Chile de arbol: weights & conversions
A US cup of chile de arbol weighs about 30 g. One weighs about 1 g. 100 g is 281 calories and 11.9 g of protein.
Also written as: chiles de arbol, chile de arbol pepper, dried chile de arbol, dried chiles de arbol, arbol chile, arbol chiles.
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1 cup of chile de arbol is about 30 grams.
Cups to grams
What each measure of chile de arbol weighs, from the cup weight above.
| Volume | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | 30 g | 1.06 oz |
| 3/4 cup | 22.5 g | |
| 2/3 cup | 20 g | |
| 1/2 cup | 15 g | |
| 1/3 cup | 10 g | |
| 1/4 cup | 7.5 g | |
| 1 tablespoon | 1.88 g | |
| 1 teaspoon | 0.63 g |
Weight per piece
What a recipe means when it counts chile de arbol instead of weighing it.
| Count | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 chile de arbol | 1 g | 0.04 oz |
| 2 chile de arbols | 2 g | |
| 3 chile de arbols | 3 g | |
| 4 chile de arbols | 4 g | |
| 6 chile de arbols | 6 g | |
| 12 chile de arbols | 12 g |
Ounces and pounds
The weights an older recipe card is most likely to use.
| Weight | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 oz | 28.3 g | |
| 4 oz (1/4 lb) | 113 g | |
| 8 oz (1/2 lb) | 227 g | |
| 1 lb | 454 g | |
| 100 g | 100 g |
Nutrition
Per 100 g of edible portion, transcribed from USDA reference data, and scaled to the measures above.
| Measure | Calories | Protein | Fat | Carbs | Fiber | Sodium |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per 100 g (100 g) | 281 | 11.9 g | 8.2 g | 51.4 g | 21.6 g | 30 mg |
| Per cup (30 g) | 84 | 3.57 g | 2.46 g | 15.4 g | 6.48 g | 9 mg |
| Per tablespoon (1.88 g) | 5 | 0.22 g | 0.15 g | 0.96 g | 0.41 g | 1 mg |
| Per chile de arbol (1 g) | 3 | 0.12 g | 0.08 g | 0.51 g | 0.22 g | 0 mg |
| Per 4 oz (113 g) | 319 | 13.5 g | 9.3 g | 58.3 g | 24.5 g | 34 mg |
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- Dried chile, about twice as much. Milder than chile de árbol, to match the heat.
Common questions
- How many grams are in a cup of chile de arbol?
- One US cup of chile de arbol weighs about 30 g (1.06 oz). A tablespoon is about 1.88 g and a teaspoon about 0.63 g.
- How many cups is 100 g of chile de arbol?
- 100 g of chile de arbol is about 3.33 cups — near enough to 3 3/8 cups in a measuring cup.
- How much does one chile de arbol weigh?
- One chile de arbol weighs about 1 g (0.04 oz), so a pound is roughly 454 of them.
- How many calories are in chile de arbol?
- Chile de arbol has about 281 calories per 100 g, which works out to roughly 84 calories a cup.
- How much protein is in chile de arbol?
- About 11.9 g of protein per 100 g — roughly 13.5 g in a 4 oz portion.
- What can I use instead of chile de arbol?
- Dried chile, about twice as much. Milder than chile de árbol, to match the heat.