Dried chile: weights & conversions
A US cup of dried chile weighs about 40 g. One weighs about 10 g. 100 g is 281 calories and 11.9 g of protein.
Also written as: dried chiles, dried chilies, dried red chile, dried red chiles, dried chile pepper, guajillo chile, guajillo chiles, dried guajillo chile.
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1 cup of dried chile is about 40 grams.
Cups to grams
What each measure of dried chile weighs, from the cup weight above.
| Volume | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | 40 g | 1.41 oz |
| 3/4 cup | 30 g | |
| 2/3 cup | 26.7 g | |
| 1/2 cup | 20 g | |
| 1/3 cup | 13.3 g | |
| 1/4 cup | 10 g | |
| 1 tablespoon | 2.5 g | |
| 1 teaspoon | 0.83 g |
Weight per piece
What a recipe means when it counts dried chile instead of weighing it.
| Count | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 dried chile | 10 g | 0.35 oz |
| 2 dried chiles | 20 g | |
| 3 dried chiles | 30 g | |
| 4 dried chiles | 40 g | |
| 6 dried chiles | 60 g | |
| 12 dried chiles | 120 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 (40 g) | 112 | 4.76 g | 3.28 g | 20.6 g | 8.64 g | 12 mg |
| Per tablespoon (2.5 g) | 7 | 0.3 g | 0.21 g | 1.29 g | 0.54 g | 1 mg |
| Per dried chile (10 g) | 28 | 1.19 g | 0.82 g | 5.14 g | 2.16 g | 3 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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- Chile de arbol, about half as much. Much hotter than a dried chile — taste as you go.
Common questions
- How many grams are in a cup of dried chile?
- One US cup of dried chile weighs about 40 g (1.41 oz). A tablespoon is about 2.5 g and a teaspoon about 0.83 g.
- How many cups is 100 g of dried chile?
- 100 g of dried chile is about 2.5 cups — near enough to 2 1/2 cups in a measuring cup.
- How much does one dried chile weigh?
- One dried chile weighs about 10 g (0.35 oz), so a pound is roughly 45 of them.
- How many calories are in dried chile?
- Dried chile has about 281 calories per 100 g, which works out to roughly 112 calories a cup.
- How much protein is in dried chile?
- About 11.9 g of protein per 100 g — roughly 13.5 g in a 4 oz portion.
- What can I use instead of dried chile?
- Chile de arbol, about half as much. Much hotter than a dried chile — taste as you go.