How do I convert a weight of dried chick peas to volume of cooked?
I'm following a recipe that calls for 200g of dried chickpeas, soaked overnight. I have two 28 fl. oz. (796 ml) cans of chick peas, packed in water.
This is made complicated by two things:
- You can't easily convert a weight measurement to a volume measurement. (What is the density of a chickpea?)
- The recipe wants me to measure dry chickpeas, and I have canned chickpeas. (How much of the weight is water?)
How much of my canned chickpeas should I use?
Best Answer
There is no exact conversion because there are so many different varieties of chickpeas or any bean types for that matter
Their water absorption rate and amount is effected by many things including how they have been stored, have they been heat treated on import, and what time of year they where grown!
My rough rule of thumb for beans in general is 2.5 ±.5 times the volume and 2 ±.5 the weight after an overnight soak
With our local chickpeas it's 2.2 times the weight after 10 hours at 20°C (on the bench)
200g should be around 440g of soaked chickpeas. 1 cup of chickpeas is around 240g, so just shy of two cups of soaked chickpeas should do it
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Dried V cooked weight The general rule is that one cup of dried chickpeas will produce around two and a half cups of cooked chickpeas. You would therefore need around 100g of dried chickpeas for every 400g tin of chickpeas you want to replace (since the tinned weight is approx. 250g after draining).How much dried chickpeas equals cooked?
Dried chickpeas triple in size when cooked (if not a little bit more). So 1 cup of dried chickpeas will make about 3 cups of cooked chickpeas.How much do dried chickpeas weigh after soaking?
Usually, 1 kg of dried chickpeas yields for me about 2 kg soaked chickpeas (12 cups). A can of chickpeas will yield 1 and a half cups (250 grams) when the chickpea water is drained, which means 1 kg of dried chickpeas will yield on average the equivalent of 8 cans.How much dried chickpeas equals 2 cups cooked?
Measurements: Converting dried chickpeas to cooked chickpeas Generally speaking, 1 cup of dried beans will yield 3 cups of cooked beans. In this recipe, I use 1 pound of dry chickpeas (about 2 cups), which yields almost 6 cups of cooked chickpeas.How many dry chickpeas equal a can?
A heaping 1/2 cup of dried beans = one 15-ounce can of beans. 1 1/2 cups of cooked beans, drained = one 15-ounce can of beans. 1 1/2 pounds dried beans = one #10 can of cooked beans (109 ounces)How do I convert a weight of dried chick peas to volume of cooked?
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Answer 2
I have just cooked 290 grams of dried chickpeas which filled 1 cup, in a pressure cooker. After cooking the drained weight was 616 grams or 2.12 times the dry weight. The volume was 3.75 cups or 3.75 the dried volume
Answer 3
The USDA guidelines for canning dried peas or beans (or here) gives the rule of thumb that 12 ounces of dried peas/beans produces 1 quart (32 fluid ounces) of canned product. That's a ratio of 3 oz dry per 8 fl oz cooked. They don't specifically mention chickpeas in the document, but the same ratio appears in other places, here for example.
At that ratio, 7.05 oz (200 g) of dried chickpeas would produce 18.8 fl oz. A 28 fl oz can of cooked chickpeas would represent about 10.5 oz of dried chickpeas.
Answer 4
Hydrated chickpea = 1/2 dry chickpea. So If the recipe calls for 8 ounces dry chickpeas use 16 ounces hydrated chickpeas. I ran a small study weight 10g of dry counted them and then weighted 10g of hydrated ones. Ratio is 2:1 Dry:Hydrated. Hopes this is helpful
Answer 5
All of these are measurements I've done myself:
1/2 cup (100 g): uncooked dry chickpeas = 1 cup (170 g): uncooked soaked chickpeas.
Based on this data, I can say the density of uncooked dry chickpeas is of 0.85 g/mL, and for uncooked soaked chickpeas is of 0.72 g/mL. This is assuming that 1 cup = 236.588 mL, not 250 mL as usually.
I don't have the measurements for cooked (and soaked) chickpeas, which should be even higher. The chickpeas were soaked for 8 hours in 2 & 1/2 cup: water.
So, for your first question, 200 g: uncooked soaked chickpeas = 278.339 mL (assuming again 1 cup = 236.588 mL). You should use 278.339 mL to get the 200 g the recipe is asking for.
In regards to your second question, cans usually have drained weight, or at least for canned sea food like tuna or salmon. This is the amount of weight after draining oil/water. However, some beans are canned with veggies.
Answer 6
As an approximate guide, I multiply the dry weight by 2.25 to get the soaked and cooked weight of beans and chickpeas. Most recipes are forgiving for a few grams difference in weight. It always works and I cook a lot with legumes and prefer using dry over canned for confidence in knowing what is in the food I cook. Check out Nourishing Traditions for information on soaking
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