Cooked rice: weights & conversions
A US cup of cooked rice weighs about 158 g. 100 g is 130 calories and 2.7 g of protein.
Also written as: cooked white rice, steamed rice.
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1 cup of cooked rice is about 158 grams.
Cups to grams
What each measure of cooked rice weighs, from the cup weight above.
| Volume | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | 158 g | 5.57 oz |
| 3/4 cup | 119 g | |
| 2/3 cup | 105 g | |
| 1/2 cup | 79 g | |
| 1/3 cup | 52.7 g | |
| 1/4 cup | 39.5 g | |
| 1 tablespoon | 9.88 g | |
| 1 teaspoon | 3.29 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) | 130 | 2.7 g | 0.28 g | 28.2 g | 0.4 g | 1 mg |
| Per cup (158 g) | 205 | 4.27 g | 0.44 g | 44.6 g | 0.63 g | 2 mg |
| Per tablespoon (9.88 g) | 13 | 0.27 g | 0.03 g | 2.78 g | 0.04 g | 0 mg |
| Per 4 oz (113 g) | 147 | 3.06 g | 0.32 g | 32 g | 0.45 g | 1 mg |
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Common questions
- How many grams are in a cup of cooked rice?
- One US cup of cooked rice weighs about 158 g (5.57 oz). A tablespoon is about 9.88 g and a teaspoon about 3.29 g.
- How many cups is 100 g of cooked rice?
- 100 g of cooked rice is about 0.63 cups — near enough to 5/8 of a cup in a measuring cup.
- How many calories are in cooked rice?
- Cooked rice has about 130 calories per 100 g, which works out to roughly 205 calories a cup.
- What can I use instead of cooked rice?
- Cooked quinoa, the same amount. Nuttier than rice and holds its shape a little better.