Some recipes are easy. They take 15 to 30 minutes to cook and can be totally kid friendly to prepare. They require a few ingredients, little preparation time, and few utensils. Such meals help to relieve the stress in cooking at home. These buttered baby carrots take about 15 minutes to prepare. It is another of our simple, health conscious recipes.
A Buttered Baby Carrots Recipe
Now, baby carrots are not like regular carrots. Some are young carrots, but most are (carrot cut) cut from longer carrots. These carrots are generally sweeter than regular carrots. For this reason, baby carrots are a favourite, especially for kids.
Baby carrots are generally sweet, but these buttered baby carrots are extra sweet and tasty. Obviously, it was due to the sauteed onions in butter. Onion tastes sweeter when it is cooked in butter. So, the sweetness of the onion and the blanched carrots combined contributed towards the sweetness of this side dish.
I simply love this recipe. Even kids would enjoy this dish . Buttered baby carrots can be served with baked chicken, stuffed baked potato, rice, pasta, peas and a green salad. It will add colour and interest to the simplest of menus because of its look and size. Thus, baby carrots is an all time favourite, even for special occasions.
The versatility of this recipe is astounding. You can alter the recipe a bit, by adding broccoli or green peas. It can be cooked with thin slices of chicken as well. this is why it is perfect to encourage children to eat healthier servings of food. Baby carrots a simple, but it can do wonders for any cooked meal. Here is the buttered baby carrots recipe for you to try. Enjoy!
Buttered Baby Carrots Recipe
BUTTERED BABY CARROTS
1 cup baby carrots
1/3 cup or 1 medium onion cut into rings
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley,
1 1/2 tbsp. unsalted butter
1 tsp salt
Wash the baby carrots and blanch for 6 minutes with the salt. Drain. Set aside.
Saute onion in butter.
Add the chopped parsley. Continue to cook until the onions are clear.
Last add the carrots and cook on a low flame for 3 minutes. Remove and serve hot.
Buttered Baby Carrots
Ingredients
- 1 cup baby carrots
- 1/3 cup or 1 medium onion cut into rings
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
- 1 1/2 tbsp. unsalted butter
- 1 tsp salt
Instructions
- Wash the baby carrots and blanch for 6 minutes with the salt. Drain. Set aside.
- Saute onion in butter.
- Add the chopped parsley. Continue to cook until the onions are clear.
- Last add the carrots and cook on a low flame for 3 minutes. Remove and serve hot.
So that’s one more healthy recipe for you all that’s simple to prepare. Hope you liked it.
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