Chinese Food and CKD: How to Order the Plain End of the Menu
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What to know about Chinese food with CKD
Chinese restaurant cooking concentrates sodium in the sauces — soy sauce at 3,598 mg sodium per 100 g in the database, plus oyster sauce, hoisin and the salt in the wok. The friendly end of the menu is the steamed and plain-stir-fried section, not the glazed dishes. The ratings below show which Chinese staples stay manageable.
How to order at a Chinese restaurant
Ask for steamed or plain stir-fried vegetables with chicken, shrimp or tofu, sauce on the side, and rice instead of fried rice. Skip the glazed, sweet-and-sour and crispy dishes, and keep the soy sauce to a measured drizzle — the condiment is the sodium driver.
Ratings for ordering chinese food with ckd
Kidney-friendlyFat, chickenK 0 · P 0 · Na 0 mgKidney-friendlySoup, chicken noodle, dry, mix, prepared with waterK 13 · P 12 · Na 229 mgKidney-friendlySalad dressing, sweet and sourK 33 · P 3 · Na 208 mgKidney-friendlySoup, chicken noodle, low sodium, canned, prepared with equal volume waterK 22 · P 17 · Na 173 mgKidney-friendlySoup, chicken with rice, canned, prepared with equal volume waterK 41 · P 9 · Na 238 mgKidney-friendlyBabyfood, dinner, chicken and riceK 60 · P 20 · Na 25 mgKidney-friendlyTofu yogurtK 47 · P 38 · Na 35 mgKidney-friendlyBabyfood, dinner, vegetables, noodles and chicken, strainedK 55 · P 31 · Na 20 mgKidney-friendlyBabyfood, dinner, chicken soup, strainedK 66 · P 24 · Na 16 mgKidney-friendlyBabyfood, dinner, vegetables, noodles and chicken, juniorK 59 · P 33 · Na 26 mgKidney-friendlySoup, chicken broth, less/reduced sodium, ready to serveK 85 · P 18 · Na 231 mgKidney-friendlyChicken, feet, boiledK 31 · P 83 · Na 67 mgKidney-friendlyBabyfood, dinner, vegetables and chicken, juniorK 83 · P 32 · Na 34 mgKidney-friendlySoup, chicken broth, low sodium, cannedK 86 · P 30 · Na 30 mgKidney-friendlyChicken, broilers or fryers, separable fat, rawK 64 · P 54 · Na 32 mgKidney-friendlyBabyfood, dinner, apples and chicken, strainedK 95 · P 32 · Na 12 mgKidney-friendlySoup, stock, chicken, home-preparedK 105 · P 27 · Na 143 mgKidney-friendlyMORI-NU, Tofu, silken, lite extra firmK 57 · P 83 · Na 98 mgKidney-friendlyBabyfood, mashed cheddar potatoes and broccoli, toddlersK 118 · P 24 · Na 176 mgKidney-friendlyBabyfood, dinner, chicken stew, toddlerK 92 · P 51 · Na 25 mgPractical tips
- Steamed or plain stir-fried dishes with sauce on the side are the friendly end of the Chinese menu.
- Rice instead of fried rice — the fried version adds sodium and fat to the same grain.
- Soy sauce is the sodium driver — a measured drizzle, not the table pour.