1 cup of cooked rice about 200 calories?

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fsulistio
fsulistio Posts: 1 Member
edited February 4 in Food and Nutrition
What's meant by 1 cup of cooked rice? Is it 1 cup of a dry rice after it's cooked which will contain about 200 calories?
Or 1/4 uncooked = 1 cup cooked... what is the size of the cup? It's hard to believe after eating 3 cups of cook like in a normal Chinese restaurant contains 600 calories? Unbelievable.

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  • 0somuchbetter0
    0somuchbetter0 Posts: 1,335 Member
    Cooked rice means after it's cooked...i.e. fluffy. 1 cup is 1 measuring cup. If you eat 3 cups of rice at a Chinese restaurant that's a LOT of rice! Like a LOT. I wouldn't be able to move after eating that much rice in one sitting. And yes, rice is calorically "expensive."
  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    Don't use measuring cups; weigh the rice dry.

    Here's why: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVjWPclrWVY
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