That is hard to say as you don't specify the type of pasta. Most pasta will swell to almost twice the volume after cooking.
That is hard to say as you don't specify the type of pasta. Most pasta will swell to almost twice the volume after cooking.
9 cups
Depends WHICH pasta. -Pasta has many different weight/volume ratios.
16 oz. dry rotini pasta should equal roughly 8 cups of cooked pasta (1 cup cooked pasta = 2 oz. dry pasta)
One pound of dry pasta yields 8 cups of cooked pasta.
2 oz dry pasta equals one cup cooked pasta.
It fills approximately 2.2 cups cooked
When cooked, dried elbow macaroni typically increases in volume by about two to two and a half times. Four cups of dried elbow macaroni will yield approximately 8 to 10 cups of cooked pasta. In terms of weight, this would be about 2 to 2.5 pounds of cooked pasta, depending on the specific cooking method and brand.
It is 16 ounces, because one cup is 8 fluid ounces or just ounces.-Hannah Hannah, you're confusing fluid ounces, which measure volume, with ounces that measure mass... which I believe is the situation the asker is dealing with. In my experience, about 3/4 cup of dry pasta is 2 ounces.It also depends on what type of pasta you are measuring. Two cups of orzo will weight more than two cups of penne.
About 2. Just cook some, and see how many cups you have filled once it is cooked?
One pound dried pasta yields the same amount of cooked pasta as 1 1/2 pounds fresh pasta. Check the Cook's Thesaurus online to get additional details regarding what sauces work well with what type of pasta.
8 oz. uncooked small to medium pasta shapes = 2 cups uncooked or 4 cups cooked(Examples: Elbow macaroni, medium shells, rotini, twists, spirals, wagon wheels, bow ties, mostaccioli, penne, ziti, radiatore, rigatoni)1 pound equals 16 oz.....so 4 cups of uncooked ziti pasta equals 1 pound
ANSWER:2 cups will equal a pound. Per the National Pasta Association:How much cooked pasta does one pound of dry pasta make?It depends on which shape you're cooking, but you'll get a pretty close idea from this chart:Type of pastaUncooked weight=Cooked amountSmall to medium pasta shapes(Elbow Macaroni, Medium Shells, Rotini, Twists, Spirals,Wagon Wheels, Bow Ties, Mostaccioli, Penne, Radiatore, Rigatoni)8 oz. uncooked=4 cups cookedLong pasta shapes(Spaghetti, Angel Hair, Linguine, Vermicelli, Fettuccine)8 oz. uncooked or1 1/2 inch diameter bunch=4 cups cookedEgg Noodles8 oz. uncooked=2 1/2 cups cooked