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White Rice (Uncooked)
Rice is the ingredient where measurement errors are most unforgiving: messing up the water-to-rice ratio leads to crunchy or mushy results. Remember: 1 cup of raw rice yields about 3 cups of cooked rice. Weighing your dry grain is the first critical step to achieving that perfect, fluffy restaurant-quality texture.
Uncooked white rice (long-grain standard) packs to about 185 g per US cup — roughly 0.78 g/mL. Cooked rice is heavier and denser (about 155–165 g per cup at 0.65–0.70 g/mL) because the grains absorb water during cooking. Always measure dry rice before cooking: the same 185 g raw yields approximately 530–560 g of cooked rice.
What is White Rice (Uncooked)?
Rice is the ingredient where measurement errors are most unforgiving: messing up the water-to-rice ratio leads to crunchy or mushy results. Remember: 1 cup of raw rice yields about 3 cups of cooked rice. Weighing your dry grain is the first critical step to achieving that perfect, fluffy restaurant-quality texture.
Uncooked white rice (long-grain standard) packs to about 185 g per US cup — roughly 0.78 g/mL. Cooked rice is heavier and denser (about 155–165 g per cup at 0.65–0.70 g/mL) because the grains absorb water during cooking. Always measure dry rice before cooking: the same 185 g raw yields approximately 530–560 g of cooked rice.
Chef note:Chef-level consistency starts when one reference cup is matched to a gram baseline.
Quick convert
- US cup = 236.588 mL
- 1 tbsp = 14.787 mL
- 1 tsp = 4.929 mL
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Grains
Rice, oats, quinoa, couscous and similar grains hydrate based on precise ratios. Volume is skewed by kernel size and air gaps. Weighing both dry and cooked grains keeps texture predictable.
FAQ
- Should I rinse rice before weighing?
- Weigh it dry FIRST. Rinsing adds water weight. However, do rinse it after weighing to remove excess surface starch, which prevents the rice from becoming gummy/sticky.
- Does short-grain weigh the same as long-grain?
- They are very close in density (approx 185-200g per cup), but short-grain packs slightly tighter. For general cooking, the same weight conversion works, but water ratios will differ.