How much cooked quinoa typically results from cooking 1/2 cup dry quinoa?

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Sonali A. September 17, 2013
It's roughly 1 1/2 cups cooked.
 
BarnOwlBaker March 30, 2020
Oh darn, I had cooked quinoa on hand and I skipped the first step (cooking quinoa) and misread the recipe and put only 1/2 cup cooked quinoa into the mixture. Baking now so I’ll find out!
Maybe add cooked amount to recipe, in either the ingredient list or the first step?
 
healthierkitchen September 3, 2013
In looking around online I've seen NYT say 1:4 and the Kitchn say 1:3. My guess is that different types swell more and it probably also depends on how long you cook it. I tend to drain mine as soon as the endosperm shows maybe 10 - 12 minutes rather than letting it go longer and absorb more. Also, I think the cream colored quinoa I have swells more than the red I have.
 
sexyLAMBCHOPx September 3, 2013
1/2 cup of dry quinoa equals 2 cups of cooked quinoa.
 
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