This honey garlic butter roasted carrots recipe is easy to prepare, cooks quickly, and is perfect for holidays or an elegant weeknight meal. One pan is all you need for this easy and healthy side dish perfectly sweet and tender perfection.
Peel the carrots, trim ends of carrots, then cut them on the bias into large batons. This method is a French vegetable type of cut where you cut food like round vegetables into long pieces. We cut the carrots into large bite-sized chunks but you can leave them whole or cut them smaller if you want to.
Melt butter to an ovenproof dish over medium heat. We cooked this dish from start to finish in an oven proof skillet. If you don’t have one, you can make the honey-garlic butter sauce in a pan then transfer everything to a single layer in a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Stir in the honey and the minced garlic to the butter and heat for 2 minutes. Be sure to stir occasionally.
Transfer carrots into the skillet and mix well to coat the carrots in the honey garlic butter sauce. Sprinkle with the salt and pepper.
Roast in the oven uncovered for 20 minutes or until the carrots are tender and starting to brown. The carrots should take about 20 minutes to be fully roasted. If you would like more color on them, you can put them under a broiler for a few minutes.
Transfer carrots to a serving plate or platter. Drizzle over a little more honey and garnish with the chopped fresh parsley. Add extra seasoning if needed.
Notes
Adding the extra drizzle of honey after the carrots have roasted just before serving gives the carrots a lovely glaze look and extra flavor.Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 days. The butter will harden and look congealed after a time however, reheating for 10 minutes in a hot oven will melt the butter.