Carrots are so versatile, healthy, and delicious! We love this quick and easy side dish for honey ginger carrots!
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I need to go ahead and apologize in advance if this post is a little scatterbrained. I spent 2 and a half hours walking through about ten aisles of a granite warehouse with all four of my children this morning, and then another 2 and a half hours with them at Chick-fil-a.
I’m fairly certain that I would have gone crazy had my mother-in-law not been with me. Not because my kids were misbehaving. Simply because I am finding it an intense mental exercise to focus on much of anything while they are all also claiming my attention. (Mom brain is reeeeaaaaalllll).
Anyhoo, these carrots.
Simple is wonderful, is it not? I love a meal of homemade ravioli every once in a while, but a meal that can be made quickly and easily gets the most heart eyes from me these days.
Which is one reason I have been using my Instant Pot for meals at least 3-4 times a week. Even if the main dish is not cooked in my amazing-easy-to-clean-wonderful-electric-pressure-cooker, I will almost certainly use it to cook a side dish.
And so these honey ginger carrots have been making an appearance on our plates quite often recently. I have also made them with maple syrup and cinnamon so that my baby can try them too. Both variations can be found in the recipe below.
Carrots are a vegetable that we ALWAYS have at our house. We buy 10 pound bags of organic carrots from Costco, making them both frugal and easy to keep on hand.
I love that carrots can easily be added to breakfast, cut up for lunch, and used in sooooo many dinners and side dishes.
More ways to use up a 10lb bag of carrots:
- Honey Roasted Carrot Soup
- Roasted Carrot Fries
- Carrot Raisin Muffins
- Homemade Chicken Broth
- Carrots sticks & Ranch or Hummus
- Add them to a green smoothie
Carrots are some of my kids’ favorite vegetables to slice, and since they all have their own knives, they can sit together at the kitchen island and cut up carrots while I work on other parts of our dinner prep.
We will often listen to audiobooks while we work, but recently we have been listening to Christmas music just as much. Either way, they are occupied and not yelling or causing mayhem in other parts of the house while I cook, so it works for us.
I have shared before about the knives my kids use, but we have recently added another knife to our collection. My eldest son had been doing great with a paring knife, but I wanted him to have a bigger knife for working in the kitchen. I found this little chef’s knife and it is awesome. Safe for him and I even find myself using it for small jobs a lot too.
Kids’ Knives:
Also check out this post on teaching kids knife skills, and this free course on knife skills for kids!
Keep reading for the recipe, a flavor variation, and how to cook them in the oven if you do not have an Instant Pot.
Instant Pot Honey Ginger Carrots
PrintInstant Pot Honey Ginger Carrots
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 3 minutes
- Total Time: 13 minutes
- Yield: 6-8 servings 1x
Ingredients
Ingredient List
- 6–8 carrots, sliced into 1/4” rounds
- 3 Tbsp honey
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/3 C water
Instructions
1. Prepare the carrots.
2. Combine the carrots, honey, ginger, and salt in the bowl of the Instant Pot. Stir well to combine.
3. Pour in water. Cover Instant Pot with lid, and seal the valve. Cook carrots for 2 minutes on high pressure.
4. Quick release the pressure and serve.
Maple Cinnamon Carrots
Substitute 3 Tbsp maple syrup and 1 tsp cinnamon for the honey and ginger. Follow the cooking directions above.
Notes
Roasting Directions
These carrots could also be roasted in the oven. Toss the carrots, sweeteners, and spices together, and spread out on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Roast in the oven at 450° for about 15 minutes. (See similar recipe for oven roasted carrot fries).
Instant Pot Honey Ginger Carrots
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 3 minutes
- Total Time: 13 minutes
- Yield: 6-8 servings 1x
Description
Carrots are so versatile, healthy, and delicious! We love this quick and easy side dish for honey ginger carrots!
Ingredients
Ingredient List
- 6–8 carrots, sliced into 1/4” rounds
- 3 Tbsp honey
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/3 C water
Instructions
1. Prepare the carrots.
2. Combine the carrots, honey, ginger, and salt in the bowl of the Instant Pot. Stir well to combine.
3. Pour in water. Cover Instant Pot with lid, and seal the valve. Cook carrots for 3 minutes on high pressure.
4. Quick release the pressure and serve.
Maple Cinnamon Carrots
Substitute 3 Tbsp maple syrup and 1 tsp cinnamon for the honey and ginger. Follow the cooking directions above.
Notes
Roasting Directions
These carrots could also be roasted in the oven. Toss the carrots, sweeteners, and spices together, and spread out on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Roast in the oven at 450° for about 15 minutes. (See similar recipe for oven roasted carrot fries).
Amber says
So yummy!!!!
BeeManDan says
I love carrots, and the instant pot makes the cooking so much easier.
Sara says
Super simple. Super tasty. Will definitely make these again! Our toddler gobbled them up.
Theresa says
We enjoy these and I love that it’s incredibly easy and fast!
Teresa Hansen says
Awesome recipe, thank you so much! Happy New Year
John Bolz says
Had you considered sauteeing the carrots in the IP before putting them under high pressure?
Denise G. says
Lisa – so glad to have found you through the IP Community group. I am so excited to get home and try some of your recipes/meal prep. Do you think this would work with baby carrots? I have a bag of those right now.
Lisa says
I think it would work fine, but if you did not cut them at all, I would increase the cook time by a couple of minutes.
Steff says
If I double tHis would I double everything?
Jasmine Farmer says
This is one beautiful dish Lisa. I just love all of the flavors and textures you’ve combined. It is a flavorful way to get some great veggies in too!
Lisa says
Thank you Jasmine! We love it too. 🙂
Saro says
Good Morning! I wanted to thank you for the 30 minute Chicken Parmesan recipe. I made it yesterday after a tiring day and it was a GREAT HIT with ALL of my 9 member family. THANK YOU for giving us a delicious, truly quick, recipe we are permanently adding to our family’s Favorites Collection! Blessings in Jesus!
Lisa says
So glad to hear it Saro! Thank you for letting me know!