Fish & shellfish
Crayfish: weights & conversions
One weighs about 20 g. 100 g is 82 calories and 16.8 g of protein.
Also written as: crawfish, boiled crayfish, crawdads, whole crayfish, boiled crawfish.
A recipe states what you buy, not what you eat. About 15% of the purchased weight of crayfish reaches the plate — the rest is bone, skin and trim. Every figure below is per 100 g of edible portion.
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1 crayfish of crayfish is about 20 grams.
Weight per piece
What a recipe means when it counts crayfish instead of weighing it.
| Count | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 crayfish | 20 g | 0.71 oz |
| 2 crayfishs | 40 g | |
| 3 crayfishs | 60 g | |
| 4 crayfishs | 80 g | |
| 6 crayfishs | 120 g | |
| 12 crayfishs | 240 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) | 82 | 16.8 g | 1.2 g | 0 g | 0 g | 62 mg |
| Per crayfish (20 g) | 16 | 3.36 g | 0.24 g | 0 g | 0 g | 12 mg |
| Per 4 oz (113 g) | 93 | 19.1 g | 1.36 g | 0 g | 0 g | 70 mg |
If you have run out
- Shrimp, the same amount. Milder and usually larger than crayfish, so shorten the cook time.
Common questions
- How much does one crayfish weigh?
- One crayfish weighs about 20 g (0.71 oz), so a pound is roughly 23 of them.
- How many calories are in crayfish?
- Crayfish has about 82 calories per 100 g, so one crayfish is roughly 16 calories.
- How much protein is in crayfish?
- About 16.8 g of protein per 100 g — roughly 19.1 g in a 4 oz portion.
- Does all the weight on the package of crayfish get eaten?
- No. About 15% of the purchased weight reaches the plate — the rest is bone, skin and trim. The figures on this page are per 100 g of edible meat, so every pound you buy yields roughly 68 g to eat.
- What can I use instead of crayfish?
- Shrimp, the same amount. Milder and usually larger than crayfish, so shorten the cook time.