Glazed carrots is an easy side dish with a few ingredients and only 20 minutes to prepare. These sweet, buttery carrots are cooked on the stove with honey, butter, and a touch of lemon. It’s a perfect side dish for holidays and everyday dinners and can easily be made ahead.
GLAZED CARROTS
If you’re looking for a vegetables side dish that kids and adults will eat, glazed carrots is the way to go. Carrots have a natural sweetness to them so kids usually like them. But when you cook them with butter and honey, it becomes irresistible.
Carrots are full of vitamins and nutrients like beta carotene, fiber, Vitamin A, Vitamin K, potassium, and antioxidants. Even cooked butter and honey, carrots still provide great health benefits.
Our Thanksgiving table is not not complete without these beautiful honey glazed carrots. Sometimes I add fun ingredient like lemon, orange, cinnamon, or cayenne pepper. Each additional ingredient takes the flavor of carrots to a whole new level. Orange or lemon are my favorite but when I want to add some heat, cayenne pepper is the way to go. Combine cayenne pepper with orange for s spicy orange twist.
Vegetable side dishes are great to add to the holiday menu that’s already full of comforting foods. So don’t forget to make some carrots, green beans, and Brussels sprouts as a balance to mashed potatoes and stuffing.
HOW TO MAKE GLAZED CARROTS
Wash carrots and peel them before cutting. Cut carrots on the bias, at about 45 degree angle, and make sure the all the slices are the same thickness so it cooks evenly.
Preheat a cooking pan that is big enough to cook the carrots without overcrowding them too much over medium heat. Add some olive oil and spread carrots evenly all over the cooking pan, cut side up. Season with salt and pepper, cover the pan, and let carrots cook for about 5 minutes. Flip carrots over and add butter, honey, lemon juice, and parsley.
Once butter is melted, stir everything together and let it simmer until carrots are tender. Stir carrots once in a while. You can cook carrots a little softer or a little crunchier, according to your personal taste.
CAN GLAZED CARROTS BE MADE AHEAD?
Absolutely!
You can simply wash, peel, and cut carrots ahead of time. Place cut carrots into a zip-lock bag and keep it in the fridge for a day or two before cooking.
Even though carrots only take about 20 minutes to cook, you can still make them ahead of time. Cook carrots a day ahead and store in a plastic container with an air-tight lid.
To reheat cooked carrots, you can use a microwave or in a pan on the stove. In a microwave, make sure to reheat them in a microwave-safe container and covered with a microwave lid or another plate. In the pan, reheat over medium heat, covered with a lid, just until heated through.
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Honey Butter Glazed Carrots
Ingredients
- 1 lb carrots
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 4 tbsp unsalted butter
- 2 tbsp honey
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp fresh minced parsley (half the amount if using dried)
- salt
- fresh cracked black pepper
Instructions
- Wash carrots and peel them before cutting.
- Cut carrots on the bias, at about 45 degree angle, and make sure the all the slices are the same thickness so it cooks evenly.
- Preheat a cooking pan that is big enough to cook the carrots without overcrowding them too much over medium heat. Add some olive oil and spread carrots evenly all over the cooking pan, cut side up. Season with salt and pepper, cover the pan, and let carrots cook for about 5 minutes.
- Flip carrots over and add butter, honey, lemon juice, and parsley
- Once butter is melted, stir everything together and let it simmer until carrots are tender. Stir carrots once in a while. (You can cook carrots a little softer or a little crunchier, according you your personal taste.)
- Note: feel free to double the recipe if needed, for a bigger crowd.
Notes
Nutrition
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