Roasted Carrots in Oven

This is how long to roast carrots at 350 degrees in oven perfectly. You can bake whole rainbow carrots or baby carrots to tender is a healthy side dish. If you loved our Pressure Cooker Carrots but want a bit of crisp on the outside this is the answer.

How Long to Roast Whole Carrots at 350

Just like when we make Instant Pot Potatoes and Carrots, the timing doesn’t change if you want to add this second veggies. Just cut into 8ths or in large bite size pieces so they cook at the same rate. The biggest difference in timing is the cooking method and how thick your pieces are but 20-30 minutes in the oven is typical.

Like with How to Cook Frozen Peas and Carrots you typically will find these already cut into dials which doesn’t take long. In this case I would recommend that you pour into a colander with cool water run on top of it to defrost slightly. This will eliminate a lot of the excess moisture so it can crisp up, so small like this will take half the time.

How Long to Roast Baby Carrots at 350

Roasted baby carrots should be checked after 20 minutes for tenderness. Size and thickness will vary the cook time of course, and everyone has their own preference as to how tender you want them to be.

When you decide How to Cook Carrots this time, choose organic if possible, as they are less likely to have been treated with synthetic pesticides or fertilizers. However, conventionally grown can still be a healthy option.

Tips for Success

Preheat oven before adding food, always. Rinse and peel carrots. Lay on paper towels to dry outsides. Just like when making Roasted Zucchini in Oven, this is an important step in order for the oil and honey to really stick and kind of caramelize on the outsides.

Place into a dish so they don’t overlap, in a single layer, size of dish will depend on how many you are cooking. You could cut carrots in smaller pieces too, timing is for this whole oven roasted carrots recipe

Lay inside the casserole dish, high rimmed baking sheet or sheet pan. Drizzle extra virgin olive oil and salt on top, then 2 tbsp. honey or maple syrup, followed with any other seasonings like garlic powder or red pepper flakes for heat. Bake for 30 minutes or until they are as fork tender as you’d like.

Variations

You literally can follow these steps with oil, salt and pepper with sweetness if you want to make any roasted vegetables like this. Firmer choices will take the same time, more delicate like when you Steam Broccoli in Oven won’t take quite as long.

If you wanted to make these at a higher temperature you could cut a few minutes off of the top. Like How Long to Roast Cauliflower at 400 a higher heat will not make it that much faster but rather make the outsides a bit browner with a bit more of a crisp. That is the biggest difference.