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Wil someone help me convert all of these to metric, for those that can be.

3 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 1/2 pounds skinless boneless chicken breast
Salt and pepper
2 teaspoons cumin powder
2 teaspoons garlic powder
1 teaspoon Mexican Spice Blend
1 red onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 cup frozen corn, thawed
5 canned whole green chiles, seeded and coarsely chopped
4 canned chipotle chiles, seeded and minced
1 (28-ounce) can stewed tomatoes
1/2 teaspoon all-purpose flour
16 corn tortillas
1 1/2 cups enchilada sauce, canned 1 cup shredded Cheddar and Jack cheeses

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Final answer:

To convert the given measurements to metric units, you can use conversion factors. Here are the conversions for the given ingredients: 3 tablespoons vegetable oil = 45 milliliters vegetable oil, 1 1/2 pounds skinless boneless chicken breast = 680 grams skinless boneless chicken breast, 2 teaspoons cumin powder = 10 milliliters cumin powder, 2 teaspoons garlic powder = 10 milliliters garlic powder, 1 teaspoon Mexican Spice Blend = 5 milliliters Mexican Spice Blend, 1 cup frozen corn, thawed = 240 milliliters frozen corn, thawed, 5 canned whole green chiles, seeded and coarsely chopped = 600 grams canned whole green chiles, seeded and coarsely chopped, 4 canned chipotle chiles, seeded and minced = 40 grams canned chipotle chiles, seeded and minced, 1 (28-ounce) can stewed tomatoes = 794 grams stewed tomatoes, 1/2 teaspoon all-purpose flour = 2.5 milliliters all-purpose flour, 16 corn tortillas = 320 grams corn tortillas, 1 1/2 cups enchilada sauce, canned = 360 milliliters enchilada sauce, canned, 1 cup shredded Cheddar and Jack cheeses = 240 grams shredded Cheddar and Jack cheeses

Step-by-step explanation:

To convert the given measurements to metric units, we need to use conversion factors. Here are the conversions for the given ingredients:

  1. 3 tablespoons vegetable oil = 45 milliliters vegetable oil
  2. 1 1/2 pounds skinless boneless chicken breast = 680 grams skinless boneless chicken breast
  3. 2 teaspoons cumin powder = 10 milliliters cumin powder
  4. 2 teaspoons garlic powder = 10 milliliters garlic powder
  5. 1 teaspoon Mexican Spice Blend = 5 milliliters Mexican Spice Blend
  6. 1 cup frozen corn, thawed = 240 milliliters frozen corn, thawed
  7. 5 canned whole green chiles, seeded and coarsely chopped = 600 grams canned whole green chiles, seeded and coarsely chopped
  8. 4 canned chipotle chiles, seeded and minced = 40 grams canned chipotle chiles, seeded and minced
  9. 1 (28-ounce) can stewed tomatoes = 794 grams stewed tomatoes
  10. 1/2 teaspoon all-purpose flour = 2.5 milliliters all-purpose flour
  11. 16 corn tortillas = 320 grams corn tortillas
  12. 1 1/2 cups enchilada sauce, canned = 360 milliliters enchilada sauce, canned
  13. 1 cup shredded Cheddar and Jack cheeses = 240 grams shredded Cheddar and Jack cheeses

User Taras
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Approximate conversions for cooking are ...

1 tsp ≈ 5 mL, so 1/2 tsp is about 2.5 mL

1 Tbsp ≈ 15 mL

1 cup ≈ 240 mL, so 1 1/2 cups ≈ 355 mL*

1 1/2 lb ≈ 680 g

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* 1 cup is about 236.6 mL.

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Many cookbooks have tables of equivalents.

User Mohamed Badr
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