Question

Ingredients

Reorder

Dark red kidney beans by Kroger

880cals

4 cups

Tomato sauce by Kroger

:

175cals

1 3/4 cups

100% tomato juice by Kroger

270cals

48 fl oz

:

Petite diced peeled tomatoes in tomato juice by Kroger

200cals

4 cups

Chili kidney beans mild chili sauce by Bush's Best

960cals

4 cups

Tomato paste by Kroger

165cals

11 tbsp

Cooked seasoned ground beef

1,432cals

1.5lbs

:

:

:

Creamy peanut butter by Great Value

90cals

1 tbsp

Ziti pasta by Great Value

893cals

250g

Water: 1.5 cups

(Using the above recipes portions, how many cups total would be in this pot of chilli?)

(Important things to note: the pasta noodles should be fully cooked and the water was added to the chili)

Answer 1

To determine the total volume in cups for the chili, we'll need to convert each ingredient into cups and then sum them up. Here's the breakdown:

1. **Dark red kidney beans**: 4 cups
2. **Tomato sauce**: 1 3/4 cups = 1.75 cups
3. **100% tomato juice**: 48 fl oz = 6 cups (since 1 cup = 8 fl oz)
4. **Petite diced peeled tomatoes in tomato juice**: 4 cups
5. **Chili kidney beans in mild chili sauce**: 4 cups
6. **Tomato paste**: 11 tbsp = 0.6875 cups (since 1 cup = 16 tbsp)
7. **Cooked seasoned ground beef**: We will consider its volume as approximately equal to its weight in cups for cooked ground beef. 1.5 lbs is roughly equal to 3 cups of cooked ground beef (as cooked ground beef clocks in roughly at 1 pound = 2 cups).
8. **Creamy peanut butter**: 1 tbsp = 0.0625 cups
9. **Ziti pasta**: 250g = roughly 2.5 cups (since 100g of dry pasta is about 1 cup, but cooked is larger; for an accurate number, typically cooked pasta is about 2.5 times the dry volume so for 250g we can estimate it around 2.5 cups when cooked).
10. **Water**: 1.5 cups

Now, let's add all of these quantities together:

- Dark red kidney beans: 4 cups
- Tomato sauce: 1.75 cups
- 100% tomato juice: 6 cups
- Petite diced peeled tomatoes: 4 cups
- Chili kidney beans: 4 cups
- Tomato paste: 0.6875 cups
- Cooked ground beef: 3 cups
- Creamy peanut butter: 0.0625 cups
- Ziti pasta: 2.5 cups
- Water: 1.5 cups

Now, summing those values:

\[
4 + 1.75 + 6 + 4 + 4 + 0.6875 + 3 + 0.0625 + 2.5 + 1.5 = 28.5 \text{ cups}
\]

So, the total volume in the pot of chili would be approximately **28.5 cups**.