Main courses
Lemon herb chicken with roasted asparagus
1. Heat the oven to 210 °C. Place 600 g chicken breast and 400 g trimmed asparagus in a baking dish. 2. Mix 27.4 g olive oil, 30 g lemon juice, 2 g finely grated outer lemon zest, 2 g dried thyme, 3.1 g garlic powder and 0.5 g black pepper. Coat the chicken and asparagus, add 30 g butter in pieces and salt. 3. Roast for 20–25 min until the chicken is cooked through. Rest for 5 min. Divide all chicken, asparagus, fat and pan juices into four servings.
Servings in this printout: 4
Ingredients
- 600 g chicken breast
- 400 g trimmed green asparagus
- 30 g fresh lemon juice
- 27.4 g olive oil
- 30 g butter
- 2 g dried ground thyme
- 3.1 g garlic powder
- 0.5 g ground black pepper
- 2 g finely grated outer lemon zest
- salt to taste
Method
- Heat the oven to 210 °C. Place 600 g chicken breast and 400 g trimmed asparagus in a baking dish.
- Mix 27.4 g olive oil, 30 g lemon juice, 2 g finely grated outer lemon zest, 2 g dried thyme, 3.1 g garlic powder and 0.5 g black pepper. Coat the chicken and asparagus, add 30 g butter in pieces and salt.
- Roast for 20–25 min until the chicken is cooked through. Rest for 5 min. Divide all chicken, asparagus, fat and pan juices into four servings.
Nutrition per serving
Nutrition values have not been calculated for this recipe.
- Modeled GL estimate
- about <1 / serving
low GL
Confidence · Low Some values or assumptions in the calculation are uncertain.
The estimate combines ingredient carbohydrate and GI data with modeled assumptions. Small amounts of carbohydrate were left out of the calculation.
Estimate details and sources ↗
How was the estimate calculated?
The serving’s GL is calculated from ingredient data. Confidence describes the evidence behind the calculation. Your blood sugar response may vary.
- trimmed green asparagus · Value used in the model
- fresh lemon juice · Value used in the model
- butter · Value used in the model
Documented small portions are omitted from this calculation. Their combined amount or documented upper bound is shown separately. This is a modeled ingredient estimate, not a measured meal response. Biological uncertainty has not been quantified.
Small portions omitted: 0.8 g available carbohydrate per serving.
Research sources and technical details
Source names and technical notes appear in their original form.
- trimmed green asparagus ·
op142-vegetable-imputation40 · op142-fineli-11689 - fresh lemon juice ·
op142-lowcho50-r4 · op142-fineli-11557 - butter ·
op142-dairy-imputation30 · op142-fineli-500
Carbohydrate data sources
- BROILERI, RINTAFILEE, NAHATON, SUIKALE, LEIKE · Available-carbohydrate value from THL Fineli Rel20; CC BY 4.0.
- PARSA, RAAKA, PUHDISTETTU · Available-carbohydrate value from THL Fineli Rel20; CC BY 4.0.
- TÄYSMEHU, SITRUUNATÄYSMEHU, LAIMENTAMATON · Available-carbohydrate value from THL Fineli Rel20; CC BY 4.0.
- OLIIVIÖLJY · Available-carbohydrate value from THL Fineli Rel20; CC BY 4.0.
- VOI · Available-carbohydrate value from THL Fineli Rel20; CC BY 4.0.
- TIMJAMI, KUIVATTU · Available-carbohydrate value from THL Fineli Rel20; CC BY 4.0.
- MUSTAPIPPURI · Available-carbohydrate value from THL Fineli Rel20; CC BY 4.0.
GI and calculation sources
- PROJECT PI, not measured food GI: Published assignment for low-carbohydrate vegetables, not measured food GI · Project published-imputation assignment, not measured ingredient or meal GI. Coding estimate only. Application to named fresh herbs, sprouts and alliums is an explicit project interpretation. It does not establish a physiological maximum or a one-unit uncertainty bound. Not a default for seed spices, flour, sauces or stock. (Low)CALCULATION_POLICY · PUBLISHED_IMPUTATION · PUBLISHED_IMPUTATION
- PROJECT PI, not measured food GI: Named foods with <=5 g available CHO/100 g · Project published-imputation assignment, not measured ingredient or meal GI. Published low-carbohydrate default50, applied only to reviewed named compositions <=5 g available CHO/100g. This cutoff is a project rule, not a validated scientific threshold. Explicit AFCD commercial soy sauce and AFCD tahini plus complete Maille Dijon label are allowed, not all brands or pastes. No flour/sugar/honey/syrup or composition-unknown food. (Low)CALCULATION_POLICY · PUBLISHED_IMPUTATION · PUBLISHED_IMPUTATION
- PROJECT PI, not measured food GI: Unsweetened animal dairy coding assignment · Project published-imputation assignment, not measured ingredient or meal GI. Not tested cream, cheese or butter. Excludes plant drinks and sweetened dairy. (Low)CALCULATION_POLICY · PUBLISHED_IMPUTATION · PUBLISHED_IMPUTATION
Notes
Weigh the edible ingredients listed above. All listed food, sauce and cooking fat belong to the servings; separate side dishes are excluded. Nutrition values are temporarily withheld pending source verification.