You made it!!! It’s our last day day in our Teaching Teens to Cook Series. Our teens have learned how to cook ground beef, chicken, and how to cut up vegetables. They can make dough and rice. And they have had experience with the stove and oven.
These wide range basics will give them confidence to cook other recipes and to be creative in the kitchen. This skill, and love for cooking, will bless their life. Not only will it build their confidence, but it will help them save money and hopefully eat healthier. And maybe they won’t like cooking. But hopefully they will be able to feed them selves.
Our last recipe in this series is Chicken Enchiladas with Green Sauce. It’s my son’s favorite recipe. And this easy recipe is so much quicker than rolling up tortillas. Plus it’s packed with veggies.
This recipe is great because it reviews lots of skills our teens have learned: grating cheese, chopping onion, cooking chicken, and using the oven. Hopefully your teen will be wanting to make this recipe on their own while you are home and taking care of other family needs.
Skills our teens will be learning from this dinner:
- Frying in oil
Take the time to prep these ingredients: cheese, onion, cilantro, and spinach. You can cook the chicken the same way as we did for stir fry or you can boil your chicken and shred it instead. To boil fill a pot with water and bring it to a boil. Add your chicken. When your chicken is no longer pink it’s ready to go. I sometimes take out a piece and cut it through the middle to check if it’s really done.
Another option is to use leftover chicken or to pick up a rotisserie chicken. Teach your teen this is a great way to save time, but it’s going to cost more since this chicken is already prepared.
This recipe calls for fried tortillas and it’s so good. Heat some canola oil in a frying pan. Using tongs place your corn tortillas in the oil. Turn them over when they crispy. You don’t need them cooked as hard as a tostada since they don’t need to hold their shape. Place tortillas on a plate with paper towels to help absorb the extra oil. Since you need 18 corn tortillas your teen will get some great practice.
Oil, like animal fat, shouldn’t go down the drain. Also you should never leave cooking oil unattended. Review the safety helps with your teen.
Once your tortillas and chicken is cooked you are ready to assemble. I love that this recipe just has your layer your ingredients so you don’t need to worry about rolling them up. It’s quicker and easier.
Your teen can serve beans, rice, or salad with this dinner. I’m sure your family will love this recipe. You can hardly taste the spinach. In fact when my husband asked what the green stuff was I told him cilantro. Which is true, from a certain point of view.
Thanks so much for joining me for this week of Teaching Our Teens To Cook. We want our kids to feel prepared and confident when they go off on their own. And spending time together in the kitchen will help build family connection. If you missed a day this week click over to check it out.
I love the idea of having my teens having their own night to make dinner. I know it helps them appreciate all the hard work we do. And this Thanksgiving I am letting each of my kids choose if they want to help with the mashed potatoes, green beans, or lionhouse rolls. This will give me time with them. And I know they can feel so proud as we sit down to eat our amazing dinner.
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