Gluten-free Honey Ginger Glazed Roasted Carrots are flavored with cinnamon, orange juice, orange zest, fresh ginger and naturally sweetened with a little honey. They’re perfect for a holiday dinner- Thanksgiving, Christmas or Easter! Check out this glazed carrots recipes for Thanksgiving!
Add this to your holiday side dishes this year. This roasted carrots recipe tastes fresh and flavorful in addition to being easy-to-make. What I like most about it is that it’s not too sweet. But, if you want to add more honey, go right ahead.
This is a healthy side dish for any occasion! When you’re sitting at the holiday table surrounded with starches like potatoes, stuffing/dressing, corn, peas, rolls, etc. it’s nice to have carrots to balance it out a bit. Beta-carotene is good for you and you won’t have to feel guilty eating this dish. Appease your gluten-free (and possibly Vegan) family or friends with this delicious roasted carrots recipe!
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Honey Ginger Glazed Roasted Carrots
I like fresh ginger. You’ll find recipes on this blog containing fresh ginger like- Lemon Ginger Cranberry Relish + Video (your turkey needs this I’m telling you!) and Easy Apricot Ginger Steakhouse Pork Chops in 30 min!
I also like honey. Also, you’ll find recipes with honey here too: One Pot Honey Lemon Salmon with Asparagus and Slow Cooker Chili Recipe with Corn + Video. Yes, chili! It’s incredible and our most popular recipe so give it a try!
Honey and ginger taste so good together and when you add orange juice and cinnamon it’s even better! I love when my food tastes fresh and not processed, over salted or over seasoned. You can actually taste the carrots in this recipe!
How to Make Honey Ginger Glazed Roasted Carrots
* The full printable recipe is at the bottom of this post.
In a mixing bowl, add:
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1/4 cup orange juice (and zest)
- 2 tbsp honey
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp grated ginger (this zester is great and you can use it to zest the orange too!)
Then, pour the oil mixture over the carrots and bake in an oil sprayed baking dish at 400F for about an hour. If you want them done faster, cut them into two-inch pieces and bake them at 400F for about 30 minutes or until tender.
That’s it! It’s so easy!
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Do you peel carrots before roasting?
Save time and mess by just washing the carrots and not peeling them but, you certainly can peel them first. It’s up to you.
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Some other side dishes that go well with Honey Ginger Glazed Roasted Carrots:
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Slow Cooker Creamed Corn with Bacon
Best Creamy Dill Red Skin Potato Salad
Honey Ginger Glazed Roasted Carrots are sweetened without refined sugar and seasoned with fresh ingredients. You’ll taste the freshness. Plus, you can make this recipe ahead and reheat when ready to serve. Add this recipe to your glazed carrots recipes for Thanksgiving (and other holidays.) They’re perfect for your holiday dinner or family Sunday dinners.
Honey Ginger Glazed Roasted Carrots
Ingredients
- 1 lb carrots peeled or unpeeled
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 2 tbsp honey
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp freshly grated ginger or 1/4 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tbsp olive oil or corn, canola or vegetable oil
- 1/2 tsp orange zest optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F and oil spray a 1.75 qt baking dish or sheet pan.
- In a small bowl, add orange juice (and zest,) honey, cinnamon, ginger and oil.
- Lie carrots on the baking dish in a single layer and coat them with oil mixture. Turn them over to ensure they're fully coated.
- Bake in oven for one hour or until carrots are tender when poked with a fork.
There are four servings (about 2 carrots per serving) in this recipe. If you think that is too much, you can cut the carrots in half and you’ll have about 8 servings.
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Look at the beautiful glaze carrots have.. Wonderful flavored recipe
Delicious looking dish! Carrots and oranges make go so perfectly together. 🙂
Thanks Jovina! It’s so nice of you to stop by. Happy Thanksgiving!
Love your recipe.