How many cups of tomatoes make a pound? I'm trying to make salsa and the recipe calls for 5lbs of tomatoes.

Answer 1

1 cup is 8 ounces so 2 cups is 16 ounces which is a pound

Answer 2

10 Cups To Pounds

Answer 3

if you are using fresh just weigh them. if using canned 16 oz = lb so 5lbs would be 80/28oz cans=just under 3 cans. weight is different than volume and measuring cup is volume so it really is hard to say but rough guess would be 10 cups give or take a bit. most salsa recipes are forgiving if a little more or less. taste and season more if needed.

Answer 4

Well you wont get an accuracy on count because it depends on the size of tomatoes (and there is many sizes) you can always weigh them at the store once you have 4 pounds start choosing small ones so you wont go over 5 pounds.

Answer 5

One cup of seeded and peeled tomatoes will yield roughly one pound. So, you'll need about 5 cups of tomatoes that have been seeded and peeled.

Note, 16 ounces (2 cups) of anything in a measuring cup does not necessarly mean it weighs a pound! Volume and weight are two completely different measurments. Just fill a 16 oz. measuring cup with feathers and weigh them, then fill a 16 oz. measuring cup with lead and weigh it, and you'll see what I mean.

Answer 6

for salsa you would want to use whole ripe tomatoes.. so i recommend weighing them at the grocery.. canned tomatoes will just be a waste of ingredients.. once you get the tomatoes you can dice and slice as you wish.. just be sure to keep all the juice for the salsa..

also highly recommend some fresh cilantro.. it can make and break good salsa!!

Answer 7

you might want to make a small batch to make sure you like it before you make that much salsa. fresh or canned tomatoes? seems like if they meant canned the recipe would call for a number of cans instead of pounds. good luck!

Answer 8

2 cups = 1 pound so 10cups=5 pounds

Answer 9

Ok, call me stupid here, but one part of these answers isn't making sense to me. I would honestly love somebody to explain this to me. It calls for 5 pounds of tomatoes, which sounds like a measure of weight. But measuring cups measure the volume of a given substance, not the weight. (Example: 1 cup of peanut butter is not going to be equal to the weight of say, 1 cup of uncooked oatmeal, even though they are both 1 cup.) So is 5 lbs of tomatoes weighed out in the produce section really going to be equivalent to 10 cups or 5 pints of tomatoes out of a measuring cup? Seriously wondering... (Oh, BTW, according to the salsa seasoning package we are using- Mrs. Wages.- 5lbs is roughly 18 medium tomatoes. My husband didn't see that tip on the package until after he asked me how to figure out 5 lbs of tomatoes without a scale.)

Answer 10

Dice them up. 16oz. is about 1 lb. So figure about 10 cups.