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White rice roughly triples by cooked weight: 1 cup dry (185 g) → about 3 cups cooked. Convert either direction for meal prep or parties.
Raw rice to fluffy cooked rice — triple-weight rule.
cooked weight ≈ dry weight × 3 · cooked volume ≈ dry volume × 3
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ×3 | White rice average; brown rice runs slightly lower |
2 cups dry → ≈ 6 cups cooked (feeds ~6 as a side). Need 9 cups cooked → start with 3 cups dry.
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Content updated: September 2026