how many grams in a cup of tempeh?

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things people ask

• How much tempeh do I need for a pot of vegan chili?
  Crumbled tempeh in chili usually runs about 1 cup (166 g) per pot, which mimics the texture of ground meat without overwhelming the beans and tomato. An 8 oz block crumbles down to roughly 1.5 cups, so one block covers a chili plus a side of taco filling. Steam first to drop the bitter edge, then crumble straight into the aromatics.
• Does tempeh pack down in the cup like ground meat?
  Less than you'd think. Because tempeh is bound by Rhizopus mycelium into a firm cake, cubes hold their shape and crumbles stay loose rather than compressing. A loosely filled cup of cubes weighs close to the 166 g reference; a tightly packed cup of fine crumbles can drift up by 10–15 g, but it doesn't collapse the way raw ground beef does.
• How many cups of cubed tempeh come from a standard block?
  A standard 8 oz (227 g) block yields about 1.5 cups when cubed at half-inch dice. If you slice the block into bacon-style strips instead, you get roughly 12–16 strips per block depending on thickness. For a stir-fry that calls for 2 cups cubed tempeh, plan on a 12 oz block or one and a third standard blocks.

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