Dried Black Beans — Grams & Cups Converter
1 cup of dried black beans weighs about 190 g. Half a cup is 95 g, a tablespoon about 11.9 g, and a full cup is 6.7 ounces on a scale.
💡 Tip: Weigh dry — 1 cup dried beans yields about 3 cups cooked, so don't swap dry and cooked amounts
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How many cups is a given weight of dried black beans?
| Grams | Amount | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 50 | 1/4 cup | 1.76 |
| 100 | 1/2 cup | 3.53 |
| 150 | 3/4 cup | 5.29 |
| 180 | 1 cup | 6.35 |
| 200 | 1 cup | 7.05 |
| 250 | 1 1/3 cups | 8.82 |
| 300 | 1 5/8 cups | 10.6 |
| 400 | 2 1/8 cups | 14.1 |
| 500 | 2 5/8 cups | 17.6 |
| 750 | 4 cups | 26.5 |
| 1000 | 5 1/4 cups | 35.3 |
From cups to grams: dried black beans
| Cups | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1/4 | 47.5 | 1.68 |
| 1/3 | 63.3 | 2.23 |
| 1/2 | 95 | 3.35 |
| 3/4 | 143 | 5.03 |
| 1 | 190 | 6.7 |
| 1 1/2 | 285 | 10.1 |
| 2 | 380 | 13.4 |
| 3 | 570 | 20.1 |
| 4 | 760 | 26.8 |
Spoon reference: 1 tablespoon ≈ 11.9 g, 1 teaspoon ≈ 3.96 g.
Where dried black beans sits by weight
A cup of dried black beans weighs 190 g, which puts it 9th by weight among the 17 grains & legumes on this site. Its nearest neighbours are jasmine rice (uncooked) at 185 g and dried lentils at 192 g per cup.
It weighs the same per cup as brown rice (uncooked) (190 g), so those two swap one-for-one whether you measure by cup or by scale.
Questions people ask about dried black beans
- How many cups is 100g of dried black beans?
- Just over or under 1/2 cup, depending how firmly you fill the cup. 100 g ÷ 190 g per cup = 1/2 cup.
- How many grams is 1 cup of dried black beans?
- About 190 g of dry beans per US cup.
- How many grams is 3 cups of dried black beans?
- About 570 g (3 × 190 g).
- How much cooked beans does 1 cup of dried black beans make?
- About 3 cups cooked, since dried beans roughly triple once soaked and simmered.
- How much dried black beans equals a can?
- A 15 oz can holds about 1½ cups cooked beans, which is roughly ½ cup (about 95 g) of dried beans cooked from scratch.
- How many grams is 2 cups of dried black beans?
- Around 380 g. Each cup adds 190 g, so 3 cups is 570 g.
- How many ounces is 1 cup of dried black beans?
- 1 cup of dried black beans is about 6.7 ounces by weight (190 g).
- Why do my numbers differ slightly?
- Grain size and moisture vary by variety and age. Long thin grains stack with more air between them than short round ones, and older, drier stock weighs a little less per cup.