how many grams in a cup of miso?

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things people ask

• When would a recipe actually call for a full cup of miso?
  Big-batch work — saikyo-yaki marinades for fish or eggplant, miso pickle beds (misozuke) where vegetables sit buried in paste for days, or compound miso butter rolled into a log for the freezer. At 275 g per cup, you're committing a sizable chunk of a standard 500 g tub, so most home cooks scale these down rather than running a full cup.
• Does miso pack down in the cup the way brown sugar does?
  Yes, more so. Miso is a stiff paste, and pressing it into the cup with a spatula is the only way to get a clean reading — air pockets can throw a measurement off by 20-30 g. Weighing to 275 g sidesteps the problem entirely, which matters when miso is the dominant flavor and salt source in a marinade.
• Does white miso weigh the same per cup as red miso?
  Close enough for most uses — both land around 275 g per cup. The bigger swap is flavor: white (shiro) miso is sweeter and shorter-fermented, red (aka) is saltier and more assertive. If you're substituting red for white in a 1-cup marinade, cut it to about three-quarters cup or expect the dish to skew sharper and saltier.

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