Extrusion cooking technology has been widely used in food industry. The purpose of this research was using response surface methodology to investigate the effects of process variables(sugar contents, die temperature, and screw speed)on rice extrudates physical properties(expansion ratio and breaking force)for single-screw extrusion system. Experimental results showed that the maximum expansion ratio and breaking force of rice extrudates occurred at 67rpm screw speed and 3% sugar content. The expansion ratio increased with increasing die temperature and screw speed.