Cups to Grams — Rice
Convert cups of rice to grams for perfect portions. Covers basmati, brown, arborio, sushi and wild rice with accurate weights per cup.
White Rice (uncooked)
1 US cup = 185g
Quick Reference — White Rice (uncooked)
| Cups | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| ¼ cup | 46g | 1.6oz |
| ⅓ cup | 62g | 2.2oz |
| ½ cup | 93g | 3.3oz |
| ⅔ cup | 123g | 4.4oz |
| ¾ cup | 139g | 4.9oz |
| 1 cup | 185g | 6.5oz |
| 1½ cups | 278g | 9.8oz |
| 2 cups | 370g | 13.1oz |
| 3 cups | 555g | 19.6oz |
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Tips
Rice roughly doubles in volume when cooked. 1 cup uncooked = about 3 cups cooked.
Cup measurements can vary by up to 20% depending on how you fill the cup. For consistent baking results, weighing ingredients in grams is always more accurate.
How Much Does a Cup of Rice Weigh?
1 US cup of uncooked rice = 200 g (long grain like basmati or jasmine), 195 g (short grain like sushi rice), 215 g (arborio risotto rice). Once cooked, rice triples to about 600 g (cooked weight) per cup of dry rice (with water absorbed). Cooked rice from 1 cup dry produces about 3 cups cooked.
Useful for converting American rice recipes to gram-based UK/EU measurements. A typical dinner serving is 60-75 g uncooked rice (per person) - so a recipe for 4 needs 1 cup uncooked. Restaurant Asian rice servings: 100 g cooked typically (about 33 g dry rice). Sushi rice for rolls: aim for 80 g cooked per roll.
Cups of Rice to Grams
| Cups | Long Grain | Short Grain | Arborio |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/4 cup | 50 g | 49 g | 54 g |
| 1/2 cup | 100 g | 98 g | 108 g |
| 3/4 cup | 150 g | 146 g | 161 g |
| 1 cup | 200 g | 195 g | 215 g |
| 1.5 cups | 300 g | 293 g | 323 g |
| 2 cups | 400 g | 390 g | 430 g |
| 3 cups | 600 g | 585 g | 645 g |
| 4 cups | 800 g | 780 g | 860 g |
Frequently Asked Questions
How much water for 1 cup of rice?
Long grain: 1 cup rice + 2 cups water = perfect cooked. Short grain: 1 cup + 1.25 cups water. Brown rice: 1 cup + 2.5 cups water (longer cook time). Risotto: 1 cup + 4-5 cups stock added gradually.
How does cooking change rice weight?
Rice triples in volume (and weight) when cooked because it absorbs water. 200 g uncooked rice + 400 g water → ~600 g cooked rice. The 200 g uncooked weight is what nutrition calculations should use; cooked weight depends on water content.
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