How to Cook Carrots

If you’re looking for how to cook carrots and easy recipes, you won’t want to miss out on these great options. Cooking carrots is a breeze both sweet and savory from air fryer carrots to in a pressure cooker, on the stovetop and more.

How Long Does it Take to Cook Carrots?

That depends on how large they are and what cooking method you are using. It can range from 5-30 minutes if you make something like our Carrot Casserole. Under high pressure using an Instant Pot is fastest where as grilled or kept whole in the oven take the longest.

How to Boil Carrots

Peel and chop the carrots into small pieces, unless using bagged already prepped baby versions. Place them in a pot of boiling water and cook for 5-10 minutes, or until they are tender to your liking. Larger pieces will take longer of course. Salting the water is nice for added flavor unless making sweet later.

If you love carrots, here are a bunch of new recipes to try this summer. You’re going to love all of these amazing options. From lunch to dinner and even dessert, try this wide variety of meals.

How to Roast Carrots in the Oven

Start off by preheating the oven to 400 degrees F or 200 C. Peel and chop them into small pieces. Toss in a bowl with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil, salt, and pepper. Then spread them in a single layer on a baking sheet lined with non stick foil or parchment paper. Roast for 20-25 minutes, or until they are tender, golden brown and slightly caramelized.

How to Steam Carrots

Pressure Cooker Carrots work out great in your Instant Pot or Ninja Foodi machine. If you want to use a pot on your stovetop you would need to peel and chop them into large bite size pieces. Place sliced carrots in a steamer basket over a pot of boiling water and steam for 5-10 minutes, or until they are tender as you would like. Add butter to melt on top and enjoy.

How to Saute Carrots

Peel outsides with a vegetable peeler and cut carrots into thin rounds. Heat a small amount of olive oil or butter in a pan over medium high heat. Add slices and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 to 7 minutes, or until tender and slightly browned.

How to Cook Carrots in the Microwave

You CAN actually microwave carrots and they turn out oh so well. All you need is a microwave safe bowl and plate to do it! Need a quick healthy snack but want them cooked and not raw?

This is a great kitchen hack you should take advantage of for sure. Sprinkle on some brown sugar and butter for savory or garlic salt for savoury.

What is the Best Way to Eat Carrots?

There are so many options but I love easy prep SO we are going to start with these babies right? You can use “original” and cut yourself or already peeled baby. Glazed carrots would use brown sugar, honey or maple syrup and savory would use garlic, salt and pepper instead.

Some recipes are better off with the small ones. It is less work on your part for sure but in a stew or stroganoff I will opt for the larger versions. Shredded there are even more possibilities. From baking a cake with them, to throwing some in our veggie muffins the possibilities are endless.

What can I do with all these carrots?

If you find them on sale and buy a ton you can literally make them into something new all week long, every night. Shred for muffins or you can slice thin or as thick as you want. Of course the larger chunks you have the longer it will take to get tender. If you’re making a slow cooker stew though you want to prepare carrots larger.

Nobody wants disintegrated vegetables in their bites. Larger will maintain it’s flavor and provide the dish more texture for Instant Pot chicken and vegetables too.

Easy Carrot Recipes

These are just a few simple recipes that you can enjoy making!  Oven Roasted Carrots are simple. Just your veggies and seasonings really, all you need is a baking sheet. If you’re needing your stovetop for making other recipes, your oven will do the trick in cooking them up quickly!

Sweet Carrot Recipes

Recipes for Leftover Carrots

Is a carrot a fruit?

Nope, those have seeds which obviously you wouldn’t find in these. Vegetables are other parts of the plant that are edible, such as roots, stems, leaves, and sometimes flowers. Vegetables are typically savory or less sweet than fruits.

Simple Carrot Juice Recipes

Have juice drinkers in your house? Give this sweet and savory carrot mango juice a try. It’s a little bit sweet with a clean, crisp taste.  Starting off your day with natural sweetness inside a glass. it is always a good idea, but having a smoothie made with carrot and ginger?

Orange Carrot Ginger Smoothie would be something new. I mean we love our copycat Orange Julius smoothie so….. So good! You just may not want any other smoothie after giving this recipe a try. 

Eating Keto doesn’t have to feel like you’re missing out. These pancakes are fluffy and yummy and full of carrots! Now you can sneak in some extra veggies to your kid’s pancakes without them even knowing it. Carrot Mango Juice sounds amazing and great for your health.

Easy Carrot Recipes for Dinner

Keto Carrot Pancakes, talk about a yummy breakfast for dinner or start to your day idea. Just have a few minutes to get your veggies on the table? Let your pressure cooker do the work! In just a tiny amount of time, you can have perfectly cooked baby carrots seasoned with salt and pepper with your meal. 

Healthy Recipes with Carrots

See how simple these carrot recipes can be? While you might be fine with eating raw carrots out of the bag and dipping them in dip, why not stretch those carrots and see what else they can be added to! 

I love the flavor of this Thai Carrot soup! If you can add in a bit of fresh cilantro as a mix in or even as a garnishment on the top, you’re going to be head over heels as well. 

Carrot Recipes Side Dish

Just remember that cooking with these orange veggies isn’t hard to do. Depending on how you like their texture, you can vary the cooking times a bit.

• Some people like theirs to be a bit more crunchy so they want them on the raw side, while others like them to be mashable without any chew.

And when you can cook a lot of these recipes and let your appliances do the majority of the work, why not? It will just give you that much more time to either cook up the other parts of the meal or relax! 

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