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How many grams in a cup of onion?
One cup of onion (chopped) weighs about 160 g; a tablespoon 10 g and a teaspoon 3.3 g. The weight is for chopped onion; measured another way it weighs a different amount.
Convert onion
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1 cup onion (chopped) ≈ 160 g
| Grams | 160 g |
|---|---|
| Ounces (weight) | 5.64 oz |
| Cups | 1 |
| Tablespoons | 16 |
| Teaspoons | 48 |
| Milliliters | 237 ml |
1 cup of onion (chopped) weighs 160 g; 1 tbsp 10 g; 1 tsp 3.3 g.
| Cups | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| ⅛ cup | 20 g | 0.71 oz |
| ¼ cup | 40 g | 1.41 oz |
| ⅓ cup | 53 g | 1.88 oz |
| ½ cup | 80 g | 2.82 oz |
| ⅔ cup | 107 g | 3.76 oz |
| ¾ cup | 120 g | 4.23 oz |
| 1 cup | 160 g | 5.64 oz |
| 1 ½ cups | 240 g | 8.47 oz |
| 2 cups | 320 g | 11.3 oz |
| 3 cups | 480 g | 16.9 oz |
| 4 cups | 640 g | 22.6 oz |
| 1 tablespoon | 10 g | 0.35 oz |
| 1 teaspoon | 3.3 g | 0.12 oz |
| Grams | US measure | Tablespoons |
|---|---|---|
| 5 g | 1 ½ tsp | 0.5 |
| 10 g | 1 tbsp | 1 |
| 25 g | 2 ½ tbsp | 2.5 |
| 50 g | ⅓ cup | 5 |
| 100 g | ⅝ cup | 10 |
| 125 g | ¾ cup | 12.5 |
| 150 g | ⅞ cup | 15 |
| 200 g | 1 ¼ cups | 20 |
| 250 g | 1 ½ cups | 25 |
| 300 g | 1 ⅞ cups | 30 |
| 400 g | 2 ½ cups | 40 |
| 500 g | 3 ⅛ cups | 50 |
How to measure onion
- Measure after chopping, slicing or mashing, as the weight here is for that form.
- Fill the cup loosely; pressing down adds weight.
- For the same result every time, weigh it: put the bowl on the scale, press tare, then add onion to the weight above.
Where the number comes from
USDA FoodData Central (public domain): Onions, raw (FDC 170000), from the food's own measured cup, tablespoon or teaspoon weight. A US cup is 236.6 ml.
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