Honey And Harissa Glazed Roasted Carrot Recipe

Let’s be real, Thanksgiving is all about the side dishes. These honey glazed carrots will be the real show stopper on your holiday table.

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Super easy glazed carrots.

Yes, something this beautiful can be super easy! You just cook up your carrots then toss them with the sweet honey glaze. You can even repurpose your carrot tops to sprinkle on top the glazed carrots. Saves you some money on having to buy parsley!

You can make this lovely side dish for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, or just a random Tuesday night! It’s such a yummy way to spruce up this simple root vegetable.

Tasty ingredients for honey glazed carrots.

These glazed carrots have just 4 ingredients. Yes, four ingredients! Here are the ingredients you’ll need for these yummy honey glazed carrots that have a hint of spice.

• Rainbow Carrots. Okay, but these are so pretty. Technically, you can use regular orange carrots but the rainbow ones are gorgeous!
• Honey. We used a mild, basic honey here so it paired well with the harissa. If you omit that spice, you could do a wildflower honey for a little different taste.
• Dried Harissa Seasoning. This smokey-spicy blend is usually in paste form, but you can easily find it in powder form at places like Whole Foods or World Market. It adds a really delicious flavor to these glazed carrots.
• Butter. You must have butter in everything, obviously. But, also the butter helps to make the glaze a little thinner and not so sticky.

How to make these tasty glazed carrots.

This side dish is so simple, it needs to make a place on your plate. There are just a few steps until you get deliciously smokey, sweet, and addicting honey glazed carrots. Here’s a breakdown of the simple steps.

• Boil the carrots. This takes just a few minutes, about 3-5 depending on the size of your carrots. Once they are tender enough to pierce with a fork, you’re all set.
• Make the glaze. Use a nonstick pan (like this one) to melt the butter with the honey and harissa to make the glaze.
• Toss the carrots in the glaze. Easy peasy, just toss your cooked carrots in the yummy homemade glaze and push around until they are totally coated.

That’s it! So easy, so good. You can serve immediately or leave in the pan until you’re ready to enjoy – just put the temperature on low. Plus, you can use the tops of the carrots as a garnish which is pretty cute and those greens are actually super nutritious!

Other honey glazed veggies.

If you want to extend this amazing flavor to other veggies, here are my favorite suggestions.

• Brussels Sprouts. My FAVORITE roasted veggies. Use this recipe to make the sprouts and then toss in glaze instead of using a dipping sauce.
• Red Onions. Might sound weird, but hear me out. These would be amazing tossed with some roasted potatoes.
• Broccoli. I freaking love roasted broccoli. It’s so addicting. This honey glaze would be AMAZING on broccoli.

Other easy and delicious side dishes, perfect for Thanksgiving!

• Crispy Air Fryer Brussels Sprouts. I love brussels sprouts, especially when they are easily made in the air fryer!
• Fennel and Herb Stuffing. This recipe is adapted from Bon Appetit and is amazing. I seriously ate it straight from the pan, multiple times.
• Creamy Risotto. Honestly, anything with cheese will please people for Thanksgiving.