Brown Sugar Glazed Carrots…or How to Make Good Veggies Less Healthy
Posted: October 4, 2012 Filed under: Cooking, Canning & Preserving, Our Garden | Tags: Brown Sugar Glazed Carrots, carrots, cooked carrots, cooking carrots, Glazed Carrots, Sweet Carrots, vegetables 3 Comments »Since some idiot planted the carrots this year in the bed by the side of the garage (with the compacted soil) instead of in the garden proper, I had to get a shovel out to dig them out of the ground.
And for the record, that idiot was ME.
Anyhow, I picked dug them, and cleaned them, and peeled them, and put most of them in nice quart-sized bags in the freezer, and I’m all set…except that I’m not wild about cooked carrots.
Everyone else is easy. All I have to do is stick some in the slow cooker with a roast and some potatoes and they’re all happy. Me, not so much.
Until today.
I found this recipe for Easy Brown Sugar Glazed Carrots on About.com and decided to give it a try.
And I’m glad I did.
Brown Sugar Glazed Carrots
Ingredients:
16 ounces baby carrots*
2 tablespoons butter
1/3 cup brown sugar, packed
1 cup water
dash salt
pepper, to taste
In a medium saucepan, combine the baby carrots with remaining ingredients. Stir to blend ingredients.
Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium and continue boiling (uncovered) for about 20 to 25 minutes, or until carrots are tender and the liquid has evaporated.
Serves 4 to 6.
*Since my carrots were obviously not babies, I used sliced carrots (done in the food processor) and boiled them for about 20 minutes.
I used to love glazed carrots until in my teens i worked at a restaurant where they made them. I saw what our prep cook did when he made them. It… affected me. I’m sure these are delicious. =)
I love carrots any way you cook them. Thanks for a new recipe!
You’re welcome. I was pretty happy to find a cooked carrot recipe I liked.
(And for the record, I picked the broccoli and cauliflower out of tonights veggie medley and left the carrots for the boys.)