Grains, Rice & Legumes

Cooked White Rice conversion chart

1 cup of cooked white rice = 158 g = 5.57 oz. Convert any amount below, or use the reference charts for cups, tablespoons, grams and ounces.

Ingredient

Amount

From

1 cup of cooked white rice =

158 g

oz: 5.57
kg: 0.158
lb: 0.348

1 cup: 158 g
1 tablespoon: 9.88 g
1 teaspoon: 3.29 g
1 cup in ounces: 5.57 oz
100 g in cups: 0.633 cups
Density: 0.67 g/ml

Measuring note

Cooked grains hold water and pack loosely, so a cup weighs less than uncooked rice.

Source: USDA FoodData Central

Cooked White Rice cups to grams chart

US cups converted to grams, ounces and millilitres. Fractions are written the way recipes write them.

Cooked White Rice — cups to grams and ounces
Cups (US)	Grams	Ounces (weight)	Millilitres
1/8 cup	19.8 g	0.697 oz	29.6 ml
1/4 cup	39.5 g	1.39 oz	59.1 ml
1/3 cup	52.7 g	1.86 oz	78.9 ml
1/2 cup	79 g	2.79 oz	118 ml
2/3 cup	105 g	3.72 oz	158 ml
3/4 cup	119 g	4.18 oz	177 ml
1 cup	158 g	5.57 oz	237 ml
1 1/2 cup	237 g	8.36 oz	355 ml
2 cup	316 g	11.1 oz	473 ml
3 cup	474 g	16.7 oz	710 ml
4 cup	632 g	22.3 oz	946 ml

Tablespoons and teaspoons

1 tbsp ≈ 9.88 g · 1 tsp ≈ 3.29 g

Tablespoons (US)	Grams	Cups (US)
1 tbsp	9.88 g	0.063 cup
2 tbsp	19.8 g	0.125 cup
3 tbsp	29.6 g	0.188 cup
4 tbsp	39.5 g	0.25 cup
5 tbsp	49.4 g	0.313 cup
6 tbsp	59.3 g	0.375 cup
8 tbsp	79 g	0.5 cup
10 tbsp	98.8 g	0.625 cup
12 tbsp	119 g	0.75 cup
16 tbsp	158 g	1 cup

Grams back to cups

Useful when a metric recipe gives grams but you only own cups.

Grams	Cups (US)	Tablespoons (US)
10 g	0.063 cup	1.01 tbsp
25 g	0.158 cup	2.53 tbsp
50 g	0.316 cup	5.06 tbsp
75 g	0.475 cup	7.59 tbsp
100 g	0.633 cup	10.1 tbsp
125 g	0.791 cup	12.7 tbsp
150 g	0.949 cup	15.2 tbsp
200 g	1.27 cup	20.3 tbsp
250 g	1.58 cup	25.3 tbsp
500 g	3.16 cup	50.6 tbsp
1000 g	6.33 cup	101 tbsp

Single-conversion pages for cooked white rice

Working with cooked white rice

Cooked White Rice sits in the grains, rice & legumes group, where a cup lands in the same range as water, but the material still compacts differently depending on how you fill the cup. Cooked grains hold water and pack loosely, so a cup weighs less than uncooked rice.

If you are converting a whole recipe rather than a single line, the Recipe to Metric converter matches every ingredient to its own density in one pass, and the Recipe Scaler resizes the batch first so you only convert once.

Frequently asked questions

How many grams are in a cup of cooked white rice?

One US cup of cooked white rice weighs about 158 grams (5.57 oz). Cooked grains hold water and pack loosely, so a cup weighs less than uncooked rice.

How many grams are in a tablespoon of cooked white rice?

One US tablespoon holds about 9.88 g, and one teaspoon about 3.29 g, since a tablespoon is 14.79 ml and a teaspoon 4.93 ml.

How many cups is 100 g of cooked white rice?

100 grams of cooked white rice is roughly 0.633 US cups. Weighing is more reliable than filling a cup, especially for grains, rice & legumes.

Where does this figure come from?

The density used here is 0.668 g/ml, based on USDA FoodData Central. Treat it as an approximation: real batches vary with brand, moisture and how the cup is filled.