Roasted Baby Carrots - Salt & Baker (2024)

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by Whitney //October 17, 2022

Roasted Baby Carrots is the easiest way to cook baby carrots! Serve these baked baby carrots as a side dish for any meal for as simple and quick veggie recipe.

I love making these roasted baby carrots for dinner! It’s super easy to pop in the oven while I’m finishing making our main dish. Serve these carrots with one of my delicious chicken recipes or even alongside an easy pasta dish!

Why This Recipe Works

• The best roasted baby carrots. These are by far the best oven roasted baby carrots because they are so simple! There aren’t any fancy sauces or seasonings — just butter, salt and pepper! This lets the natural flavors of the carrots shine through and brings out the natural sweetness of the carrots as well.
• Easy side dish recipe. This recipe for roasted baby carrots is a perfect side dish to make for any meal, especially a busy weeknight! Simply grab a bag of baby carrots, butter, salt and pepper and you are ready to go. Let the oven do the work while you finish making dinner.
• Simple ingredients. All you need for this recipe is carrots, butter, salt and pepper!

Ingredient Notes

• Baby Carrots: The ratios for this recipe are for 1 pound of carrots. You can scale up this recipe easily though to use 2 or 3 lbs of baby carrots!
• Butter: Melt the butter for drizzling on top of the carrots.
• Salt and Pepper: This roasted baby carrots recipe uses just salt and pepper for seasoning to really enhance and bring out the natural flavor of the carrots.

Step-by-Step Instructions

1. Prepare the baby carrots. Remove the baby carrots from their bag and dry them off with a paper towel. Place on a sheet pan. Drizzle with the melted butter and sprinkle with salt and black pepper. Toss to coat.
2. Place carrots in the oven. Place the baby carrots in the oven, preheated to 425ºF. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until fork tender. Remove and serve the roasted baby carrots immediately. Top with chopped fresh parsley if desired.

Recipe Tips

This makes enough carrots as a side dish for about 4 people. If you have a larger family or are serving this side dish for a bigger group, you’ll probably want 2 or 3 lbs of baby carrots.

Feel free to add your favorite seasonings if you’d like! I love the simpleness of this recipe, but it’s also super easy to mix things up by adding dried or fresh herbs.

Some great seasoning variations are pesto, fresh rosemary, sage and thyme, or some brown sugar and cinnamon! Another delicious combination is to drizzle a sauce of olive oil, balsamic vinegar and maple syrup.

You can drizzle with olive oil if you don’t want to use butter.

For easier clean up you can line the rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. Keep the carrots in a single layer to help the roasting process with each carrot!

If you are using the bagged baby carrots from the store, they are stored in water to keep them from drying out. You’ll want to drain the water and then pat dry the carrots before roasting baby carrots in the oven. This will help them get a better roast in the oven.

Make Ahead, Storing, and Freezing

While you can make these roasted baby carrots ahead of time easily and store them in the fridge, you’ll have to reheat them prior to serving. These are best enjoyed fresh out of the oven in my opinion.

Store the oven roasted baby carrots in an airtight container in the fridge for 2-3 days.

I wouldn’t recommend freezing roasted baby carrots because they’ll just get way too soft once thawed.

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published on October 17, 2022 // 3 Comments

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