Ingredient Yield
Knowing how many apples or carrots you may need for a recipe can be difficult, so here’s a guide of common ingredients to help you when shopping for groceries and preparing recipes.
Food
If Your Recipe States
You Will Need Approximately
Apples
1 cup sliced or chopped
1 lb
1 medium (6 oz)
3 medium
Apricots, dried halves
1 cup
5 oz
Asparagus
16 to 20 stalks
1 lb
Bacon
1/2 cup crumbled
8 slices, crisply cooked
Bananas
1 cup sliced
1 cup mashed
1 medium or 2 small
2 medium
Beans, dried
5 to 6 cups cooked
1 lb dried (2 1/4 cups)
Beans, green or wax
3 cups 1-inch pieces
1 lb
Bread, white
12 slices (1/2 inch)
1 cup soft crumbs
1 cup dry crumbs
1-lb loaf
1 1/2 slices
4 to 5 slices, oven-dried
Broccoli
1 bunch
2 cups flowerets, 1-inch pieces or chopped
1 1/2 lb
6 oz
Butter, margarine or spread
2 cups
1/2 cup
1 lb
1 stick
Cabbage
Green
Slaw (bag)
1 medium head
4 cups shredded
7 cups
1 1/2 lb
1 lb
16 oz
Carrots
1 medium
1 cup shredded
1 cup 1/4-inch slices
7 inches
1 1/2 medium
2 medium
Cauliflower
1 medium head
3 cups flowerets
2 lb (with leaves)
1 lb
Celery
1 medium bunch
1 cup thinly sliced or chopped
2 lb (11 inches)
2 medium stalks
Cheese Hard (such as blue, Cheddar, feta, mozzarella, Swiss):
shredded or crumbled
Cottage
Cream
1 cup
2 cups
1 cup
4 oz
16 oz
8 oz
Chocolate
Chips unsweetened or semisweet baking
1 cup
1 square or bar
6 oz
1 oz
Corn, sweet
1 medium ear
1 cup kernels
8 oz
2 medium ears
Cream:
Sour
Whipping (heavy)
1 cup
1 cup (2 cups whipped)
8 oz
1/2 pt
Crumbs, finely crushed:
Chocolate wafer cookie
Graham cracker
Saltine cracker
Vanilla wafer cookie
1 1/2 cups
1 1/2 cups
1 cup
1 1/2 cups
27 cookies
21 squares
29 squares
38 cookies
Eggs, large
Whole
1 cup
1 egg
4 large eggs
1/4 cup fat-free cholesterol-free egg product
Flour
3 1/2 cups
1 lb
Garlic
1/2 teaspoon finely chopped
1 medium clove
Jalapeño chili
1 Tbsp
1 medium, seeded and chopped
Lemons or limes
1 1/2 to 3 tsp grated peel
2 to 3 Tbsp juice
1 medium
1 medium
Lettuce
Iceberg or romaine
1 medium head
2 cups shredded
6 cups bite-size pieces
1 1/2 lb
5 oz
1 lb
Marshmallows
1 large
10 miniature
Meat, cooked (beef, pork and poultry)
1 cup chopped or bite-size pieces
6 oz
Mushrooms
Fresh
Canned
6 cups sliced
2 1/2 cups chopped
4-oz can sliced, drained
1 lb
8 oz
2/3 cup fresh, sliced and cooked (5 oz uncooked)
Nuts (without shells):
Chopped, sliced or slivered
Whole or halves
1 cup
3 to 4 cups
4 oz
1 lb
Olives:
Pimiento-stuffed
Ripe, pitted
1 cup sliced
1 cup sliced
24 large or 36 small
32 medium
Onions
Green, with tops
Yellow or white
1/2 oz
2 Tbsp chopped
1/4 cup sliced
1 medium
1/2 cup chopped
1 medium
2 medium
3 or 4 medium
3 oz
1 medium
Oranges
1 to 2 Tbsp grated peel
1/3 to 1/2 cup juice
1 medium
1 medium
Pasta:
Macaroni
Noodles, egg
Spaghetti
4 cups cooked
4 cups cooked
4 cups cooked
6 to 7 oz uncooked (2 cups)
7 oz uncooked (4 to 5 cups)
7 to 8 oz uncooked
Peppers, bell
1/2 cup chopped
1 cup chopped
1 1/2 cups chopped
1 small
1 medium
1 large
Potatoes:
New
Red, white, sweet or yams
Red or White
10 to 12 small
1 medium
1 cup 1/2-inch pieces
1 1/2 lb
5 to 6 oz
1 medium
Rice:
Brown
Parboiled (converted)
Precooked white (instant)
Regular long grain
Wild
4 cups cooked
3 to 4 cups cooked
2 cups cooked
3 cups cooked
3 cups cooked
1 cup uncooked
1 cup uncooked
1 cup uncooked
1 cup uncooked
1 cup uncooked
Shrimp (uncooked, with shells):
Jumbo
Large
Medium
Small
1 lb
1 lb
1 lb
1 lb
21 to 25 count
31 to 35 count
41 to 45 count
51 to 60 count
Shrimp (cooked without shells)
1 lb
1 1/3 lb uncooked (with shells)
Sugar:
Brown
Granulated
Powdered
2 1/4 cups packed
2 1/4 cups
4 cups
1 lb
1 lb
1 lb
Tomatoes
3/4 cup chopped (1 medium)
1 cup chopped
1/2 cup chopped
5 oz
1 large
1 small
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