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Lemon-garlic chicken with herbed rice and green beans¶
A plain roast chicken breast becomes a full dinner with a lemon-garlic marinade, rice tossed with butter and parsley, and green beans. It uses no salt; lemon, garlic, oregano, paprika and black pepper carry the flavor. The portion is 3 oz of cooked chicken, the size of a deck of cards.
Serves 4 · 40 minutes · Lower potassium · Lower phosphorus · Dialysis-friendly · Freezes well
Carbohydrate per serving
41 g carbohydrate (about 2½ carb choices of 15 g). For about 55 g, add ¼ cup more rice (11 g) or ½ cup of canned peaches in juice for dessert (14 g).
Per serving¶
| Energy | Carb | Protein | Potassium | Phosphorus | Sodium | Fluid | Fiber |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 410 kcal | 41 g | 31.2 g | 397 mg | 271 mg | 68 mg | none | 2.9 g |
Checked by scripts/build_handbook.py: sodium at most 600 mg per serving; "lower potassium" means at most 600 mg and "lower phosphorus" at most 300 mg per serving. See how recipes are checked.
Ingredients that are not in the app's food list (herbs, spices and a few others) add about 21 mg potassium per serving; they are counted above.
Ingredients¶
| Ingredient | Amount | Grams |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken breast, roasted, skinless | 12 oz cooked chicken breast (from about 1 lb raw) | 340 g |
| Olive oil | 2 tbsp olive oil | 27 g |
| Lemon juice, fresh | 3 tbsp lemon juice (1 lemon) | 46 g |
| Garlic, raw | 3 cloves garlic, crushed | 9.0 g |
| Oregano, dried | 1 tsp dried oregano | 1.0 g |
| Paprika | ½ tsp paprika | 1.2 g |
| Black pepper, ground | ½ tsp black pepper | 1.2 g |
| Rice, white, long-grain, cooked | 3 cups cooked white rice, cooked without salt (about 1 cup dry) | 474 g |
| Butter, unsalted | 1 tbsp unsalted butter | 14 g |
| Parsley, fresh | 2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley | 7.6 g |
| Green beans, boiled | 2 cups green beans, fresh or frozen, boiled | 252 g |
Steps¶
- Mix the oil, lemon juice, garlic, oregano, paprika and pepper. Coat about 1 lb of raw chicken breast in it and leave for 15 minutes (or overnight in the fridge).
- Heat the oven to 425 °F (220 °C). Roast the chicken on a lined tray for 20–25 minutes, until the thickest part reaches 165 °F (74 °C) on a food thermometer.
- While it roasts, cook the rice without salt and stir in the butter and parsley. Boil or steam the green beans for 5–6 minutes and drain.
- Let the chicken rest for 5 minutes, slice, and serve 3 oz with ¾ cup rice and ½ cup green beans.
Why it works for kidneys¶
- Buy chicken that is not "enhanced" or "injected with a solution": that liquid adds sodium and phosphate.
- White rice has about a third of the potassium and phosphorus of brown rice.
- Green beans are one of the lowest-potassium vegetables, about 92 mg per ½ cup.
Make it fit you¶
- Before dialysis: serve 2 oz of chicken (about 18 g protein) and add ¼ cup rice if your team set a lower protein target.
- On dialysis: 3–4 oz of chicken fits the higher protein target of 1.0–1.2 g per kg.
- Freeze: freeze cooked, sliced chicken in portions for up to 3 months; it makes the chicken salad and soup recipes quicker.
Log it in the app¶
Log one serving as these foods from the app's food list (grams per serving), or save them once as a meal (Planning and menus):
- Chicken breast, roasted, skinless: 85 g
- Olive oil: 6.8 g
- Lemon juice, fresh: 11 g
- Garlic, raw: 2.3 g
- Rice, white, long-grain, cooked: 119 g
- Butter, unsalted: 3.6 g
- Green beans, boiled: 63 g
Sources¶
- USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy): every ingredient value, through the app's food list and the SR Legacy records listed in
handbook/data/recipes.yml. - Satellite Healthcare: food labels: under 600 mg of sodium per meal; AKF Kidney Kitchen: potassium per meal: 600–700 mg of potassium per meal on a low-potassium diet. The recipes use 600 mg for both as a review line.
- NKF: potassium and your CKD diet: 200 mg or more of potassium in a serving is high; AKF phosphorus food guide: 100 mg or less of phosphorus is low.
- FDA claim definitions: "low sodium" means 140 mg or less per serving.
- FoodSafety.gov: safe minimum internal temperatures: poultry 165 °F (74 °C); fish, and pork steaks, chops and roasts 145 °F (63 °C), pork with a 3-minute rest.
Not yet reviewed by a clinician. Facts and sources last checked 2026-10-06.