Agave Glazed Carrots

Agave Glazed Carrots

  Ready in : 45 mins

Agave Glazed Carrots requires roughly 45 minutes from start to finish. For 36 cents per serving, this recipe covers 8% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Watching your figure? This gluten free and lacto ovo vegetarian recipe has 80 calories, 1g of protein, and 3g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 4. 54 people have made this recipe and would make it again. This recipe from Foodista requires flat parsley as optional garnish, 1 tangerine, agave nectar, and butter. It will be a hit at your Easter event. A few people really liked this side dish. With a spoonacular score of 41%, this dish is solid.

Ingredients

mediums sized carrots

mediums sized carrots

2 cups

1 tangerine

1 tangerine

1

1 teaspoon zest from the tangerine

1 teaspoon zest from the tangerine

1 teaspoon

butter

butter

1 tablespoon

agave nectar

agave nectar

1 tablespoon

salt and pepper

salt and pepper

4 servings

flat parsley as optional garnish

flat parsley as optional garnish

1 leaf

Cooking in Steps

  1. 1
    Combine all the ingredients in a saucepan, bring to a simmer.

    sauce pan
    sauce pan
  2. 2
    Cover and cook at a simmer for 5 - 7 minutes, until the carrots are quite tender.

    carrot

    carrot

  3. 3
    Uncover and continue to simmer for another 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. When the liquid has evaporated and the carrots are lightly glazed, remove from the heat.

    carrot

    carrot

  4. 4
    Taste carefully for salt and pepper (the sugar from the nectar can burn!)

    salt and pepper

    salt and pepper

    sugar

    sugar

  5. 5
    Serve immediately, or take off the heat, cover and set aside for a few minutes until ready to serve.