Measuring rice?

fiendiish

Ok, there is probably a way to do this that I'm just not thinking of...and I'm sure I will feel insanely stupid once someone explains it to me...but here goes:

I like to use Imperial Dragon Jasmine Rice as the rice accompaniment in chinese stir fry dishes I make for dinners sometimes...but the label only labels cals for 1/4 UNCOOKED...once it's cooked...the measurement obviously won't be the same as the rice plumps. So how do you measure out a COOKED rice serving only knowing how much UNCOOKED is worth?

BTW, I'm not going to just cook one 1/4 of rice lol. I'm feeding 4 people!

quinnybear

I usually cook 1 cup UNCOOKED (4 servings at 1/2 cup per serving), that way I know after cooking, there will still be 4 servings, then I work off ratios. If I eat 1/2 of the cooked rice, I know I ate 2 servings. If you divide the rice into 4 portions since you're cooking for 4 people, then you know you ate 1 serving.

Does that make sense?

questionablemethods

I usually cook 1 cup UNCOOKED (4 servings at 1/2 cup per serving), that way I know after cooking, there will still be 4 servings, then I work off ratios. If I eat 1/2 of the cooked rice, I know I ate 2 servings. If you divide the rice into 4 portions since you're cooking for 4 people, then you know you ate 1 serving.

Does that make sense?

I do the same.

Also, I want to say that rice about doubles in volume when cooked, but that might depend upon the type of rice. That's a rough guess. You could certainly cook up a cup and then measure to see how much it makes cooked and then you will know for the future that when you have 1/2 cup of cooked rice, that is 1/4c uncooked when you log it.

tdh302

My answer echos those above. When I buy rice I usually get either brown long grain or Basmati - these are just my personal preference. So that I would know how the particular type would measure cooked, I did a "sample" batch of just 1/4 cup dry to determine how much it would yield cooked. From there, I just measure and calculate it out. For example, when I cooked 1/4 cup of white Basmati I had 1 cup cooked. The bag showed 1/4 cup dry, not cooked =180 calories, so 1 full cup cooked = 180 calories. Sometimes the rice question is almost as confusing as the popcorn question since some bags only show pre-popped calories.

Johnnyswife

I usually cook 1 cup UNCOOKED (4 servings at 1/2 cup per serving), that way I know after cooking, there will still be 4 servings, then I work off ratios. If I eat 1/2 of the cooked rice, I know I ate 2 servings. If you divide the rice into 4 portions since you're cooking for 4 people, then you know you ate 1 serving.

Does that make sense?

I do this too. Its kind of hard to cook 1/4 cup of rice, but one cup, and divide it by 4? Its the only way I could eat my rice again without overdoing it.