Steamed Baby Carrots with Ginger-Garlic Butter

There's something about whole baby carrots steamed with the tops on, fork tender and sweet. I adore that delicate flavor and crunch and think they really add beauty to a plate. They are like the little black dress of carrots. And many times they are insanely easy to prepare, like this recipe from Cooking Light.

As always, I adapted the recipe to fit what's in our garden at the time, so instead of minced garlic I used a thin stalk of baby garlic from our garden, one of several that has popped up, and doubled the cilantro since our cilantro is flourishing right now. The flavor of the baby garlic is interesting, more assertive than our clove garlic, so I didn't use the full stalk. If you decide to use baby garlic, you may want to taste it and decide how much to use before adding it to the pan.

Michael loved the flavor and the boys came along and wanted to snack on the carrots like finger food as I finished the photos. Can't beat that for getting the kids to eat their vegetables.

📖 Recipe

Steamed Baby Carrots with Ginger-Garlic Butter

Author: Andrea Meyers

68kcal

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Prep 5 minutes mins

Cook 15 minutes mins

Total 20 minutes mins

Adapted from Cooking Light.

Servings 4

Course Vegetable

Cuisine American

Ingredients

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• ▢ 1 pound baby carrots with tops, peeled and all but ½-inch of the tops removed
• ▢ 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• ▢ ½ thin stalk baby garlic minced
• ▢ 1 tablespoon minced peeled ginger
• ▢ 2 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro
• ▢ ½ teaspoon lime zest
• ▢ 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon sea salt

Equipment

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  steamer pan and insert
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  large nonstick sauté pan

Method

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1. Steam the carrots, covered, for 10 minutes.
2. In the nonstick skillet, melt the butter and sauté the baby garlic and ginger for 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in the carrots, cilantro, lime zest, juice, and sea salt.

Nutrition

Calories68kcalCarbohydrates10gProtein1gFat3gSaturated Fat2gCholesterol8mgSodium235mgPotassium269mgFiber3gSugar6gVitamin A15739IUVitamin C4mgCalcium36mgIron1mg

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[Disclosure: I am a member of the Cooking Light Bloggers' Connection.]