Instant Pot Maple Glazed Carrots are delicious. Baby Carrots or Chantenay Carrots are pressure cooked and glazed with maple syrup, butter, garlic and nutmeg. Serve this lipsmacking pressure cooker glazed carrots as a holiday side dish in 25 minutes from start to scratch.

This detailed post will guide you with cooking these buttery delicious carrots in the skillet, in an oven and in the instant pot.

How about making INSTANT POT GARLIC HERB POTATOES  as well as a side dish for Thanksgiving along with these buttery sweet carrots.

WATCH A QUICK VIDEO ON HOW TO MAKE INSTANT POT GLAZED CARROTS { 1 MIN }

TIPS TO MAKE PERFECT BUTTERY GLAZED BABY CARROTS AS SIDE DISH

-Roasting is the key step to achieve sweetness out of the carrots. Yes, once the carrots are pressure cooked, it needs to be roasted for 10 minutes in total.
-Never over cook the carrots, otherwise we will land up with mashed carrot puree .J 🙂 If you are cooking the carrots in the instant pot, carrots needs to pressure cooked for just 2 minutes on HIGH, followed by QPR.
Incase you are steaming the carrots in a pot, check with your fork for the doneness. I have a recipe post Honey Glazed Carrots  to guide you on how to make them on a skillet.

Once you have these 2 important points in mind, making buttery sweet carrots as side dish is going to be super easy.

Can you make Glazed Carrots ahead of time? Yes, why not. Although cooking from start to finish only takes about 20 minutes, it is a great idea to keep things ready ahead of time. Pop it back to the Instant Pot on Saute mode or back into your oven to simply reheat and serve.

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HOW TO MAKE MAPLE ROASTED CARROTS IN THE SKILLET?

I have a recipe post Honey Glazed Carrots  to guide you on how to make them on a skillet.

HOW TO MAKE BAKED GLAZED CARROTS IN THE OVEN?

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Simply place the carrots in a baking dish. Drizzle the mixture of melted butter, maple syrup,garlic and nutmeg. Stir well until completely coated. Bake in the preheated oven for about 40 minutes, rotating the carrots at 20 minutes interval. If you would like the glazed carrots a little brown in the edges, bake slightly longer.

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HOW TO MAKE INSTANT POT GLAZED CARROTS

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Instant Pot Glazed Carrots

Prep Time

2 mins

Cook Time

12 mins

Total Time

14 mins

 

These buttery sweet glazed carrots are delicious and are a great accompaniment to roast  dinners.

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: British

Keyword: carrots, christmas, easter, glazed, side dish, thanksgiving

Servings: 4 People

Author: Sandhya Hariharan

Ingredients

• 1 lb baby carrots or chantenay carrots scrubbed and trimmed {454g }
• 2 tbsp unsalted butter
• 3 Tbsp maple syrup {60ml}
• 1 Tsp Garlic Powder
• 1/2 Tsp Nutmeg Powder
• Salt & Pepper to taste
• Flat parsley to garnish
• 1 Cup Water {250ml}

Instructions

Pressure Cook Carrots

1. Pour 1 Cup of water to the instant pot insert. Place the carrots inside the steamer basket and place it inside the instant pot insert. Pressure Cook at HIGH PRESSURE for 2 minutes, followed by QPR.
2. Fork test the carrots to see if they are tender.
3. Remove the steamer basket with carrots and allow the water to drain and set it aside.In the meanwhile, discard the water in the instant pot insert.

Glaze the Carrots

1. Press SAUTE button. Once the indicator beeps HOT, add butter. Allow it melt and add maple syrup.
2. Add Carrots and saute gently until well coated with the glaze. Allow the carrots to roast for 5 minutes without moving around much.
3. Now add garlic powder, nutmeg powder, salt & pepper to taste. Gently mix and rotate all the carrots. Allow the glazed carrots to roast for another 5 minutes until all the glaze sticks to the carrots.
4. Season with more salt and pepper if needed. Garnish with Parsley.Transfer to a serving bowl and enjoy the glazed carrots with your main dish.

Recipe Notes

If you would love to double the recipe { 2 lb carrots }, water used for steaming the carrots will be the same.
Rest of the ingredients must be doubled to achieve the same taste and consistency.