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The best oven roasted carrots recipe. Crisp, sweet, flavorful, and delicious. This quick roasted carrots make a perfect side dish to most main dishes. Let me show you how to roast carrots in easy, simple steps.
The holidays are almost here and it’s time I start sharing side dishes recipes for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner. This easy roasted carrots recipe is not one just for the holidays though, it’s also a perfect vegetable side dish for Sunday roast dinner or weeknight dinner.
I like serving oven roasted carrots with other dishes like roast potatoes, chicken, Yorkshire pudding, gravy, and more. It is cheap, nutritious, and a healthy side dish. It’s also one vegetable that most people like eating and is available all year round.
Roasted Carrots Recipe
Roasting is one of the healthiest ways to cook carrots and there are many variations from simple roasted carrots to honey glazed carrots, butter and garlic drizzled, balsamic roasted and many more. This post covers what you need to know about making the best.
If steamed carrots such as this instant pot carrots is not your thing, try this oven roasted carrots recipe and I promise you will love it. Roasting intensifies flavors and the carrots come out naturally sweet, flavorful, and crisp.
You don’t need many tools to make this recipe, the tools required are just a knife, bowl, oven tray, and a potato peeler (if scraping the skin off the carrots).
It also takes just about 30 minutes for prepping and roasting. So, let me show you how to make roasted carrots in easy steps.
Ingredients
Carrots – Organic carrots , baby carrots
Pepper– Black pepper or Cayenne pepper. I like to use black pepper.
Oil – I use olive oil however you can use sunflower or vegetable oil.
Salt– Optional.
WHAT ELSE CAN YOU ADD?
These are optional ingredients you can add to enhance flavor:
Butter
Herbs such as parsley, coriander, basil, dil
Garlic powder
Onion powder
Honey – If making honey roasted carrots.
Brown Sugar – If making brown sugar glazed carrots.
How to Roast Carrots
This oven roasted carrots recipe is ready in less than half an hour from prep to finish. To make the best roasted carrots,
First peel the carrots (If not peeling, scrub with a sponge to remove any dirt).
Cut the carrots diagonally into equal (about 2 inches) size.
Note you don’t have to cut if making whole roasted carrots but roasting time will slightly be more than stated in this post.
Add the black pepper, parsley, salt and olive then mix.
Arrange the seasoned carrots on a baking paper covered oven tray.
Put the tray in the oven and bake carrots at a temperature of 200C/ 400C for 20 minutes.
After the baking time, bring out the tray, serve, and enjoy perfect roasted carrots.
How long to roast carrots in the oven
At a temperature of 400F/200C and based on the cut of the carrots, it takes 20 minutes.
Variation
There are many you can take your roasted carrots up a notch and some are:
Honey Glazed Carrots– Add 2 tablespoons of honey to the carrots as soon as it comes out of the oven then mix well so the honey coats all parts.
Garlic Butter Roasted Carrots – Mix garlic and butter together, add half to the carrots before roasting in the oven and add the remaining half to it as soon as it comes out of the oven.
Brown sugar Carrots – Add brown sugar to the carrots at the time you add the other ingredients. The outcome is sweet, sticky brown sugar glazed carrots.
What to Serve with Roasted Carrots
Here are some suggestions of what to serve it with:
Chicken – Whole roasted chicken, chicken legs, chicken breasts
Steak – Check out these amazing air fryer steak and instant pot steak recipes.
Potatoes– Choose from roasted potatoes, boiled potatoes or mashed potatoes.
How to Store Roasted Carrots
Store in the fridge where it will last for up to 3 days. Before putting in the fridge, pack the carrots in a Zip loc (freezer bag) or an airtight container.
To reheat: Roasted carrots can be reheated in the oven or air fryer. If reheating in the oven, arrange on an oven tray and bake at a temperature of 200C for 5 minutes or till heated through and crisp. If reheating in the air fryer, add carrots in the air fryer basket and air fry at a temperature of 190C for 3 minutes or till it’s heated inside.
FAQs
Do you peel Carrots before roasting?
Peeling the skin gives it a more appealing look but you don’t have to peel the skin as long as you wash the skin properly to get rid of any dirt.
How do you cut carrots before roasting?
You can cut diagonally, or roast whole.
How long does it take to roast carrots at 350C
Depending on the size of the carrots, it will take between 25-30 minutes.
Should carrots be parboiled before roasting?
No need to parboil so as to avoid overcooking. Just season and bake in the oven.
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Oven Roasted Carrots Recipe
Equipment
- Oven
- Oven tray
- Knife
Ingredients
- 1 kg (2lb) Carrots baby carrots, organic carrots or whole carrots
- 1 tablespoon Olive oil
- 1 teaspoon Black pepper
- 1/2 tablespoon Parsley
- Salt optional
Instructions
- First peel the carrots (If not peeling, scrub with sponge to remove any dirt)
- Cut the carrots diagonally into equal (about 2 inches) size. Note you don't have to cut if making whole roasted carrots but roasting time will slightly be more than stated in this post.
- Add the black pepper, parsley, salt and olive then mix.
- Arrange the seasoned carrots on a baking paper covered oven tray. Put the tray in the oven and bake carrots at a temperature of 200C/ 400C for 20 minutes.
- After the baking time, bring out the tray, serve and enjoy perfect roasted carrots.
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