meat, plus I add onion, sometimes peppers etc., and sometimes beans. I don't know the packet-to-Tbsp conversion though.

[Cinder]

I use between 3-4 Tbs per pound of meat. But my pound of meat also has a can of black beans in it, so maybe 2-3 Tbs seasoning per pound of meat? I'd start at 2 Tbs per pound and go from there.

[sheryl]

Tomorrow after church we're having a taco party for the twins' fourth birthday. Tonight I'm getting the meat ready. My husband and my dad will add their own heat. :D My mom and kids will want it on the milder side. I always add two cans of vegetarian refried beans to the mix, and some dehydrated onions.

 

8 pounds of ground beef = ______ T. taco seasoning (I have the big container, not little packets). The container doesn't have directions. :glare:

 

 

That's a hard one. My dh and I like it spicey and our dd does not...typical of kids.

 

I make tacos all the time. I use very little meat 1/2 for the 3 of us. For 1/2 lb I would use maybe 2 t. That's a guess as I used to use the packets but switched to the little can a while back. 3 t. = 1 T.

 

You know I'd add 6 T. That seems like that would give it a baby kick, but not overwhelming. That will be less than 1T for 1 lb. Then if anyone wanted more heat they can make up for it by adding more powder, salsa, etc. HTH.

 

Or, since you're preparing in advance....try 4 T, sample and keep adding by 1 T until you reach desired results. S <><