Have you ever been stuck staring at the pasta box trying to figure out how much spaghetti it will actually make? You're not alone! We struggle with that too, so we made a handy pasta measuring guide to help you figure it all out. Take a look at our pasta measuring chart to figure out how many cups of cooked pasta you'll get from eight ounces of dry long and short pastas.
This chart is an easy way to handle pasta measuring for common recipes using spaghetti and macaroni, as well as lesser known types like orecchiette and pappardelle. Never lose time figuring out how much pasta you need for dinner again! Once you know how much pasta you need, check out our resources on how to cook pasta and the different recipes to make with it.
Long Pastas
Bucatini | 8 oz. | 4 1/2 cups |
Cappellini | 8 oz. | 3 3/4 cups |
Fettuccine | 8 oz. | 4 cups |
Linguine | 8 oz. | 3 3/4 cups |
Pappardelle | 8 oz. | 4 cups |
Spaghetti | 8 oz. | 3 1/2 cups |
Spaghettini | 8 oz. | 3 1/2 cups |
Tagliatelle | 8 oz. | 4 cups |
Vermicelli | 8 oz. | 3 1/2 cups |
Short Pastas
Cavatelli | 8 oz. | 4 cups | |
Farfalle | 8 oz. | 4 1/3 cups | |
Fusilli | 8 oz. | 4 1/2 cups | |
Macaroni | 8 oz. | 4 cups | |
Medium Shells | 8 oz. | 3 2/3 cups | |
Orecchiette | 8 oz. | 3 1/3 cups | |
Orzo | 8 oz. | 3 1/2 cups | |
Penne | 8 oz. | 4 cups | |
Rigatoni | 8 oz. | 4 1/4 cups | |
Rotelle | 8 oz. | 3 1/2 cups | |
Ziti | 8 oz. | 5 cups |
Now that pasta preparation is easier than ever with our pasta measuring chart, look for some dinner recipes for your upcoming meal plans. Browse our fettuccine alfredo, chicken tetrazzini and baked ziti recipes to try out your new pasta measuring skills. Don't forget the sides either! You can find delicious salads, breads and more at My Food and Family.
By jsham (Guest Post)
September 12, 200712 found this helpful
Best Answer
Most containers will give the approximate number of servings, as well as the number of servings in the container. Say the size of the box is 16 oz. and the number of servings is 8,with serving size being 1/2 cup. With this you can figure the
results you need. In this case, 16 oz. (total weight);8 servings per container; 1/2 cup per serving. So, if there is 8 servings in 16 oz. then 2 oz. is a serving, and 2 oz. equils 1/2 cup. This means that there are 4 cups in l6 oz. so 8 oz. would be 2 cups.
I hope I have made this clear (I have taken these number amounts from my box of elbow macaroni. so I feel it is pretty accurate.
April 25, 20171 found this helpful
Except that serving size is for the cooked product which is expanded. A cup of cooked macaroni is less pasta than a cup of uncooked.
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November 10, 20170 found this helpful
No.....this was very confusing.....
March 26, 20180 found this helpful
all I WANT TO KNOW IS HOW MUCH ELBOW MACARONI WILL I NEED TO MAKE 3 LBS, YOUR ANSWER IS VERY UNCLEAR
September 19, 20180 found this helpful
Thank you for the answer. I had a 2lb box.
March 13, 20190 found this helpful
TY very much--solves my problem
March 27, 20190 found this helpful
I may be reading wrong. If so sorry. It looks like you calculated with a 1/2 cup being 2ozs. 4 oz are in a cup. I totally get what your saying though.
Cheers.
Anonymous
November 8, 20190 found this helpful
Thank you I always used 8 oz of elbow macaroni making my Mac and cheese but the store doesn't have 8 oz no more it only sells 16 ounce which is frustrating !!! So now I know uncooked elbow macaroni I will use 2 cups right??
Anonymous
January 23, 20200 found this helpful
That would be true if we were converting to fluid ounces rather than ounces as a measurement of weight
April 11, 20200 found this helpful
Thank you. Making Hawaiian macaroni n ham salad
February 5, 20220 found this helpful
Clear as MUD!!
By jo (Guest Post)
September 11, 20070 found this helpful
I think I wrote it wrong. I would like to know how many cups of dry macaroni is 8oz, 16oz, ect. I buy large boxes of pasta and recipes calls for 7 or 8 oz of macaroni.
December 2, 20160 found this helpful
if you have a 1 lb (16 oz) box of macaroni. and the recipe calls for 8 oz I would say that means half the box. to get 7 oz either weigh it out or if you don't have a scale divide the macaroni into 16 equal parts (1 oz each) then use 7 of them in your recipe.
personally I would just go with about half a box.
September 11, 20072 found this helpful
I got out my small scale and box of elbow macaroni. According to my scale 8 oz of macaroni is 1 3/4 cups.
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September 12, 20070 found this helpful
You may want to buy a small kitchen scale. There is no conversion for weight to volume. 1 cup of elbow macaroni might weigh 8 oz, but depending on the size and shape, the weight/volume ratio will change.
By LR (Guest Post)
March 29, 20082 found this helpful
The answer is: 1 3/4 cups of dry elbow macaroni = 8oz.
I have this same problem with a macaroni recipe that calls for 8oz of elbow mac. and I always have a 16 or 32 oz box.
I figured this out by measuring a whole 16oz box, then dividing that measurement by half - the real trick was to write it down so I could remember the next time!
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June 17, 20170 found this helpful
2 cups dry...
October 8, 20180 found this helpful
2.5 gal=how many lb
September 27, 20190 found this helpful
so 2oz is a half cup how much for 4 oz a cup?
June 3, 20210 found this helpful
2oz is 1/4 of a cup. There are 8oz to a cup
Anonymous
June 10, 20200 found this helpful
ummm... Short answer. A cup is 8 oz