Vegetables
Shallot: weights & conversions
A US cup of shallot weighs about 160 g. One weighs about 25 g. 100 g is 72 calories and 2.5 g of protein.
Also written as: shallots.
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1 cup of shallot is about 160 grams.
Cups to grams
What each measure of shallot weighs, from the cup weight above.
| Volume | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | 160 g | 5.64 oz |
| 3/4 cup | 120 g | |
| 2/3 cup | 107 g | |
| 1/2 cup | 80 g | |
| 1/3 cup | 53.3 g | |
| 1/4 cup | 40 g | |
| 1 tablespoon | 10 g | |
| 1 teaspoon | 3.33 g |
Weight per piece
What a recipe means when it counts shallot instead of weighing it.
| Count | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 shallot | 25 g | 0.88 oz |
| 2 shallots | 50 g | |
| 3 shallots | 75 g | |
| 4 shallots | 100 g | |
| 6 shallots | 150 g | |
| 12 shallots | 300 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) | 72 | 2.5 g | 0.1 g | 16.8 g | 3.2 g | 12 mg |
| Per cup (160 g) | 115 | 4 g | 0.16 g | 26.9 g | 5.12 g | 19 mg |
| Per tablespoon (10 g) | 7 | 0.25 g | 0.01 g | 1.68 g | 0.32 g | 1 mg |
| Per shallot (25 g) | 18 | 0.63 g | 0.03 g | 4.2 g | 0.8 g | 3 mg |
| Per 4 oz (113 g) | 82 | 2.83 g | 0.11 g | 19.1 g | 3.63 g | 14 mg |
If you have run out
- A small yellow onion plus a clove of garlic.
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Common questions
- How many grams are in a cup of shallot?
- One US cup of shallot weighs about 160 g (5.64 oz). A tablespoon is about 10 g and a teaspoon about 3.33 g.
- How many cups is 100 g of shallot?
- 100 g of shallot is about 0.63 cups — near enough to 5/8 of a cup in a measuring cup.
- How much does one shallot weigh?
- One shallot weighs about 25 g (0.88 oz), so a pound is roughly 18 of them.
- How many calories are in shallot?
- Shallot has about 72 calories per 100 g, which works out to roughly 115 calories a cup.
- What can I use instead of shallot?
- A small yellow onion plus a clove of garlic.