Someone once told me that you only need to be able to cook one legitimate thing to be considered “good” in the kitchen. While that sounds a little crazy, it’s where it starts, and it’s where we get confidence. (And no, toast doesn’t count—ha ha!).
For me, it’s chicken.
Until college, I basically only ate breaded chicken, grilled cheese, and pizza. My mom would get me to eat salad sometimes by putting honey on it. No joke.
So naturally, when I started cooking I felt most comfortable making chicken on the stove or in the oven. It took me a long time to figure out exactly how to make it taste good. (No, I never really read recipes). The secret is in the sauce, my friends. For real, making tasty chicken is all about the marinade.
Marinating chicken doesn’t have to be a 4-hour long thing either. In fact, the shorter the better; sometimes a longer marinade doesn’t help the texture after a certain point. If you plan on using a marinade, you just need to make sure that’s the first thing you do when making a meal.
Marinate first, then prep, then cook.
This honey lime chicken recipe paired with sweet potatoes and asparagus make a satisfying lunch that you won’t get bored with. I highly recommend adding the honey-lime marinade to your bag of quick kitchen tricks.
It cost less than $9 to make and requires the simplest ingredients.
That’s the real deal, folks. Like all of the meals I make, it has a balance of protein, carbs and veggies.
Pro tip: Asparagus can be hard to eat out of a Tupperware so it might be a good idea to cut the spears in half either before or after cooking!