Kid Chef: Honey-Lime Sriracha Chicken

At least once a week, we try to do "Kid Chef," the cooking part of our homeschooling. If we are organized, the kids can pick a recipe, help shop for it, and then do the prep...but most often I just have them help make the meals that already on the docket for the week. Depending on time an interest, the kids can do anything from observing to measuring, mixing, learning new gadgets, to cutting.

Today was low key, and we made a marinade for honey-lime sriracha chicken. I adapted the original recipe for our palettes and the fact that my kids will eat cooked green onions but not raw ones. Baby steps, right?

The 5 y.o. helped by juicing the limes while I cut up chicken and prepped the rest of the marinade. Of course he just HAD to sample the raw honey. (We determined we do like it better than the filtered stuff we normally buy.) I did most of the work today, but just being in the kitchen and watching helped build my son's excitement for the meal!

We increased the honey by half a teaspoon, and the lime by a tablespoon. We used 2T sriracha, splitting the difference among all our palettes. 

This is a pretty wholesome recipe, and DS had three helpings, so I'm calling it a win! It was a bit too spicy for the 3 y.o., but we are slowly increasing our heat tolerance. Top with some sour cream to help tone it down for those who need it!

Skills:

Measuring

Juicing limes
Slicing and chopping