I had to introduce more vegetables to my Thanksgiving spread. We make brussel sprouts way too often, and I needed a vegetable that wasn’t spinach or kale. Carrots were my first thought, but they’re also our least favorite vegetable. So a flip through Cravings, led me to these spicy honey-butter glazed carrots.
I did not make nearly as many carrots as the recipe. Like I said, cooked carrots are our least favorite vegetable (we’d all rather the raw carrot). However, what I love about these glazed carrots is they tasted pretty good. Even Brian went for another scoop (that truly is saying a lot). Depending on your stovetop situation, you may not want to take up another burner for 15 minutes. It’s super quick and if you can prep ahead of time. And by prep, I would clean and slice the carrots, and pre-measure some of the seasonings.
Making the Spicy Honey-Butter Glazed Carrots
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This is the closest we’re going to get to a carrot recipe here on the blog. Since this is found in Cravings Hungry for More, you’re going to have to pick up the book yourself for the full recipe. If you can prep the carrots ahead of time, then 20 minutes before you serve your meal, you’ll want to start cooking the carrots.
To cook the carrots, you’ll drop them in a saucepan with water and cover for 15 minutes, checking to make sure there’s still water (but do not uncover the saucepan unless you need to add water after 10 minutes). After 15 minutes, all the water should be absorbed. Then you drop in butter, honey, cayenne, salt, pepper, and cook. This process takes about 3 minutes. The goal is to melt the butter and glaze the carrots.
It’s a pretty easy recipe. If you’re not a fan of carrots, this helps to mask the taste of cooked carrots :).
