These spicy roasted carrots are a healthy, easy and flavorful side dish that goes really well with many entrees, especially Asian, Middle Eastern or Mexican dishes.
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The carrots are coated with seasoning and roasted to perfection in the oven. It’s a delicious dish that makes a nice change from your typical vegetable dishes.
🥘 Ingredients
This recipe requires raw carrots, along with assorted spices. We use cumin, paprika powder, turmeric, salt, garlic powder and chili powder. Any of these spices can be omited or substituted with other seasoning you have available.
💡 TIP! Don’t have all the spices available? Use a Indian, Moroccan or Mexican seasoning packet instead.
Add chili powder to taste. If you want the carrots to be spicy, you can add up to 1/2 tsp chili powder. If you don’t want any heat, you can omit the chili.
🔪 Instructions
Preheat the oven to 200°C/395°F.
Peel the carrots and slice them in 1/2 inch or 1 cm thick slices. Try to keep the thickness even across every piece. Add the carrots to a baking tray. Drizzle the olive oil and all the seasoning over them, and stir to coat every piece evenly.
Place the baking sheet in the oven, and bake the carrots until they are soft enough to pierce with a fork and slightly browned, about 20 minutes.
💭 Top tips
Here is my best advice to get this recipe perfect:
- Make sure to keep the carrot pieces equally thick. This will help them bake evenly.
- You can adjust the seasoning to suit your family’s preferences. Be careful with the chili powder if you’re worried about using too much spice.
- The oil will keep the carrots from drying out during the roasting process. If you want to avoid using oil, you can use melted butter or cooking spray instead.
🥗 Serving suggestions
Serve spicy roasted carrots as a side dish with your favorite entree. It pairs really well with honey glazed chicken, apricot chicken, gammon, or lemon butter cod.
🍲 Leftovers
Leftover spicy roasted carrots can be stored in the fridge for up to 4 days. The leftovers tend to soften over time, but still taste amazing.
Serve them as a side dish, or add them to fried rice, salads or other tasty meals.
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📋 Frequently asked questions
Is this recipe allergy friendly? – Always consult the nutrition labels of your ingredients to ensure that they comply with your dietary requirements. This recipe is typically very allergy friendly; it’s gluten free, egg free, dairy free, soy free and nut free.
Is this suitable for my diet? – Roasted carrots is a lean side that’s great for most diets including slimming world, weight watchers, paleo and whole 30. It is also vegan!
Recipe
Spicy Roasted Carrots
Ingredients
- 600 g carrots
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp paprika powder
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp chili powder
- 3 tsp olive oil
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200°C/395°F.
- Peel the carrots and slice them in 1/2 inch or 1 cm thick slices. Try to keep the thickness even across every piece.
- Add the carrots to a baking tray. Drizzle the olive oil and all the seasoning over them, and stir to coat every piece evenly.
- Place the baking sheet in the oven, and bake the carrots until they are soft enough to pierce with a fork and slightly browned, about 20 minutes.
Notes
Leftovers
Leftover spicy roasted carrots can be stored in the fridge for up to 4 days. The leftovers tend to soften over time, but still taste amazing. Serve them as a side dish, or add them to fried rice, salads or othertasty meals.Top tips
Here is my best advice to get this recipe perfect:- Make sure to keep the carrot pieces equally thick. This will help them bake evenly.
- You can adjust the seasoning to suit your family’s preferences. Be careful with the chili powder if you’re worried about using too much spice.
- The oil will keep the carrots from drying out during the roasting process. If you want to avoid using oil, you can use melted butter or cooking spray instead.
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