Oven Roasted Carrots with Orange Glaze

Oven Roasted Carrots recipe bakes perfectly every time. An orange glaze adds a sweetness that turns ordinary carrots into a family’s favorite side dish.

Oven Roasted Carrots will have you serving carrots a lot more. They’re simple to make and absolutely delicious to eat!

Roasting Carrots in the oven brings out their natural sweetness. Combined with an Orange Glaze elevates ordinary carrots to special.

You can count on a delicious carrot with a natural sweetness and a tender crunch. They’re never overcooked or mushy. Yuck!

Oven-baked carrots make this a hands-off dish so you can focus on the rest of the meal or just sit back with your favorite vino.

Orange Glazed Carrot Ingredients

• Carrots – We choose to buy organic carrots and prep them ourselves. You can use what you prefer including baby carrots.
• Orange juice – We used the juice of one navel orange or about 1/4 cup.
  • You can purchase orange juice. We recommend 100% juice, not from concentrate.
• Brown Sugar – We use dark brown sugar because it has more of a molasses flavor but use what you have or prefer.
• Butter – We use the real stuff. You can use a substitute if that’s what you prefer.
• Oil – Olive oil, vegetable oil, or any neutral-flavored oil will work.
• Salt and pepper

How to roast carrots

1. Combine the glaze ingredients in a saucepan and cook it on low until sugar is dissolved and the sauce is thickened.
2. Prepare the carrots by washing them, removing the tops, and peeling them. We slice them in similar sizes to assure even cooking.
   1. If you use baby carrots you can skip this step.
3. Place the carrots in a baking dish or baking sheet. Drizzle the carrots with olive oil and sprinkle them with salt and pepper.
4. Pour the glaze over the carrots. Cover them with aluminum foil or a lid and bake them for 10 minutes.
5. After baking the carrots for 10 minutes remove the foil and bake another 10 minutes uncovered or until fork-tender.

If you wanted to make this Oven Roasted Carrots recipe ahead of time, you can clean, peel and slice the carrots up to 4 days in advance. Put them in an air-tight container in the refrigerator until you’re ready to use them.

We don’t recommend cooking or glazing them in advance.

You can reheat your carrots two ways.

1. Slip the dish or individual servings in the microwave for 30-second intervals, stirring in between each session, until heated through.
2. Place the carrots in a 350°F oven for 20 minutes, stirring halfway through heating.

Tips & Variations

• Slice the carrots to a similar size so they bake at the same rate.
• Carrots don’t need to be peeled if they’re fresh and free of blemishes. Just scrub them with a vegetable brush.
• We bake our roasted carrots in a 400°F oven. That is fairly hot but it allows us to bring out the sweetness of the carrots and to get that slight char we love in a short period of time.
  • We like our carrots crisp. If you want a softer carrot you can turn the oven down to 350°F and bake them a little longer.
• If the orange flavor isn’t to your liking, you can glaze the carrots with just brown sugar and butter. You can also add some grated ginger to the glaze for another delicious flavor profile.
• We love adding fresh herbs to these carrots. Fresh thyme, dill, or rosemary contrasts beautifully with the sweetness of the orange glazed carrots.
  • We would add the fresh herbs to the carrots after you salt and pepper them before roasting. They also make a beautiful garnish after they bake.

Looking for more sides?

• Roasted Beets with Pistachios
• Stovetop Fingerling Potatoes
• Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Mushrooms
• Hasselback Butternut Squash with Bacon
• Parmesan Roasted Potatoes
• Twice Baked Potatoes

You can find all of our side dish recipes here!

Gadgets we love

One of the nice things about this recipe is that you don’t need any special equipment to make it. Here are a few items we used.

• Cutting board
• Vegetable peeler
• Baking dish or Baking sheet

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Oven Roasted Carrots with Orange Glaze

Oven Roasted Carrots recipe bakes perfectly every time. An Orange Glaze adds a sweetness that turns ordinary carrots into a family's favorite side dish.

Prep Time 20 mins

Cook Time 20 mins

Total Time 40 mins

Servings 8

Author Julie Menghini

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Ingredients

Orange Glaze

• 1/4 orange juice We used a fresh naval orange
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 tbsp butter

Carrots

• 6 carrots peeled and sliced
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/8 tsp pepper
• extra virgin olive oil

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 400°F. Spray a baking dish or a foil-lined baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray.
• Using a small saucepan, combine the glaze ingredients and cook on low until brown sugar is dissolved and sauce is thickened.
• Peel and remove the tops of the carrots. Slice them into smaller pieces so that they cook all at the same rate and put them in the baking dish or sheet. Drizzle the carrots with olive oil and season them with salt and pepper.
• Pour the ORANGE GLAZE over the carrots and cover them with foil. Bake for 10 minutes.
• Remove the foil and bake for another 10 minutes or until the carrots are fork tender.

Notes

• You can use as many carrots as you need. I’ve used as few as 3 carrots and as many as 8 carrots with this recipe.
• If you stack them in a baking dish, be sure to stir them after baking for 10 minutes.
• Carrots should be about the same thickness to cook evenly.

Nutrition

Calories: 71kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 8mg | Sodium: 204mg | Potassium: 156mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 7732IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 21mg | Iron: 1mg

This recipe was calculated using the exact brands and measurements I used to make this recipe. If you are following a strict diet please note changing anything will cause the nutritional info to change. My calculations are intended as a guide only.

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