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How many cups is 500 grams of brown rice (uncooked)?
Answer
≈ 2 ⅔ cups
500 grams of brown rice (uncooked) fills about 2 ⅔ cups (2.7 US cups, or about 43.2 tablespoons). The math uses USDA's figure of roughly 185 g per cup.
Brown rice (uncooked): grams to cups
| Weight | US cups | In the kitchen |
|---|---|---|
| 50 g | 0.27 | about ¼ cup |
| 100 g | 0.541 | about ½ cup |
| 125 g | 0.676 | about ⅔ cup |
| 200 g | 1.08 | about 1 ⅛ cups |
| 250 g | 1.35 | about 1 ⅓ cups |
| 500 g | 2.7 | about 2 ⅔ cups |
| 1000 g | 5.41 | about 5 ⅜ cups |
Source: USDA FoodData Central #169703, Rice, brown, long-grain, raw (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program). USDA lists 1 cup = 185 g. Weights are approximate.
Measuring tip
These figures are for dry, uncooked grains and legumes. Once cooked they soak up water and a cup weighs very differently. When a recipe gives grams, a scale is always the most accurate choice.
See also: 1 cup of brown rice (uncooked) in grams.