Candied Carrots Recipe (Deliciously Sweet and Buttery)

My family’s favorite way to consume carrots is with candied carrots! This side dish is very quick and easy to cook, and it has a wonderfully sweet and buttery sauce.

Why Is This Recipe So Delicious?

• Warm, sweet, and very wonderful, these candied carrots are a must-try. A simple, family-friendly side is tender carrots coated in a butter and brown sugar sauce.
• They’re excellent for an easy weekday side dish, yet tasty enough to offer when entertaining or at a potluck, and they’re made with only 5 ingredients in approximately 20 minutes.
• Vegetables don’t appeal to your children? This simple recipe will make carrots palatable to even the pickiest eaters.

How Do You Make It?

• The whole recipe and ingredients list can be found below, but you can also find a fast explanation of how to make this recipe precisely, as well as helpful tips and information!
• In a large skillet, steam the carrots until they’re fork-tender but not too soft.
• Drain the carrots, then turn the stove down to low and add them back to the pan.
• Cook, stirring constantly until the sugar is completely dissolved. Serve immediately!

Chef’s Advice

• Replace the butter with vegan butter for vegan carrots.
• Use ghee instead of butter and maple syrup instead of brown sugar to make your carrots paleo.
• Use brown sugar Swerve instead of brown sugar to make sugar-free candied carrots.

Candied Carrots

My family’s favorite way to consume carrots is with candied carrots! This side dish is very quick and easy to cook, and it has a wonderfully sweet and buttery sauce.

Ingredients

• 1 pound of baby carrots cut into 2 inch pieces
• ¼ cup brown sugar packed
• 4 tablespoons butter diced
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• pinch ground black pepper

Instructions For Candied Carrots

1. 1 cup water in a big skillet with carrots Bring water to a boil, then steam for 8 minutes, or until fork-tender but not too soft. Drain the carrots and turn the heat down to the lowest setting.
2. Put the vegetables back in the pan. Add the butter, brown sugar, salt, and pepper and mix well. Cook for 5 minutes, or until the sugar has dissolved. Serve immediately.

Notes

• Vegan: Replace butter with vegan butter, 1:1.
• Paleo: Replace butter with ghee and maple syrup with maple syrup, 1:1.
• Free of sugar: Swerve can be substituted for brown sugar in a 1:1 ratio.

This recipe serves around 4 people. The nutritional values indicated are for one serving and are rough suggestions.

The macros may differ significantly based on the type and brand of ingredients used.

Prepare the recipe as directed to get the weight of one serving. Weigh the final recipe, then divide the weight (not including the weight of the container in which the food is stored) by four. The weight of one serving will be the result.

Nutrition Information

Serving: 1serving, Calories: 192kcal, Carbohydrates: 23g, Protein: 1g, Fat: 12g, Saturated Fat: 7g, Cholesterol: 30mg, Sodium: 338mg, Potassium: 287mg, Fiber: 3g, Sugar: 19g, Vitamin A: 15987IU, Vitamin C: 3mg, Calcium: 51mg, Iron: 1mg, Net Carbs: 20g