3 cups of white rice (uncooked) in grams

3 cups of white rice (uncooked) weighs about 555 grams.

Grams555 g
Ounces19.6 oz
Tablespoons48 tbsp
Teaspoons144 tsp
Milliliters (volume)710 ml

This is based on 1 cup of white rice (uncooked) = 185 g, so 3 cups of white rice (uncooked) is 3 × 185 ≈ 555 g.

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How to measure 3 cups of white rice (uncooked)

By weight (most accurate): set your bowl on a kitchen scale, press tare, and add 555 g of white rice (uncooked).

By volume: Use a 1-cup measure three times, leveling each one. For this much, weighing is quicker and more accurate.

One cup of uncooked long-grain white rice makes about three cups cooked.

Why white rice (uncooked) weighs what it does

White rice (uncooked) is about 22% lighter than the same volume of water, which weighs about 237 g per cup. That is why you can't convert cups to grams without knowing the ingredient.

3 cups of other ingredients

The same 3 cups holds a very different weight depending on the ingredient:

Ingredient3 cups in grams
White rice (uncooked)555 g
Rolled oats270 g
Chocolate chips510 g
Peanut butter774 g
Chopped walnuts351 g
Raisins450 g
Table salt864 g
All-purpose flour360 g
Granulated sugar600 g

Other amounts of white rice (uncooked)

Full white rice (uncooked) conversion chart → · White rice (uncooked) by the tablespoon →

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