How many grams are in a cup of chickpeas?

It depends on the state. A cup of dry chickpeas is about 200 grams, a cup of cooked (boiled and drained) chickpeas is about 164 grams, and a cup of canned (drained) chickpeas is about 170 grams.

Why do dry and cooked chickpeas weigh different amounts per cup?

Cooking makes chickpeas absorb water and swell, so the same dry weight takes up more volume once cooked. A cup measured after cooking holds fewer chickpeas by weight than a cup measured dry.

How much dry chickpeas do I need for a cup of cooked chickpeas?

Roughly a third of a cup of dry chickpeas (about 65 to 70 grams) yields about one cup of cooked chickpeas after soaking and boiling, since they roughly triple in volume.

Is canned the same as cooked chickpeas?

They are close but not identical. Canned chickpeas are already cooked and packed in liquid, and draining them gives a slightly denser cup than home-cooked chickpeas because of differences in bean size and packing.

Is this the same as a US cup or a metric cup?

This tool uses the US cup (236.6 ml). A metric cup (250 ml) would give a slightly higher gram result.

Chickpeas Cups to Grams

Enter a number of cups and pick dry, cooked, or canned to get the weight in grams.

Chickpea Converter

Chickpea State Amount in Cups

Result

200 g

≈ 7.05 oz

Quick Reference Table

Cups	Dry	Cooked	Canned

Values are measured by US cup (236.6 ml). Cooked and canned chickpeas weigh less per cup than dry chickpeas because cooking swells the beans and increases their volume relative to their dry weight.

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Summary

Chickpeas weigh differently per cup depending on their state, since dry chickpeas are dense and compact while cooked or canned chickpeas have absorbed water and swelled in size. This tool converts any cup amount to grams for dry (uncooked), cooked (boiled and drained), and canned (drained) chickpeas using standard densities, and includes a reference table for common measurements so you do not need to run the math yourself.

How it works

Choose the chickpea state from the dropdown: dry, cooked, or canned.
Enter the number of cups you want to convert.
The gram weight updates instantly based on that state's density.
Use the reference table for common cup amounts across all three states.

Use cases

Scale a hummus or stew recipe written in cups to a kitchen scale in grams.
Convert a US recipe to metric for cooking outside the US.
Figure out how much dry chickpeas to soak to reach a target cooked weight.
Check how much a can of chickpeas weighs once drained.
Portion out chickpeas by weight for meal prep.

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Last updated: 2026-09-09 · Reviewed by Nham Vu